06.09.2020 Columns Equal Time: This went way beyond ‘poor judgment’ For the first 12 hours after reading Charles Sanders’ column, I felt deep anger. After that, my anger turned to sadness. Mr. Sanders is an elected official in Southold...
02.23.2020 Columns Equal Time: We are a ‘perfect imperfection’ I thought the editorial “A month of learning is great, but we need to do more” (The Suffolk Times, Feb. 13) was well balanced and I really enjoyed the...
01.30.2020 Columns Equal Time: Keep the ‘Joe Cherry Choo-Choo’ on track After reading the article regarding additional delays that are expected in the now two-year process to get the Greenport Miniature Railroad back up and running on its proposed new...
09.14.2019 Columns Equal Time: They say, ‘We can do better.’ Prove it Those of you who know me, know that I am not the type of person to sit down and write one of these letters to the newspaper during campaign...
09.02.2019 Columns Equal Time: Standing up for the East Marion Community Association A front-page article in last week’s Suffolk Times described a petition that spreads misinformation and insinuations about the recent listing of the East Marion Main Road Historic District on...
08.10.2019 Columns Equal Time: Committees serve a valuable role in Southold It is disappointing that Rona Smith felt compelled to resign from the three committees she had served on. Her stated reasons, however, aren’t sentiments that are shared by several...
07.14.2019 Columns Equal Time: Protecting water quality has been town’s priority In an op-ed appearing on these pages last week, a Democratic Party candidate for the town board, Robert Hanlon, stated that the time to protect water quality is now....
05.26.2019 Columns Equal Time: McMansions should not be our future We are not the Hamptons. Some call us the “Un-Hamptons.” We like it like that. This is not “The Scene.” It is still farm country. And small businesses. And...
05.04.2019 Columns Equal Time: There’s more to the story at the U.S.-Mexico border With all due respect to Ms. Flatley, Ms. Efron and Ms. Peabody (and Mr. Werkmeister), I believe they make several statements that are either ill-informed or perhaps intentionally misleading...
02.04.2019 Columns Equal Time: Setting the record straight on recent votes While thumbing through my favorite local newspaper the other day, I happened upon an editorial by a former political candidate Abigail Caplovitz Field opining about my votes on an...
