For those who had high hopes for the Montauketts, this latest veto stings even more than the last five times a New York governor killed the tribe’s recognition.

The East Hampton Village Police Chief put it bluntly the other day when he remarked, “Big Brother is everywhere.”

The beauty of Jimmy Carter was that he persisted. He was a man of true convictions.

East Hampton was something of a backwater until nearly the dawn of the 20th century as compared to Sag Harbor, which the Long Island Rail Road linked to the rest of the world starting in 1870.