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The New York State Department of Transportation is proposing to establish a bicycle route on Route 112 in partnership with the Town of Brookhaven. The resolution was passed unanimously 7-0 on Jan. 16. Bicycle Route 112, would be a signed onroad bike route between the Port Jefferson Ferry on the North Shore and the Fire Island Ferry on the South Shore. The NYSDOT has proposed to Brookhaven that they would utilize certain portions of Town roadways to maximize the safety of the bicyclists, pedestrians and motorists instead of using segments of Route 112 that are unsuitable for safe bicycling. A representative from the NYSDOT declined to comment on the proposed bike route stating that the town and agency plan to have further discussions later in the year on the matter. Brookhaven Councilwoman Valerie Cartright (D-Port Jefferson Station) said the addition of the bike route, which would begin in her district, will be a positive one. “The development of a bicycle route between the Port Jefferson Ferry and the Fire Island Ferry is a positive infrastructure addition to the community for multiple reasons including improved safety for our cyclists,” she said in a statement. “To create greater connectivity between the two ferries and the North and South shores is an added benefit that will increase access and encourage more people to travel between one ferry to the other via bicycle.” As part of the plan, NYSDOT would fabricate and install all signs associated with the bike route at no expense to the Town. Brookhaven will periodically inspect the signs and inform NYSDOT of any replacement
Route 112 in Port Jefferson Station is just one section of the road proposed for a new bike route across the Island. File photo by Kyle Barr
signs required and NYSDOT will fabricate the replacement bicycle route signs. Bike Route 112 would utilize Columbia Street from the Town boundary at the Long Island Rail Road to New York Route 25A at Hallock Avenue; Wincoram Way between NY 25 and NY 112; Granny Road between NY 112 and Old Medford Avenue; Old Medford Avenue between Granny Road and Katy Street; Katy Street between Old Medford Avenue and Weidners Lane; Weidners Lane between Katy Street and Shaber Road; Shaber Road between Weidners Lane and Suffolk County Road 83; North Ocean Avenue between the Sunrise Highway South Service Road and the Village of Patchogue boundary line at Lakewood Street.
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University Stony Brook Hospital Head Discusses Initiatives to Curb Infections BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Carol Gomes, interim chief executive officer at Stony Brook University Hospital, recently discussed a variety of topics with TBR News Media including patient safety, quality control and curbing infections. 1. Being the interim chief executive officer at the hospital, how important is patient safety and quality control to the day-to-day operations? Stony Brook Medicine physicians and staff are committed to providing high-quality, safe patient care. Quality and patient safety is priority number one, and we focus on safe patient care every day. The Stony Brook Medicine team convenes a safety huddle that is part of the dayto-day operations in every area, which includes critical leaders from all over the hospital. We start the day with approximately 35 care team members from nursing leadership, physician leadership and operational leadership who report on important safety or quality opportunities. Our huddles are highly structured meetings that allow the hospital to focus on process changes with direct follow-up. This drives accountability to help ensure that
SBU Hospital CEO Carol Gomes Photo from SBU Hospital
adequate safety measures are in place for our patients at all times. 2. Interim SBU President Michael Bernstein mentioned to us that you were making an effort to curb infections at the hospital among other things. Could you
discuss some of the initiatives you’ve been implementing to improve in that area? Stony Brook University Hospital has three primary strategic quality priorities — clinical outcomes, patient safety and the patient experience. Proactively, Stony Brook works to provide safe and effective care to every patient via our patient safety work groups. These groups analyze processes, review relevant data and implement process changes to enhance patient safety and prevent patient harm. The vast majority of projects and improvement efforts are aimed at reducing hospital associated infections. There are teams that implement best practices for CLABSI, or central line associated bloodstream infections; hand hygiene; CAUTI, or catheter-associated urinary tract infections; C. diff, or Clostridium difficile infections; SSI, or surgical site infections; and sepsis. Working groups incorporate real-time data to implement best practices to ensure hospital units continue to drive improvement efforts in achieving patient safety goals. 3. In general could you talk about the threat of infections to patients at hospitals? Most people view hospitals as a place of recovery
and necessarily don’t think of other germs, sick people around them. Can you speak on that and the challenges you and others face? As a matter of standard practice, the hospital adheres to rigorous infection control guidelines every day to ensure a clean environment for patients, staff and visitors. These practices are especially important during the flu season. Being within the close quarters of a hospital, there is an increased incidence of transmission for infections. Many patients have recent surgical wounds, IVs and other catheters placing them at higher risk of infection. These risks may be enhanced by the acquisition of an infection from a visitor. Family members and other visitors who suspect they may have the flu or other viruses are advised to not visit the hospital. To lessen the spread of the flu virus, hand hygiene and attention to reducing the effects of droplets from respiratory illnesses such as the flu can enhance patient safety. Hand washing prevents infection. It is one of the most important actions each of us can implement before and after every encounter with a patient. The goal is to minimize that transmission while the patient is in the hospital.
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Pro-Trump Sign Reinstalled Over PJ Candy Shop, Village Orders Removal BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM In time for the start of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump (R), a banner was hung above Roger’s Frigate candy and ice cream shop in Port Jeff reading “In Trump We Trust” on the building’s second floor. Barbara Sakovich, the village clerk, said the building and planning department issued a new order to remedy to the owner, George Wallis, after it was hung. The village has maintained the sign violates code 250-31D regarding signs, specifically the size and material of the sign being hung across the building’s second floor. Frigate general manager, Roger Rutherford, did not respond to request for comment. By Wednesday, Jan. 29, the sign was still above the shop. The clerk said she had already received some complaints as of Wednesday, but other than the violations of code, the village cannot restrict freedom of speech. The business owner has five days from receipt of the order to remedy to remove the sign or be issued an appearance ticket and potentially face a financial penalty. Village
The sign is located at the corner of Main Street and East Broadway in Port Jefferson. Photo by David Luces
Attorney Brian Egan said the maximum end of such a penalty could be a maximum of $2,000 per day not removed, but that would be on the extreme end for a sign violation, and could likely be less than that. The candy store owner had put up the same sign three years ago in January 2017, during
Trump’s inauguration. The banner caused several days of controversy before it was taken down. Rutherford said at the time the plan had already been to take the sign down after a few days. In October last year, the village board unanimously passed a resolution reducing the number of days a sign can be up before it must
be removed from 30 to five. Egan said the change was to cut down on time that the board felt was too long for a violating sign to be up, especially when applying for a permit is “not burdensome.” He added that the courts and village comply with a broad reading on the First Amendment, but municipalities such as the village have rights to impose “content neutral” regulations, such as size, material, etc. Those regulations were in place before the Frigate originally installed the sign in 2017. Reaction on community Facebook groups was similarly divided as it was three years ago, with some congratulating the shop while others claimed they had been boycotting the shop since 2017. Wallis has been a character in Port Jefferson for decades, and the Frigate has become a major staple within that community. The owner of the candy store, as well as the neighboring The Steam Room, has been known as a maverick in some of his past decisions on his properties, such as in 2002 when he replaced a statue of Thomas Jefferson with one of an eagle to commemorate those lost in 9/11, according to The New York Times. Additional reporting by David Luces.
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Governor Announces State Aid to Relieve Road Damage on Route 25A BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM A section of North Shore roadway will benefit from new state funding for the renewal of streets impacted by extreme weather events. New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced Jan. 23 that $151 million in new funding to complement $743 million in direct state aid provided through the PAVE NY Initiative for local road and bridge projects. Of the new allocation, $6.6 million will be used to renew Route 25A from Nicolls Road in Stony Brook to Main Street/East Broadway in Port Jefferson, according to a press release from the governor’s office. “New York continues to make nation-leading investments in the renewal and modernization of the state’s roads, bridges, transit systems and airports,” Cuomo said in the release. “These investments are laying the foundation to ensure sustained growth throughout the 21st century in tourism, business and workforce development, and economic opportunities.” According to the release, the improvement will enhance highway safety and reduce the roughness of roads, which in turn will make them more fuel efficient. Work is estimated to begin this spring
and be completed in the winter of 2020. State Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Setauket) brought the severity of local road conditions to the attention of the state Department of Transportation last year, according to a press release from his office. The designated areas have been subjected to serious degradation due to water seepage into road seams and large clusters of filled potholes creating rutted, uneven and unsafe surfaces. One of the worse sections is the roadway near the East Setauket Post Office to CVS, but other sections have deteriorated rapidly, including the hill from Poquott into Port Jefferson. “Last summer, we noticed an acceleration in the deterioration of different sections of Route 25A,” Englebright said in the statement. “So, I met with DOT staff to communicate the urgent need for repair. After evaluation of the road confirmed the urgency, [NYSDOT] regional director, Joseph Brown, indicated that he would do his best to find funds to do repairs. We want to thank the regional director and his staff for working to include the main highway of our community in this funding program.” Town of Brookhaven Highway Supervisor Dan Losquadro (R) said while he’s always grateful when he hears of state funding coming
A portion of Route 25A in Setauket will benefit from the new funding. Photo by Rita J. Egan
the town’s way, when he heard the recent news, he was disappointed as to how little aid was coming to Suffolk County. He pointed to the fact that the section of Route 25A is the only one designated in the area. He added there is a desperate need for state funding to be reinstated for work on Route 347, specifically for the Nicolls Road overpass and intersection. Losquadro said he will continue conversations with state legislators about state
roads, also the Consolidated Local Street and Highway Improvement Program, otherwise known as CHIPS, allocation for local streets. “I really hope that this is a starting point and not an endpoint when it comes to the proposal for funding for infrastructure for Long Island, because paving one road in Suffolk County really isn’t to me an adequate investment on the part of the state Legislature,” Losquadro said.
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Health
LI Health Officials Monitoring Coronavirus Threat ‘There are procedure plans in place in every hospital. There is always a concern when these outbreaks are announced.’
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When he returns to the United States, the professor will remain in quarantine until he could no longer be a carrier for the virus. Area hospitals, meanwhile, are watching carefully for any signs of coronavirus. “There are procedure plans in place in every hospital,” said Dr. Bettina Fries, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine at Stony Brook University’s Renaissance School of Medicine. “There is always a concern when these outbreaks are announced.” At this point, however, the World Health Organization has not declared the outbreak an emergency. The CDC has classified the new coronavirus threat level as “low.” The coronavirus, called 2019-nCoV, is in the same family as sudden acute respiratory syndrome and the Middle East respiratory syndrome. The initial mortality rate from the current coronavirus is lower than the 10 percent rate for SARS, which spread in 2002,
or the 30 to 35 percent rate from MERS, which started in Saudi Arabia in 2012. The timing of the virus is challenging because the symptoms are similar to those for the flu, which has become more prevalent in New York and around the country this winter. Coronavirus symptoms, according to the CDC, include coughing, fever and shortness of breath. While airports like John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens are screening people who arrive from Wuhan, efforts to determine whether they may be carrying the virus could be limited, in part because the incubation period could be as long as two weeks, during which time an infected person could be contagious. Infectious disease experts suggested practicing the kind of hygiene that would reduce the likelihood of contracting the flu. This includes: washing hands for at least 20 seconds, using hand sanitizer and maintaining a distance of about 3 feet from anyone who
has the sniffles or appears to be battling a cold. Infectious disease experts also suggest cutting back on handshakes, especially with people who appear to be battling a cold. “If you have immunocompromised people, they should be extra careful,” Fries said, adding that the CDC, which has been regularly updating its web page, www.cdc.gov, has been working tirelessly with national and state health officials to coordinate a response to this virus, wherever it hits. “The New York State Department of Health and the CDC need to be praised for all the work” they are doing, she said. “They have a task force that doesn’t do anything else but prepare for patients coming from outbreak areas.” Scientists around the world have also been working to develop a vaccine for this new virus. According to a recent report in The Washington Post, researchers anticipate developing such a vaccine in as little as three months, which is considerably shorter than the 20 months it took to develop a vaccine for the SARS virus. The Post, however, suggested that the development of a vaccine would require testing before it received approval. Fries said the concern about the coronavirus comes less with the current death toll than it does with the effect as it continues to spread. “It’s important to see how far it spreads and what the real mortality is,” which is tough to track because the outbreak is still at the beginning and scientists and public health officials are still processing new information, she added.
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While the risk from the new deadly coronavirus that has closed cities in China remains low in New York, Long Island hospitals, including Stony Brook, are working with the New York Department of Health to prepare in case it makes its way to the New York area. The respiratory virus, which originated at a seafood market in Wuhan Province in China during contact between humans and an animal that reportedly could have been a snake, has claimed the lives of 132 people as of Jan. 29. The virus has spread to three states, with single cases in Seattle, Washington, and Chicago, Illinois, and two cases in California. The reported deaths from the virus are all in China, although people have also tested positive for coronavirus in countries including Australia, Canada, France, Japan and Vietnam, among others. As of earlier this week, New York State had sent samples for nine people to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for testing. Four samples tested negative, while the state is awaiting results for the other five. “These five individuals remain in isolation as their samples are tested at CDC,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said in a statement. “While the risk for New Yorkers is currently low, we are still working to keep everyone informed, prepared and safe.” China has been working to contain the virus by enforcing lockdowns in cities like Wuhan. Indeed, an unnamed Stony Brook scientist, who was visiting his family, has been unable to leave China to return to Long Island. Through a spokeswoman, Stony Brook said it is grateful for the help of Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the State Department and the university community in trying to bring him home.
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Centereach Man Charged with Murder in New Jersey Centereach man Kenneth Regan, 21, was charged with alleged murder, attempted murder and various weapon offenses in New Jersey last Thursday after a week-long investigation by that state’s detectives. He was charged alongside an Eastport man, Douglas Coudrey. New Jersey State Police said they responded to a 911 call Jan. 18 at around 12:15 a.m. reporting shots fired on Interstate 80 West in Lodi, New Jersey. Responding police said they found a vehicle in the middle lane with the driver, 27-year-old Luis Perez of the Bronx in the driver seat with gun shots to his neck and chest. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other passengers, also of the Bronx, were in the car, and one is in critical but stable condition and the other was uninjured. The investigation brought investigators to Coudrey’s Eastport residence, and when police tried to stop Coudrey, Regan and a third male in their vehicle, the alleged perpetrators fled, crashed
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4. Other practices/guidelines at the hospital? The flu virus most commonly spreads from an infected person to others. It’s important to stay home while you’re sick, not visit people in the hospital and to limit close contact with others. Visitors should wash their hands before entering a patient room and after seeing a patient, whether or not there is patient contact. As added protection, patients who have been identified as having infections are isolated appropriately from other patients in order to prevent accidental spread. Therefore, if a patient has the flu or flulike symptoms, the hospital will place them in respiratory isolation. Likewise, a patient with measles or chicken pox is kept in appropriate isolation. Visitors may be asked to wear masks on certain units. 5. How do patient safety grades affect how the hospital looks to improve its quality?
Kenneth Regan, of Centereach, has been charged with murder on a New Jersey interstate. Photo from Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office
into a fence and were subsequently arrested. Police later found a .22 caliber rifle modified to be used as a submachine gun and a sawed-off shotgun. Both men were charged in New Jersey. Suffolk County police and the district attorney’s office were said to have aided in the investigation and apprehension of the alleged perpetrators. Attorney information for both men was not available.
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Stony Brook University Hospital supports the public availability of quality and safety information about hospitals. We are constantly looking for ways to improve and ensure the highest quality of care. There is a wide variation of quality reports with different methodologies and results. Clinical outcomes define our success as a hospital. Better clinical outcomes means we’re taking better care of our patients. Stony Brook Medicine initiated a major initiative to improve clinical outcomes. We have multidisciplinary groups improving outcomes in the following areas: • Increasing our time educating patients prior to their discharge in order to prevent hospital readmissions. • Improving the care of our patients receiving surgery to reduce postoperative complications. • Enhancing the diagnosis and care of patients with diabetes. • Improving the speed of diagnosis and treatment of sepsis. In short, great effort is expended in identifying opportunities for improvement with a detailed and focused approach on enhancing patient outcomes.
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From left: 11th-grader Emily Krauth and 10th-grader Rebecca Bonner display their artwork. Photo by the Middle Country Central School District
MC Students Selected for All-County Art Show Centereach High School recognized Emily Krauth and Rebecca Bonner, who were nominated to submit their artwork in the Suffolk County Art Leaders Association’s (SCALA) High School All-County and Senior Scholarship Show. Lorraine Angeletti, art
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Editorial Perspective Deny Fear, Think Practically Your Turn: Growing Up at ‘Kobe Bryant’s High School’
“Fear is the mind killer.” It’s a recurring phrase found in the seminal writing of Frank Herbert’s 1965 book “Dune.” Despite the complicated jumbling of sci-fi jargon and galactic themes of power, religion and politics, the one phrase sticks out, touching on a basic fact of human existence, and the ever-present element of terror in the hearts of humanity. We experience that same overriding fear again and again, such as now when reading about the current outbreak of the coronavirus from China. There have already been five people announced to have caught the virus in the U.S. That is out of 110 people who are currently being investigated for having the virus, where over 30 have come back negative. New York City has yet to have seen a particular person come forward with the virus, but city hospitals are making preparations knowing it’s only a matter of time, according to The New York Times. Long Island is in much the same way making such preparations, with Stony Brook University Hospital and other Long Island health centers putting plans into effect. This isn’t some kind of new, alien virus. The coronavirus has been around for many years, and causes respiratory illnesses in animals, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This new strain of the virus is being called the 2019 novel coronavirus. Deaths, experts say, have mostly been the elderly or those with underlying health conditions. There’s something primordially horrifying of the prospect of disease, and despite our modern sensibilities we still have not eclipsed that fear. There was swine flu during 2008 and 2009. There was Ebola in 2018. However, the coronavirus is not something to simply tune out. The death toll has now exceeded 132 persons, all of them in China, and there have been a reported approximately 4,500 cases confirmed, with some scientists saying the number of infections could be higher. That is not to say these diseases do not kill people, nor that they did not have to be met by concerted efforts of government and civilian medical professionals. But panicked reactions to such outbreaks rarely help. Factcheck.org posted its own data points of misinformation spread about the virus, with some on social media inaccurately saying there are 10s or 100s of thousands dead, when that’s simply not true or at all confirmed. The U.S. has already strongly suggested canceling any nonessential visits to China. Transport within the epicenter for the virus is already heavily restricted by Chinese officials. The CDC has said the virus can travel from person to person, so the agency has suggested that if one must travel, then they should avoid contact with obviously sick people, as well as with animals, both alive or dead, and animal markets. A person traveling should also wash their hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, or with hand sanitizer if no soap is available. Of course, we at TBR News Media will try to keep abreast of any new developments of the disease from the local angle and put any such updates on our website, but we also ask you don’t let the fear kill you, body and mind.
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People sometimes ask, “Where did matchup between the Lakers and the Sixers in Philly, so that Kobe would already be you grow up?” I grew up in Lower Merion, an in town. The black-tie event featured a unassuming quiet suburb about 20 to 30 performance from popular local rapper minutes outside of Philadelphia. I attended Chiddy Bang, and a myriad of celebrities the local public schools, including Lower were in attendance, including several Merion High School, or just LM for short. members of the Philadelphia Phillies Most would probably agree that LM is an baseball team who showed up to support above-average public school, but they’d Kobe, and nearly the entire Lakers team also probably agree that it’s not particularly came, too. Tickets for students and extraordinary, except for one reason. Kobe community members were in the hundreds Bryant went to Lower Merion High School. of dollars. I’m not going to lie: When I first saw My freshman year coincided with the opening of LM’s brand new school building. everything I thought it was way over the top. I thought he was just another The old building had been celebrity personality in the there for more than 100 middle of a big publicity years, and the district had stunt. But then I heard the decided to start anew. On stories from old teachers my first tour of the new who had taught him way school when I was still an back when. Stories about eighth-grader, one feature how friendly and eager stood out to me above the he was to learn — he still rest: the soon-to-be-named kept in touch with his Kobe Bryant Gymnasium. English teacher. Stories The gym, paid for in part from former classmates by a substantial donation and students who had seen from Kobe, was to be a him, always smiling and testament to the storied laughing, in the halls or history of Lower Merion Benji Dunaief had the opportunity to sit sports since the school’s down and talk with him. founding in 1894. He always made time to Of course, that history is heavily punctuated by Bryant’s talk with alum. Then I joined the basketball own legacy. The perimeter of the gym team, the Aces — to film games and create is plastered with murals of Kobe in LM video highlights and definitely not to play — jerseys, his name is scrawled in massive and saw how he still guided and influenced cursive lettering over the entrance and that team 18 years after he took his last a glass case housing memorabilia from fadeaway in the maroon-and-white. He aided Kobe’s LM career is located just outside the team both physically, by gifting crates the gym. A very well-vacuumed LM upon crates of his branded warm-up attire, embroidered rug was placed at the foot jackets and sneakers — even creating special of the case, and my friends and I used to “Aces Edition” Kobe’s — and spiritually, by joke that its real purpose was for students frequently tweeting to support the Aces and to pay respects by bowing down to the inviting them to his basketball camps. His relationship with head coach Gregg “Kobe shrine.” A few months into my freshman year, Downer remained strong, and the two in 2010, LM planned a gym dedication frequently talked. Kobe called Downer the ceremony for the ages. The ceremony was most influential coach in his entire career. scheduled to coincide with a basketball Studying Downer’s gritty, give-everything-
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you-got coaching philosophy, it’s not hard to see that it helped to shape the scrappy and relentless style of play Kobe became famous for. Most high schools have notable alumni. For example, Cheltenham High School, which is just on the other side of town, has an insane number of famous alumni, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson, 15-time Grammy Award winner Michael Brecker and rapper Lil Dicky. But you would probably not have first associated those people with Cheltenham. When I’m out somewhere wearing Lower Merion apparel, whether in Europe, Canada, Chicago or Los Angeles, people will recognize the name, and it’s usually followed by a “Huh, Kobe.” Kobe Bryant isn’t just an alum of Lower Merion. Kobe Bryant took an active role in shaping the culture and the ideals of Lower Merion and he simultaneously allowed himself to become shaped by it, to the point where there was hardly a way to separate one from the other. Kobe Bryant made Lower Merion his own. When people ask me “Where did you grow up?” I say, “Lower Merion, I went to Kobe Bryant’s high school.” Benji Dunaief is director of TBR News Media-produced films “One Life to Give” and its sequel, “Traitor: A Culper Spy Story.”
A Thank You to Learning Tower Toys
I should like to draw the community’s attention to the amazing store in our neighborhood, Learning Tower Toys, located at 4747 Nesconset Highway, #26, in Port Jefferson. It is unique in offering a wide range of high-quality educational toys for all ages and in providing advice to great-
grandparents like myself who no longer are certain as to what is appropriate for what age children. Learning Tower Toys has been serving this community since 1996. Joyce Edward South Setauket
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January 30, 2020 • THE TIMES OF MIDDLE COUNTRY • PAGE A19
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hat should the Republicans do about former National Security Adviser John Bolton? In this topsyturvy battle in Washington, Bolton has become a lightning bolt with his claims about his recent boss, President Donald Trump (R). So, the Republicans, particularly under Trump, have a playbook for dealing with disaffected former staffers. That’s not D. None terribly surprising, given that the of the above president’s previBY DANIEL DUNAIEF ous job involved letting people know that, “You’re fired!” Here are my top 10 options for dealing with Bolton. 10. Pretend no one knew him and that he
wasn’t significant. The president has used that approach with other people with varying levels of success. The problem is that there were far too many pictures and meetings. For crying out loud, the guy was the national security adviser. Disavowing any knowledge or contact with him strains the willing suspension of disbelief required for so many other excuses. Let’s pass on that one. 9. Claim he’s trying to make money on a book. That’s what some have suggested, ignoring that he might be trying to make money and be telling the truth. 8. Insist that the book is a national security threat. That’s a technique the president has said he’d use to keep everyone else from testifying during his hotly contested impeachment trial. 7. Suggest that Trump would “love” to have him testify, but that someone else — a lawyer, a member of the FBI or CIA, or someone in the shadows who the president and his staff feel has a valid argument — has suggested that his testifying would destroy the Constitution, ruin the presidency or alter the course of history in
a negative way for everyone. 6. Create a new, outlandish and riveting conspiracy theory. Maybe he’s still John Bolton, but the Democrats, and in particular House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, got a hold of him and somehow figured out how to reprogram him. This is doubly delicious, like a cheeseburger with extra bacon, deep fried in lard, because it unites Bolton with Pelosi and suggests that he’s lying and has sold his soul to a lower form of political being. 5. Develop a diversion. (Don’t you love alliteration?) Come up with a Mideast peace plan, a Chinese trade policy, a cure for coronavirus or a way to provide energy that removes the hippy-dippy greenhouse gases and cools the Earth. The short attention spans will seize on this as the one and only part of the news that’s worth covering. Surely, with all the events of the world, the drama, the excitement and the immediate need to feed the news beast, there must be some way to send eyeballs elsewhere, turning Bolton into an afterthought.
4. Ban anyone with a bushy, white mustache from entering the Senate chamber. The Democrats and all their supporters picked on Bolton mercilessly when he became national security adviser, focusing on his facial hair. Surely it’s fair to suggest that this defining characteristic makes him untrustworthy? 3. Give him the wrong time and day to show up. When he doesn’t arrive, suggest that he must have had a change of heart and it’s time to move on with a process that has a predetermined ending anyway. 2. Someone to whom Bolton lied could claim that the former national security adviser didn’t always tell the truth, which would undermine anything Bolton claimed the president said. 1. Let him testify. Bolton was always part of a Republican plan anyway. Once Republicans allow him to come before the Senate, he can deny the “leaks,” undermining the credibility of the media and the Democrats. In return, he can get another position, like maybe an ambassadorship?
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page in our six newspapers — and only in our newspapers rather than on our website and social media — to encourage you to pick up the newspapers and see what you have been missing if you have only been reading us online. That meant you had to mail in or bring in the completed entry forms to our office, an added task in this age of transactions routinely completed over the internet. Most of the entries were mailed in via the U.S. Postal Service, what we have come to call “snail mail.” We didn’t know what to expect. To our delight, we received 2,525 nominations over the course of the weeks the contest ran. After we tabulated the responses from Huntington, Greenlawn and Northport, Smithtown, Kings Park, St. James and Lake Grove, Port Jefferson and Port Jefferson Station, Sound Beach, Rocky Point and Miller Place, Yaphank and Centereach, Stony Brook and Setauket and more, we were delighted to publish the winners in a special supplement at the close of the year. Now we are celebrating those “No. 1’s” at the aforementioned reception next Wednesday evening. In addition to the individual businesses and services, we are celebrating much
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more. We are proudly calling attention to the fact that retail is not dead. That newspapers are not dead. That the Post Office is not dead. That communities, of which businesses are a central part, are vibrant. And that shopping locally is an important part of our residents lives. I think we made a point. Several points, in fact. Now comes “Thank You.” Thank You to all who took the time to express their appreciation for their favorite businesses, business owners and managers by sending in the entries. Thank You to those business owners and professionals who faithfully serve their clientele — the winners and the many who were also nominated but perhaps lost by a vote or two. We are mentioning the latter group in this week’s issue with their own supplement. And Thank You to the fabulous staff of Times Beacon Record for the many hours they put in to tabulate the results, design and send out invitations and certificates, field calls asking for information and countless other tasks, including selling advertising in support of the effort to salute local shopping. So consider these two supplements — the winners and those also nominated — as lists of preferred local establishments whose services
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Leah S. Dunaief GENERAL MANAGER Johness Kuisel MANAGING EDITOR Kyle Barr EDITOR David Luces
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come recommended. And think of others who might have been improperly overlooked but who can be voted in for the Best of 2020. While you are thinking, come to the party. There will be music, lights, camera, action and, of course, food. A red carpet will be provided for the winners to walk on as they come to the podium for their framed certificates. They will be videoed and then shown on our website for the next couple of months, photographed and appear in subsequent editions of our newspapers and otherwise be toasted. Best of all, this is another chance for the community to get together and enjoy each other. We, as the publishers of the community newspapers and digital media, work to enhance the sense of community in the areas we serve. This is the first of several events we plan to offer you this year. We hope to see you, our readers, the winners, those also nominated, the many who sent in the nominations, and other members of the neighborhood at the party. Valet parking will be provided. Go to our website, tbrnewsmedia.com, or call us at 631-751-7744 and order tickets now. Thank You.
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