To the Editor:
Last week, one Rich Ayala of South Carolina wrote here about how after tracing all of his relatives – with fond memories – who resided on LBI going back a few generations, he is now saddened by how things have changed on our lovely Island because, while coming onto the Island a few days earlier, people in an SUV with New York plates shouted “you f**king Democrat” multiple times during the Trump boat parade.
Let me address his issues right now: One, Mr. Ayala, where have you been the past 3½ years?
September 16, 2020
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