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Yearly Archives: 2007
Library Conundrum
I was in Montauk yesterday, and, as always, was impressed by what a unique and lovely place it is. I wanted to write about that today — y’know, something upbeat and charming. Unfortunately, after reading yet another ill-informed opinion piece about the John Jermain Memorial Library’s expansion plans in last Thursday’s Sag Harbor Express, I just can’t do charming. It’s not that Lorraine Dusky’s viewpoint was unreasonable — in fact, I agree with her main point, about it being our responsibility to protect the character of our community — it’s just that when talking about the library, she reiterates a few old arguments that I thought were long ago laid to rest.
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Posted in Libraries
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What Sag Harbor Can Learn From Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards
Ordinarily, you wouldn’t expect to find a lot of similarities between Sag Harbor and Brooklyn. But while reading an Op-Ed piece in Saturday’s New York Times by Jennifer Egan (author of the novel The Keep
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Posted in Affodable Housing, Development, Other Views
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In Praise of Listening
I once worked for a company that wasted a lot of time in meetings. It wasn’t that the meetings themselves were a bad idea, it was just that the meetings never seemed to achieve the intended results. Ultimately, the company hired a consultant, who, after observing one of our meetings for about fifteen minutes, told us why our meetings failed. …
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Posted in Behavior, Property Rights
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Local Boy Makes Good (With Your Help)
Usually when I ask my readers (all three of you) to do something, it’s for the benefit of the Sag Hampton community in one way or another, whether it’s a reminder to attend a meeting, or an entreaty to write … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Dear Reader
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