Archive for March, 2003
Our Unlikely Hero
He’s not faster than a speeding bullet, or more powerful than a locomotive. Not only can he not leap buildings in a single bound, Suffolk County Legislator Jon Cooper will tell you that between the pressures of being president of a multi-million-dollar family electronics firm, the demands of raising five kids, and his hectic schedule as a legislator, he rarely has time to use the gym in his home on the shore in Lloyd Neck. Still, the Island’s only openly gay politician, who has been elected twice in a traditionally conserverative district, is an unlikely superhero of sorts.
