VOTER SEPTEMBER 2021 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF BROOKHAVEN
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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF BROOKHAVEN
VOTER
SEPTEMBER 2021
MEETING ON THE LANDFILL—AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM
WHAT SHOULD ITS FUTURE BE
AFTER IT IS CLOSED?
Adrienne Esposito
Citizens Campaign for the Environment
Tuesday, September 14, 7 pm
On zoom
BROOKHAVEN
P. O. BOX 92
BELLPORT, NY 11713
PRESIDENT’S PAGE
631-730-6556 Welcome to the 2021-2022 League year. We hope we will be having actual meet-
BOARD OF DIRECTORS- ings before June 2022, but zoom has proved to be a convenient and safe way to share
Nancy Marr-730-6556 our information and “see"one another.
President, VOTER Editor
Janet Sklar– 732-0337 Our first general meeting will be on September 14, on zoom. Our speaker will be
Treasurer Adrienne Esposito, Executive Director of the Citizens Campaign for the Environ-
Jean Baker—751-6563 ment, and a member of the committee Brookhaven Town appointed to study the ash-
Vice-President, Member- fill, which was proposed to take the ash if the landfill is closed in 2024. She will give
ship
the history of the landfill that has been located in Yaphank on Horseblock Road since
Linda Devin-Sheehan-
1974, and plans of the Town to close it. The Town most recently has proposed
675-6038
Recording Secretary,
rezoning the property to Light Industrial and selling part of it for an industrial park.
Candidate Debates Town Supervisor Romaine has also proposed creating an Energy Park, with solar
Judith Goldstein panels over the landfill area. Members of the community have advocated for input
449-2310 into plans to re-mediate the property instead of selling it. Come and hear Adrienne
Corresponding Secretary and bring your questions and ideas.
DIRECTORS I am enclosing the calendar for the year. The Board members have plans for many
Judi Bird-286-3810 interesting and important topics. In October, we are inviting the candidates for
Naturalization Ceremonies Brookhaven Town Clerk, Donna Lent and Ira Costell, to share their ideas and answer
Betsy Gaidry-846-1778 our questions. We also plan meetings on the danger of poisonous materials in our
Study Groups
toothpaste, cosmetics, and other personal items, the National Food and Nutrition
Carol Gavin 413-1730
program, how we are fighting opioids with the money from the lawsuits, and dis-
Carol Manel—928-5340
tinguishing fact from fiction in the media. We will of course be finding ways to help
Voter Service
Elise Nicols-Powell 648-
more people register to vote and publicizing changes to make voting easier in New
7742 York State. (It is still possible to vote by absentee ballot by checking the box for ill-
DEI ness if you are concerned about the covid pandemic and early voting sites will be
open again. The deadline for the postmark on your absentee ballot application is
OFF-BOARD CHAIRPER-
October 26.)
SONS
Peggy Olness—751-2655
For Brookhaven residents, the candidates on our ballot will be our county legislators,
see listing on page 6, plus District Attorney Timothy Sini (D)and his opponent
Transportation, County
Budget
Alice D’Amico-751-0328 Raymond Tierney(R), and Sheriff Errol Toulon (D) and his opponent William Amato
Finance (R). There will be five ballot proposals, four of which will amend the New
Joan Nickeson-473-3689 York State Constitution, and the fifth, increasing the jurisdiction of the New York
Publicity City Civil Court, will amend the New York City Constitution. .
Marilyn Beard—803-0223
Voters .Service 1. Amending the Apportionment and Redistricting Process
2. Fundamental Right to Clean Air, Clean Water, and a Healthful Environment
3. Authorizing No-Excuse Absentee Ballot Voting
4. Eliminating Ten-Day-Advance Voter Registration Requirement
5. Increasing the Jurisdiction of the New York City Civil Court
Microplastics in Long Island Sound Please join us as we host Professor Vince Breslin of Southern Connecticut State University for a very important presentation. Wednesday, September 15th 6:30 pm In this presentation, Dr. Breslin will examine the issues surrounding plastic debris in the marine environment and will explore the origins of the use of plastic in the economy along with an examination of the ecological and environmental consequences of macro and micro plastics in global oceans and Long Island Sound. Current research being conducted at SCSU concerning microplastics and the potential for their incorporation in marine food webs will be discussed. Finally, the presentation will evaluate the role of plastic bans, recycling and degradable polymers as solutions to the problem of persistent plastics in our oceans. To Join Zoom Meeting click link-- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87143996992
BY-LAWS AMENDMENT
At our Annual Meeting the members adopted an amendment to our by-laws to bring us into conformity
with the by-laws of the LVW-US. We voted to replace::
Section 2. Policy: The League of Women Voters of Brookhaven shall not support or oppose any
political party or candidate.
With :
SEC. 2. Policies. The policies the LWV of Brookhaven are:
1) Political Policy. The League of Women Voters of Brookhaven may take action on Brookhaven
Town governmental measures and policies in the public interest in conformity with the principles
of the League of Women Voters of the United States, The League of Women Voters of Brook-
haven shall not support or oppose any political party or candidate.
2) Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy. The League is fully committed to ensure compliance—in
principle and in practice—with LWVUS’ Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy.
Each League should have a chairperson of D.E.I. This person would guide the league
in ways to reach out to and involve a diverse membership, based on race, gender, and
disability. If you would like to be appointed to this position from our League please
contact me. The chairman of the New York State DEI Task Force says that some of
what they will be planning in the upcoming year are the following challenges
More educational opportunities
Establishing measurable indices of our successful movement as a League
Building a website presence on LWVNYS.ccom
and Development of an Organizational Equity Plan
.
League ofW01lnen Voters of Brookhaven - Calendar 2021-2022
All membelrs are welcome at all meetings, including board meetings.
September
October November December
9/6- 10:00 - Bd Meeting-Zoom
11/1-10:00- Bd Meeting- Zoom 12/7- 10:00-Bd Meeting
9/14-7:00 pm- Brookhaven Landfill
10/4 -10:00 Bd Meeting 11/2- ELECTION DAY 12/13- 7:00- Review of state
9/22-BOOK GROUP MEETING Zoom positions
11/15-7:00- Program on
9/25- Brookhaven Town Fair chemicals in our food/makeup)
10/18 - Talk with Donna
9/28 - Natl Voter Registration Day Lent and Ira Costell for 11/17- Book Group
Brookhaven Town Clerk 11/25-Thanksgiving
position
January 2022 March
1/3-10:00-Bd Meeting- Zoom February 3/7-10:00-Bd Meeting-Zoom
3/14- 7:00-Program on
2/7 - 10:00-Bd Meeting
1/10-7:00- Fact and Fiction Zoom Opioids -How are we using the
1/19 Book Group Lawsuit moneys?
2/22?- 7:00 pm-Zoom
On Public Power ' 3/16 - 1 pm- BOOK GROUP
April August
May
4/4- 10:00- Bd Meeting -ZOOM 5/2-10:00- Board Meeting
Zoom
June 8/17 - PLANNING MEETING
4/16-noon-- Annual Luncheon???? 5/16- 7 pm= National Food 6/6- 10:00- Bd Meeting--Zoom
Program
6/17 - 7:30- ANNUAL MEETING
5/18- 1 pm- Book GroupCANDIDATES FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY LEGISLATIVE SEATS IN BROOKHAVEN
(incumbent in boldface)
3rd Legislative District
Kate M Browning (D) vs James Mazzarella (R)
4th Legislative District
Dawn Marie Sharrock (D) vs Nicholas Caracappa (R)
5rh Legislative District
Karina Hahn (D) vs Salvatore SB Isabella (R)
6th Legislative District
Sarah Anker (D) vs Brendan Sweeney (R), vsAnthony De Simone (C)
7th Legislative District
Robert Calarco (D) vs Dominick Thorne (R)
8th Legislative District
Peter Russo (D vs Anthony Piccirillo (R)
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The Ballot Proposals
1. Amending the Apportionment and Redistricting Process
2. Fundamental Right to Clean Air, Clean Water, and a Healthful Environment
3. Authorizing No-Excuse Absentee Ballot Voting
4. Eliminating Ten-Day-Advance Voter Registration Requirement
5. Increasing the Jurisdiction of the New York City Civil Court
For more information, be sure you log onto www.vote411.org to see your ballot.
The background and experience of each candidate is given, and each one is asked
a set of questions on issues. Their answers tell you about their views.NEXT BOOK GROUP MEETING—9/22/21—1 pm
We will be meeting at Betsy Gaidry’s to discuss Michelle Obama’s book BECOMING.
In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama
invites readers into her world, chronicling the ex-periences that have shaped her—from her
childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive bal-ancing the demands
of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world’s most famous address. With
unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both
public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it—in her own words and on her own
terms. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman
of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations—and whose story inspires us to
do the same. To join the book group, or find out more about it, contact Betsy Gaidry,
tbgaidry@optonline.net. Everyone is welcome.
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SEPTEMBER
Tues 9/14 Talk on the Brookhaven Landfill—its past and its future
By Adrienne Esposito, ON ZOOM
Wed 9/22 Book Group meeting—Michelle Obama: BECOMING
Sat 9/25 Brookhaven Town Fair at Longwood, 10 to 4
Tues 9/28 National Voter Registration Day at libraries in Patchogue
Longwood, Sayville
OCTOBER
DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED—Meet candidates for Brookhaven Town ClerkYou can also read
