Word: townes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...when I go home for the summer, I am transplated from this land of Democratic pipe dreams to a town where I am part of a voiceless minority...
...local government blatantly caters to these voters. Town meetings are held on Tuesdays at 10 a.m., when only people who work locally (read Republicans) can attend. Commuters are not going to take a day off of work to keep track of local government...
...continuous re-election of Republicans is usually attributable to a combination of Republican political skill and Democratic ineptitude. Two years ago, the Democrats blew a chance to win the race for town supervisor when incumbent Republican John Kiernan vowed to put a resource recovery plant in a location that was potentially hazardous to the population and the environment. Public opinion in the many areas surrounding the site was viciously anti-Republican...
...Democrat, Ben Zwirn, ran on an anti-incinerator slate and overwhelmingly won the "incinerator district." But he failed to direct any efforts anywhere else in the town. He lost miserably. As usual...
Last summer, I worked full-time as a campaign coordinator for a rag-tag bunch of Democrats, led by Zwirn, who are challenging the Republican leadership in my town, the town of North Hempstead. Having been involved in local Democratic politics for many years, I had become accustomed to the casual nature with which we all treated the futility of our efforts. But this summer, that futility hit home...