Monthly Archives: October 2010
Is There a Democrat in the House? And Could Somebody Get Me a Pair of Scissors?
How appropriate–Weiner’s standing on the far left, Turner’s on the far right! It got downright unruly over there at the Bungalow Bar on Thursday, October 21. The candidates for U.S. Congress, Weiner and Turner, were invited to speak at a … Continue reading
Weiner’s a Winner–of My Rock Park’s 50-25-25!
It’s our favorite game on the Rock. Not rugby or soccer or hoops. In Rockaway, it’s the fifty-fifty. Get out your $5 bills. No civic meeting, concert or sporting event is complete unless everyone’s toting around those big strips of tix. The place was the … Continue reading
Facades of Democracy–With or Without The Graffiti
The November election feels close now. Lawn signs for Republican candidates are proliferating like dandelions all over the west end. I even saw two bright green Audrey Pheffer campaign signs in the window of Elegante Pizza in Rockaway Beach. Still … Continue reading
Tolled Ya!
The sky looked ominous–with that deep gray harbinger of possible thunderstorms–as the sun set on Tuesday, October 5. Hundreds of fed-up residents of Rockaway and Broad Channel were undaunted. By 6:30 p.m., a revved-up crowd had gathered along Beach Channel Drive at the foot of … Continue reading
Give Your Children Roots and Wings! Floyd Bennett Planning Moves Ahead
Blue Ribbon Task Force Hearings Held in September 2010 at Aviator and Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Continue reading
Oy Vey Rockaway 