All Entries in the "David Freedman" Category
What Happens When I Need the Police Now?
By DAVID FREEDMAN With the arrogance that only comes with years of unchecked power, the Nassau County Legislature voting along strictly party lines, enacted a plan to merge eight police precincts into four. Our County Executive Edward Mangano said in a post vote statement, “I commend the County Legislature for approving this public safety plan [...]
You Know What, Folks? The World is Gray!
By David Freedman As a Democrat, I am often criticized for stating opinions that are “conservative” or “not in line with the party.” To that I say, “So what, big deal!” Being a Democrat to me doesn’t mean being in lockstep with the party on everything. I disagree often and mightily about positions the party [...]
You’re About to Lose Cops in the Neighborhood
By DAVID FREEDMAN The other day I took the Long Island Railroad into the city. While standing in the Cedarhurst stationhouse, a group of policeman were handing out leaflets and talking with the customers about the proposed closing or combining of police precinct houses. When my family decided to move into The Five Towns, one [...]
Primaries, Primaries, We Don’t Need Your Primaries
By David Freedman So Newt Gingrich won in South Carolina! Are we really surprised? I mean I don’t see Massachusetts sharing a border with South Carolina. And let’s face it folks, Newt is a Georgia boy. But that is just a pointless observation. Just as pointless as saying that the South Carolina primary really [...]
Here Comes the Primaries
By David Freedman We’ve made it through Iowa and now through New Hampshire and once again the Presidential primary season is on! Once again, we Americans are faced with a choice. The race for the White House attracts arrogant, egotistical personalities and we are stuck with trying to make the best choice from a [...]
The Time for Change is Now
By DAVID FREEDMAN I found myself aghast the other day while driving home from work. Two police cars with lights and sirens going were unable to advance down Bushwick Avenue in Brooklyn because four cars in front of them, two in each lane, refused to pull over to let them through. I had already [...]
Today is The Next Day of Your Life
By DAVID M. FREEDMAN This first weekend after Thanksgiving has been a tremendous success for retailers. Sales are up significantly and unless something changes, it appears that consumers are starting to spend again, albeit slowly and cautiously. Good news, possibly for the economy. What does this mean for us politically? As we get closer to [...]
Election Day Post Mortum
By David Freedman We in the local Democratic Party have used a certain mantra over the past years to, in a sense, give credence to an idea. The idea is that Republican control over wide political institutions in Nassau County especially in the Town of Hempstead is something that the voters would tire of. The [...]
Vote for Change on Tuesday
By David Freedman We in Nassau County will go the polls on November 8th with the opportunity to change the political landscape for the first time in a very long time. If you live in the Town of Hempstead, that very long time is over 100 years. If you live in the rest of the [...]
Our New Age of Protest
By David Freedman A really amazing thing is unfolding on Wall Street these days. Young people and not so young people are gathering in Zuccotti Park in Manhattan and protesting. As a child of the 60’s, I remember public protests against the Vietnam War. It was a raw, uncensored and powerful time and it really [...]
Congress Finally Shuts Up
By David Freedman Last Friday, our U.S. Congress did something really remarkable. They shut up! Really, they did! They did it by using a special rule that allows a bill to be passed into law by assent. All they had to do was gather a few Senators into a room and for three seconds [...]
A Civic’s Lesson From My Daughter
By David Freedman Last Sunday, I spent a good portion of my day helping my daughter prepare for her tryouts for the debate team in her High School. She had to prepare and deliver two separate two minute presentations arguing both the pro and con side of the question, “Should the Federal Government continue to [...]
