MEN’S CLUB NEWS
THE MEN’S CLUB: Return to Normality
BY HOWARD ARKIN
The Men’s Club took a giant
step forward on July 5th
when Gary Darche hosted
the first live “Open Mike” current
events session in well over a year.
Gary chose six topics to discuss,
ranging from the Mets/Yankees
subway series to Bill Cosby’s release
from prison. Gary, a life-long Yankees
fan, was quite unhappy over
the series result. The fact that he
was born in Brooklyn and became
a Yankees fan by choice was no
reason for him to deserve any sympathy from us.
The vaccination issue came up and it was
agreed upon unanimously that only in certain
situations should everyone not be vaccinated.
Unless the vaccine is detrimental to one’s health
it should be required. Regarding Bill Cosby’s
release from prison, I was very surprised to find
out that half of the men thought that it was warranted.
Is a current District Attorney bound by
what many thought was a poor decision by his
predecessor? Someone voiced his opinion by
quoting Charles Dickens:-“The law is an ass."
Donald Trump, a name that has not come
up too much recently, surfaced again. Allen
Weisselberg, the Trump Organization’s Chief
Financial Officer, has been indicted by Manhattan
District Attorney Cy Vance for income tax evasion
and fraud. Trump sees this indictment as a
“witch hunt.” I think that the feeling of the men
was that the indictment is not a "witch hunt”
but that Trump will not face future indictments
anyway because of it.
At the time of the meeting, the New York City
mayoral race results were still in doubt. We now
know that the Democratic nominee is going to
be Eric Adams and that ranked choice voting
had no effect on the outcome. I'm still undecided,
but Paul Arden’s argument did impress me.
“If I wanted my second or third
choice to be the mayor, I would
have voted for them first,” he said.
I think that most of us do not fully
understand it but it seems that
ranked choice voting is here to
stay. The public financing of NYC
elections also met with criticism.
Giving a candidate eight dollars
for every dollar contributed to
their campaign seems too excessive.
If a candidate has money
left over after the election, where
does it go?
The tragedy of the Surfside,
Florida, condominium was discussed
in great detail. One focal point in the
discussion was the need for assessments that
were necessary to make repairs to the building. I
think that it is going to take a long time before the
investigations are completed and we fully know
how this tragedy happened. The only topic that
we were unable to get to was the "The January
Insurrection" which was tabled until our next
meeting.
The meeting was well attended but the
Coleridge Room in Building Three can accommodate
quite a few more. So why not come down
next Monday? The class starts at 10:30 a.m.
The Men’s Club: Back and Better than Ever
STORY & PHOTOS BY
TOBY HOROWITZ
The Men’s Club Is strong
and if you did not renew
your membership, just ask
those who did and attended our
luncheon on June 24 at Umberto’s.
It was good to see our members
enjoying an afternoon with
old and new members. And let’s
not forget our big Bingo game on
June 27 or our first Open Mike
on July 5.
The photos say it all, and it
was great to see everyone in
person (not on Zoom), so don’t
miss these upcoming events:
Thursday, August 12, 7:30 pm
– Main Card Room
Wendy Behar discusses "Caring
for the mind and body in the golden
years"
Sunday, August 29, 12:00 pm
- Members’ Free Brunch at Buffy’s
Sunday, August 29, 7.00 pm
Lunch at Umberto’s, June 24
- Bingo in the Large Card Room
Sunday, September 26 , 7:00 pm
- Bingo in the Large Card Room
Wednesday, September 29
-Annual Dinner Dance at The
Jericho Terrace.
For details contact Jerry
Siegel at 347-235-4513/jerrysiegei1185@
gmail.com or Toby
Horowitz at 718-279-0082/
tmhmgt@yahoo.com
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