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POLICE AND FIRE PERSONNEL answered the plunged into the Woodcleft Canal In the early
Knocking on doors to protect Social Securi
by Laura Schofer
House to house, door to door, one person at a time, that's how members of a coalition of organizations called In The Together plan to persuade people to reexamine the plan to privatize Social Security.
"I feel strongly that Social Security be preserved for all generations, not just the elderly but for my children as well. I don't want my daughter's future to fall through the cracks," Koyla Braun-Greiner of Baldwin told The Leader. Ms. Braun-Greiner is a member of Parents and Teachers for Sustainable Future, one of the organizations involved in this effort.
Other organizations involved include Citizen Actions, the Working Families Party, ACORN, the United Auto workers, the Communications Workers of America, Long Island Progressive Coalition as well as other labor unions and community organizations.
"This is not an issue of Republicans or Democrats. This is an American issue," said Brian Schneck, another member of the Coalition. "There are some 120,000 "Social Security recipients in [Congressman] Peter King's district alone. How many are receiving survivors
benefits? How many widows and children? I'm just 35 years old but I am still worried about this."
Along with Ms. Braun-Greiner, Susan Weissman of Merrick, Lisa Tyson of Bellmore and dozens of other volunteers rang doorbells Saturday, March 5, asking residents in the Seaford/Massapequa area to write letters to Congressman King. They were urging him to preserve Social Security and to hold a town hall meeting.
But as of press time Congressman King-has not responded to the invitation, and calls to his office were not returned.
"He needs to hear what his constituents have to say about Social Security. He has not taken a position on this issue yet. We want a town hall meeting and hear where he stands," said Lisa Tyson, executive director of the Long Island Progressive Coalition and a Bellmore resident.
"King is apparently not interested in participating in a discussion of the most important issue on the national agenda -the President's reckless proposal to privatize Social Security," said Bill Pickering, a local spokesperson forin This Together and president of United Auto Workers Local 259.
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Video surveillance caught the last moments of a man's life as his car plunged into Woodcleft Canal early Sunday morning, March 12.
The First Squad reports the prehmi-. nary findings of a homicide investigation in Freeport: According to detectives. Video surveillance and investigation, initially launched by a neighboring business owner who had observed damage to a pole on his property, indicate that the deceased, Peter Cubing, 25, of Seaford, drove his 2000 BMW off Woodcleft Avenue into the Woodcleft Canal, at around 4:10 a.m.
Freeport Police Chief Mike Woodward told The Leader that the owner of Miss Freeport 5 party boat initially came to check on damage to light poles when he noticed the car in the water. "The normal procedure i^sually calls for a county
response, but the FPD desk officer, not knowing that the car had been in the water for 17 hours, sent Freeport Police and Fire Rescue units," said Chief Woodward. The rescue became a recovery effort when it was ascertained when the car went into the water.
A cooperative effort by Freeport Police Department, the Nassau Police First Squad, First Precinct, the Marine/Aviation Bureau and the Emergency Services Bureau recovered the vehicle and its sole occupant at the bottom of the canal. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:57 p.m. Investigation by the Homicide Squad and the Medical Examiner's Office is ongoing. Chief Woodward said that the cause of death is still undetermined. "At this time there are too many variables in fixing cause of death."
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| Title | The-Leader_2005-03-17 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within the Village of Freeport and Baldwin. |
| Creator | Linda Toscano |
| Publisher | L & M Publications, Inc. |
| Contributors | Scanned by Imaging & Microfilm Access, Inc. (Bohemia, NY 11716) |
| Date | 2005 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | PDF; TIFF |
| Source | Freeport Memorial Library |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | This digital image may be freely used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this image is permitted without written permission of the Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY 11520 or email: frreference@freeportlibrary.info |
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