need them? Too busy to act? I don’t think so. Probably just busy breaking the law. But this story was a great reminder for me to wish to all my reading dads: A HAPPY
The “Vote For” panels fixed to poles and trees -before elections- are no more legal FATHER’S DAY!
than the ever-present “Lose 7 Pounds in 7 Days - as seen on Oprah.”
And how about the balloons? Placed on street corners, they indicate the way Joseph J. Neuschatz M.D. lives in Port Jefferson and was born in Romania, hates
to a wedding, a birthday party, or to an “Open House” real-estate event. Many are writing...loves being published, retired anesthesiologist, refuses to become an Ameri-
hanged, few are removed. Some of the balloons remain in place until the wind blows can Idle. Featured in the New York Times, Newsday, Vogue, The New York Doctor,
them away toward the Long Island Sound, ready to choke to death some of the un- Greenwood Press etc. and author of “terrO.R.”
suspecting creatures in the water. Others continue to dangle like deflated rubbers on
a string.
If the Romans knew then what I know now, their motto would have probably
been Mens Insana in Corpore Sano. But I am not here to make fun of our ancestors. I
am convinced that Caesar, the man who invented such a delicious salad dressing, did
Long Island Progressive
not realize that sometime in the future, people will eat fast-food and drink six-packs
By Vivian Viloria-Fisher, Deputy Presiding Officer
in moving cars, eager to keep their vehicles clean by throwing emptied containers on
Suffolk County Legislator, Fifth District
neighborhood lawns. Walking for health outside my home is bad for me.
Is this why they invented treadmills?
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2) Facing Up to Facebook. Suffolk County Legislator,
In the past few weeks I received multiple email invitations to join a web page
called Facebook. This is apparently the Internet location which makes it easy to find Fifth District
and connect with people from the past. The cyber-place invented to help us redis- Just as the warming sun and blooming crocuses awakened the anticipation of
cover and be rediscovered by overlooked family and forgotten friends. My daughter fresh beginnings, the swearing in of our new Brookhaven Town Supervisor, Mark
joined, my wife joined, my teenaged grand-children joined.....why not me? Lesko, brought the promise of a new season for the people of Brookhaven Town. As
I will tell you why not me: I was just about to sign-up when an ex-colleague school children played chamber music in the bright Town Hall auditorium, Town
told me the story of what happened to one of his old friends. As soon as the man officials, friends, family and supporters filled the room with joyous energy. The new
joined, an email invitation arrived, inviting him to go to his Facebook page. A mes- Supervisor, accompanied by his wife, Karen, took the oath administered by Judge
sage was waiting. He did just that and the Facebook exchange which followed, was Hector La Salle, and was heartily applauded by the crowd, regardless of party affilia-
more or less the following: tion.
“Daddy! I finally found you!” I could not help but contrast this moment with the first Brookhaven Town swear-
“Who are you?” ing in ceremony that I attended. I had decided, as a newly elected public official,
“Your son.” that it would certainly be appropriate for me to attend the ceremony, regardless of
“What makes you think you are my son?” the fact that none of the officials being sworn in were members of my party. My be-
“My mommy told me.” lief was then, and continues to be, that once the election is over all elected should be
“How old are you?” moving in the same direction: providing good government for the people we repre-
“Forty seven.....” sent. It was clear that that was not the philosophy being demonstrated on that occa-
Real event or invented anecdote? Fact or fiction? I have no idea. The fact is that, sion, when a councilman was sworn in with the words “ …….and to uphold the rules
like many other men in my generation, your undersigned also had a life, before he and bylaws of the Brookhaven Republican Party.” This was meant to be humorous
met his better half. Joining Facebook to recapture the past seems risky for the future. and did indeed elicit a big laugh from the crowd, but my jaw dropped at the chummi-
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