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December 12, 2019

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Santa Arrives in Style Stony Brook Fire Department escorts Santa to Village Center for annual holiday event — photos A11 Join us Sunday, December 15th at 5 pm!

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Students from Minnesauke Elementary School participate in last year’s parade. Photo by Rita J. Egan

Electric Holiday Parade Organizers Name Ardolino Grand Marshal

The annual Three Village Electric Holiday Parade is set for Sunday, Dec. 15.

Each year, students, organizations, businesses and local dignitaries prepare their floats, banners and lights and march their way down Main Street. Parade organizers recently announced that this year’s grand marshal will be Michael Ardolino. Ardolino is a longtime past sponsor of the parade and one of its founding members. He is one of the founders and ownerbroker of Realty Connect USA and supports

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The parade begins at 5 p.m. Parade participants will line up in front of the Setauket Elementary School and march down Main Street to Route 25A, ending at the East Setauket Pond Park and Shore Road. After the parade, Santa will greet visitors at the park and hot chocolate and cookies will be available. The night will also feature a tree lighting.

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Legislators, Activists Call for Electrification of Transportation

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State Assemblyman Steve Englebright, Town of Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine and Port Jefferson Village trustee Bruce Miller speak at a Dec. 9 press conference calling for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the electrification of public transportation, including the Long Island Rail Road. Photo by Rita J. Egan

Charles Bevington, chair of Sierra Club Long Island Group, said so far more than 7,500 signatures have been collected and the hope is to get to 10,000.

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Representatives from the national environmental advocacy group Sierra Club along with local representatives are calling for the electrification of Long Island’s transportation, especially its trains.

On Dec. 9, the Sierra Club was joined by local representatives at a press conference at the Long Island Rail Road’s Stony Brook train station. The event was part of the Get Set, Go Green! relay, where people from across the state, including Buffalo, Rochester, Lower Hudson Valley, New York City and Plattsburgh, are traveling to Albany on multiple modes of low-carbon transportation.

The goal is to deliver a petition signed by thousands of New Yorkers to Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) by Dec. 12.

The Dec. 9 event included a send-off for relayer Edgar Cid, 25, of Lindenhurst, who was set to take the 1:19 p.m. train from Stony Brook to Penn Station to deliver petitions to the next relayer in New York City. Cid said he was happy to participate as he realizes the importance of moving toward more electric-based transportation on the Island, including trains.

Bruce Miller and Mothers Out Front volunteer leader Billii Roberti, of Huntington, joined Bevington and other environmental activists to support the relay.

The petition urges Cuomo to adopt a statewide target to reduce emissions 55 percent from transportation by 2035 in his 2020 State of the State address. According to Englebright, the largest amount of state greenhouse gas emissions, 36 percent, comes from transportation. He said the governor recently signed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, which sets a statewide goal to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. He added that for the state to reach the climate goals detailed in the act, a reduction of emissions must begin now.

The assemblyman said the frequency of hurricanes, invasion of species harmful to our ecosystems and warming waters that have destroyed lobsters point to being “in the midst already of a climate crisis.”

The act sets a goal for 70 percent of the state’s electricity to come from renewable energy within 11 years and 100 percent of the state’s electricity supply must be emissions free by 2040. Englebright said he is concerned ELECTRIFICATION CONTINUED ON A8

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One on One: Lee Zeldin Discusses Impeachment Hearings and More Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

Ukrainians also interfered in the 2016 election.

That is indisputable. The scope and nature of the interference was different in the two examples, not on the same scale, and should not be equated.

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The U.S. House of Representatives has recommended filing articles of impeachment of the 45th president of the United States of America Donald J. Trump (R). Many elected officials, mostly Democrats and constitutional scholars, see a moral and legal imperative for their position, while Republicans have largely remained loyal to their party leader. With some experts saying that the nation is under threat, the situation demands everyone’s full attention. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY-1) is the elected congressional representative for most of Suffolk County. His district extends to the west to the eastern edges of Kings Park and includes Smithtown and Hauppauge and parts of Commack. Hours after the recommendation was announced on Dec. 5, Rep. Zeldin agreed to an email interview on the topic of impeachment.

Do you see any compelling reason for impeachment?

No. In your view, what constitutes a crime or misdemeanor offense worthy of impeachment?

Treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors as laid out in Section 4 of Article II of the Constitution.

(Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution: The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.)

What’s your reaction to the impeachment?

Instead of focusing on opposing everything and anything, House Democrats should focus on the issues most important to the American people, working on bipartisan victories to pass the [U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement] USMCA, combat the heroin and opioid abuse epidemic, secure our borders and so much more.

(Editor’s note: The White House and House Democrats reached a deal Dec. 10 to pass the USMCA.) Why did you, along with other House Republicans, interrupt a committee meeting that had members of both parties in attendance and stall the impeachment probe?

The premise of your question is false.

As a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I was already in the SCIF in my seat when those other members walked in.

Are you planning to make the impeachment proceedings a point in your upcoming reelection campaign?

The Democrats are ripping our country in half with their destructive impeachment obsession.

Lee Zeldin at a press conference earlier this year. File photo

What is your take on House Republicans interrupting on Oct. 23 the impeachment probe committee meeting?

There should have been greater transparency and a fairer process in the first place. They were very frustrated as elected members of Congress being completely in the dark while being asked questions back home from constituents and local media about what was going on with the impeachment inquiry.

Do you believe a U.S. president should use U.S. taxpayer dollars as leverage to coerce a foreign leader to investigate a political rival?

If you are asking that question related to the Ukraine fact pattern, then I disagree with the premise of your question.

What is your take on what happened with President Trump requesting [help from] Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky?

Can you clarify this question?

Clarification: Do you find any of these actions objectionable? President Trump requested in a July 25, 2019, phone call that Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky take a call from his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani to discuss an investigation into the son of his political rival. The White House then placed that same day a formal hold on $250 million congressionally approved security funding for Ukraine. The funds were ultimately released Sept. 11 after a whistle-blower filed a complaint, 85 days after the Pentagon announced that aid had become available, 19 days before funds expire.

That is your version of the story. You are entitled to your opinion but I obviously would disagree with the premise of your question.

Do you believe that Ukraine and not Russia interfered in the 2016 election?

Has anything in the ongoing impeachment proceedings changed your mind concerning the actions of the president?

No. Can you please tell us how many former members of Trump’s campaign, cabinet and personal lawyers have been investigated and/ or convicted of crimes? What’s your reaction to this?

I’m not aware of any new information to add beyond what you know already.

As a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, when did you become aware of the removal of U.S. troops from Kurdish territories? Do you believe other countries or leaders have benefited from that strategy?

As I relayed to you immediately following the announcement, the Kurds have fought, bled and died fighting alongside the US. They have been warriors and brothers in battle along the way. The president is right to want to end endless war, but the Turks wiping out the Kurds would absolutely not be an acceptable outcome after all of that.

(On background, Zeldin voted in favor of the House resolution [H.J. Res. 77 Opposing the decision to end certain United States efforts to prevent Turkish military operations against Syrian Kurdish forces in Northeast Syria] regarding this issue. The resolution indicated that the policy was in the best interest of Russia and not U.S.) What do you believe are President Trump’s top three accomplishments in office?

Helping grow the economy, tackling illegal immigration and going after MS-13, among many other victories.

Could you list three negative things that he has fostered?

The SALT deduction change, an offshore drilling proposal impacting the Atlantic and certain funding levels in the federal budget.

Many of your North Shore constituents are calling for more Town Hall-style meetings.

Are you planning any?

I had a town hall in September hosted by the Mastic Beach Property Owners Association.

The event was completely open to anyone in the public and was widely promoted and attended by the Democratic Party and they got their questions and comments in, including multiple times with 2, 3, and more follow-ups to their original question/comment. This is in addition to Mobile Office Hours, Coffee with Your Congressman and many other meetings and events. This is the pace that I’ve set and maintained since entering Congress in 2015.

As I’ve said time and time again, if someone wishes to participate in a future meeting or would like to schedule a time to meet one-onone, they can contact my office at 631-2891097 to find a time most convenient for them, including after work or on the weekend. For example, this year in Smithtown alone, I’ve held Mobile Office Hours and Coffee with Your Congressman.

Can you please define for your constituents what corruption means?

An example is a corrupt Ukrainian energy company run by a corrupt Ukrainian oligarch hiring someone with no Ukraine experience and no energy experience for at least $50,000 per month for the sole reason that they are the vice president’s son.

Can you please offer the distinctions between a democracy, autocracy and dictatorship?

The widely accepted definitions are as follows: Democracy: A government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections.

Autocracy: Government in which one person possesses unlimited power.

Dictatorship: A form of government in which absolute power is concentrated in a dictator or a small clique.

Also, Michael Cohen is behind bars for campaign finance violations that include paying Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal to keep quiet about their affairs with Donald Trump. Cohen testified that it was done in coordination with Donald Trump. Does paying “hush money” to influence the outcome of an election equate with bribery or a high crime or misdemeanor? Why or why not? Is it corruption?

He made these claims before Congress after pleading guilty to crimes, one of which was lying to Congress. He’s not a reliable witness to say the least.

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Changes are coming to the Setauket Fire District board.

On Dec. 10, insurance agent and volunteer firefighter Billy Williams unseated incumbent Kevin Yoos for the commissioner seat, 479-219.

During his campaign, Williams addressed financial matters and the need to keep the department volunteer based. The newly elected fire commissioner and others have said morale in the department has dipped after last year’s decision to change paid fire coordinators to paid firefighter positions. Last year the district approved three salaried firefighters, along with one more this year.

Williams said it felt all the hard work of campaigning was worth it when he saw the voter turnout. Involved in the Kiwanis Club and the local chamber of commerce, he added he felt many voted who didn’t vote in the past.

He said working on the morale in the department is at the forefront of his mind.

Billy Williams is elected to serve as fire commissioner.

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“It had a big bump yesterday,” he said. “I got a 150 to 200 texts from department members and other people.”

Williams said once he takes his seat, he’ll look at everything, especially when it comes to financial matters, and “do what’s right by the taxpayer.”

The new commissioner will take his seat Jan. 1, 2020, and will serve a five-year term.

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BY DAVID LUCES DLUCES@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM With the holiday season in full swing, Brookhaven town officials held a press conference Dec. 6 to demonstrate proper tree safety to residents.

Christopher Mehrman, Brookhaven chief fire marshal, said not taking care of your holiday tree could lead to catastrophe.

“A lot of people around the holiday season are rushing — there are some safety things we want people to remember during the holiday season,” he said.

Between 2013 and 2017, U.S. fire departments responded to an average of 160 home fires per year that started with Christmas trees, according to the National Fire Protection Association.

Christmas tree fires cause an average of three deaths, 15 injuries and $10 million in direct property damage per year.

Mehrman said it’s important to make sure individuals are maintaining their tree properly, which includes daily watering and cutting excess branches. The fire department demonstrated a controlled fire that originated from a tree that wasn’t watered properly, watching as it quickly caught fire, growing uncontrollable in a matter of seconds.

When it comes to putting up lights, the chief fire marshal said to make sure any light bulbs aren’t missing and to be cautious of fraying wires.

“Having the proper extension cords is vital as well, make sure they are properly rated for indoor use,” Mehrman said. “Always look for the certification on the lights and make sure it has been tested by a testing laboratory.”

The chief marshal said faulty lights could lead to a fire caused by an electrical failure and said everyone should have a smoke alarm in their home.

“If you follow these rules, fires like these are definitely preventable,” he said.

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Ward Melville came out firing on all cylinders in a nonleague matchup downing the Comsewogue Warriors, 50-37, Dec. 10.

Senior guard Giancarlo Serratore topped the scoring chart for the Patriots with five field goals and a trey for 13 points. Seniors Ted Bliznakov and Jack Holland had eight points apiece.

Senior Tyler Shannon banked 12 points and senior Jaden Martinez netted 11 for the Warriors.

The Patriots have another nonleague matchup Dec. 13 before they take on Central Islip at home in their league season opener Dec. 17. Game time is 4:15 p.m.

Pictured clockwise from above, Holland takes flight against Comsewogue; Bliznakov drives his way to the basket for Ward Melville; senior forward Paul Otto Nicholson scores for the Patriots; Myles Brown lays up for Ward Melville; and Holland battles his way to the basket.

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that the LIRR is in the process of replacing its old diesel fleet with new diesel engines.

“That’s not only inconsistent with the new law, it is incoherent,” he said. “We have talked for years about electrifying the north line of the railroad, making it more efficient, making it possible to pull more cars off the roads and to use mass transit. This is an investment that we need to make into electrification, not into [20th]-century diesel locomotives.”

Three train branches transverse Brookhaven — Port Jefferson, Ronkonkoma (including Greenport) and Montauk. Romaine said each of the branches depends on diesel at some point, and he and the Town Board have advocated converting to electrification since he entered office.

“The MTA is not spending the money that it should be spending on electrifying these lines,” he said. “Imagine less diesel flowing into our atmosphere because our lines are electrified.”

Miller said he knows many from Calverton to Greenlawn commute by car to the Ronkonkoma line.

“This is completely environmentally inappropriate and unsustainable,” he said.

In addition to the electrification of trains, Roberti called for school districts and bus companies to transition to all-electric fleets by 2030 and asked the governor and state legislators to assist them with funding.

The activist cited health concerns from

Mothers Out Front volunteer leader, Billii Roberti, talks about the benefits of electrifying school buses. Photo by Rita J. Egan

diesel fuel emissions including increased cancer-causing soot and incidences of pneumonia and asthma attacks.

For years, officials have pleaded for the electrification of the LIRR branches that require diesel. State Sen. Jim Gaughran (D-Northport) said in an email that he hears complaints about poor and insufficient service and realizes the environmental benefits of electrification.

“Electrification, including of the Oyster Bay and Port Jefferson lines, would greatly improve service and provide riders desperately needed relief,” Gaughran said. “It is also tremendously beneficial for our environment. I am not

optimistic the MTA is taking the urgency of electrification seriously and I urge them to seriously consider electrification.”

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory officials recognize the environmental as well as other benefits of electrification of the LIRR. “The proposed improvements to the LIRR, including purchases of new trains, electrification of the Port Jefferson tracks and the addition of a third track between Floral Park and Hicksville will all serve to increase the frequency of trains and the efficient use of clean energy for transportation,” said Bruce Stillman, CSHL president and CEO. “Cold Spring

Harbor Laboratory has a close relationship with Stony Brook University and improving rail transportation between our two institutions will help to advance science and education.”

Romaine said the rough estimate for electrification of the railroad was about $18 million a mile. There will be a need for a new rail yard, which the town already has plans in place, and electrification stations along the branches to ensure the rails are electrified along with other signal and communications upgrades.

“It’s an expensive project,” he said. “It’s long overdue. We’ve relied on diesel since forever it seems like, except for the first [steam] locomotive, but it’s a hundred year old technology.”

Jane Fasullo, former chair of the local Sierra Club, said the offset of the costs will be improved health, and in the long term as the cost of the infrastructure of wind and solar goes down, the cost of electrifying vehicles will go down.

“It’s one of those things where you put money into it today to save a lot of money later on,” Fasullo said.

In an email statement, LIRR spokesman Aaron Donovan said the railroad shares the Sierra Club’s concern.

“We recognize our service is one of the most significant ways that Long Islanders can lower their carbon footprint, and we strive to continuously improve our service delivery,” Donovan said. “Public transportation, even when powered by diesel, is greener per passenger mile than private, single-occupancy electric vehicles.”

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Opinion

Editorial

The High-Speed Electric Train Imperative As the saying goes, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. So, the Sierra Club, state and local elected officials in Brookhaven are making noise, calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles and target the Long Island Rail Road for electrification.

So far, the group, which held a press conference in Stony Brook Dec. 9, has accumulated more than 7,500 signatures, and hopes for 10,000 from Long Islanders by Dec. 12. It may be enough to grab the governor’s attention, but why not help expand the campaign, since people from many other communities along the line benefit from such a long-awaited move.

We ask readers, and their affiliated organizations, to join the effort. The Town of Smithtown, for example, recently announced the construction of a new apartment complex to be built across from Town Hall on Main Street in Smithtown. The appeal of that project was promoted as a good housing option for young professionals who regularly commute into Manhattan.

Town Supervisor Ed Wehrheim (R) and town council members should push for electrification. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone (D) attended the groundbreaking to applaud that project.

He and the other legislators should also appeal to the governor for electrification of the Huntington-Port Jeff line.

In Huntington, state Sen. Jim Gaughran (D-Northport) has been involved with the MTA overhaul. He is pushing for the idea, and it might help if industries and businesses along the commuter rail line organize their own letter writing campaign.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Stony Brook University are both along the Port Jefferson Branch. The governor has acknowledged, when he delivered this year’s budget plan, that both institutions were key components to growing Long Island and the state’s economy, extolling his intent to make the area a premier research hub in the United States. So, why not address that slow commute with high-speed service between these research centers, New York City and the region’s airports? Let’s not forget it might also reduce the number of cars on our busy roads.

Grassroot efforts are impactful and should be regularly exercised. On this and many other issues it has a way of instilling a community’s faith in the democratic form of government.

The outcome can not only reduce emissions in the transportation sector and benefit the economy. It will also improve quality of life. For example, the 4:18 train on Dec. 10 from Stony Brook to Penn Station was 35 minutes late from Port Jeff, effectively making the journey to New York an unacceptable 2 1/2 hours. As a result two staff members had their respective evening’s entertainment truncated.

The Sierra Club has an online petition which can be found at: sc.org/55x35. To submit petitions from a letter writing campaign to the governor directly, his press office recommends using the postal address: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, New York State Capitol, State Street and Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12224.

Letters … We welcome your letters. They should be no longer than 400 words and may be edited for length, libel, style and good taste. We do not publish anonymous letters. Please include a phone number and address for confirmation. Email letters to rita@tbrnewsmedia.com or mail them to The Village Times Herald, P.O. Box 707, Setauket, NY 11733.

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Media Has Responsibilities Too With opinion headlines such as “Let the sunshine in” [March 21] and “Journalism Requires Access” [Nov. 21] the Times Beacon Record Newspapers have editorialized about a need for transparency.

TBR’s perspective regarding openness narrowly focused on the importance of media gaining direct access to those they wished to interview. Their stated goal was to shine “a light on government officials and other people in power.”

The [Nov. 21] editorial even took considerable time lamenting how the stunning growth of public relations pros has not only made personal contact with interviewees more difficult, but has dramatically negatively changed the ratio of reporters to PR people. What was once less than two to one has skyrocketed to six to one in favor of those looking

to shape news and events in ways that solely favor their clients.

However, overlooked in these Op Eds has been the increasingly growing concerns over journalists’ responsibility to cover stories and events with an even hand. Worse still is the growing worry that media outlets are burying fact-based information that might interfere with their preconceived notions or biases. This practice significantly hinders readers or viewers from making informed judgments.

Happily in TBR’s Nov. 21 publication, editors took a half step toward offering readers some transparency regarding a frequent letter writer and single-minded scolder of Congressmen Lee Zeldin.

Included in Shoshana Hershkowitz’s byline was the acknowledgment that she was the “Founder of Suffolk County

Progressives.” Sadly omitted was that throughout virtually all of the 2018 campaign, and up until late spring of this year, Hershkowitz, under the title of “contractor” was being paid by a super PAC, Taking Action for Suffolk County.

Unsurprisingly this “Democrat/ Liberal” political action committee has been overwhelmingly focused on the defeat of Congressman Zeldin. Given Hershkowitz’s clear intent has been to sway TBR consumers to her client’s point of view, it’s hard to see how her work profile might be all that different than that of the PR professionals referenced in the Nov. 21 opinion piece.

Savvy Times Beacon Record readers can likely appreciate the irony.

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Propaganda Can’t Answer Logic, Facts George Altemose (The Village Times Herald, Nov. 28, “Responding to a Rebuttal”) thinks “professor” is a disqualifying epithet, so my having taught environmental chemistry at Stony Brook vitiates anything I might say.

He also thinks sarcasm and endlessly repeating Trump propaganda can answer logic and facts.

Altemose is a die-hard climatechange denier who shifts his arguments as they are debunked, only to repeat, louder, that the CO2 greenhouse effect is a fiction or negligible. In fact, most greenhouse heating factors have been measured unequivocally in the laboratory; so, using local Earth surface temperatures (satellite), we can calculate local heating. The issue is proper averaging and including other measurable factors. Of course, there are uncertainties, but we can set clear (alarming) range limits.

Altemose’s first letter, 1/17/19, was pure Trump “Chinese hoax” propaganda: (1) global warming is not caused by industrial activity, so spending money on CO2 control is useless; (2) the recent increase in CO2 is negligible (he uses percentages rather than the standard “parts per million” to pretend the rise

from 0.028 percent (1800) to 0.041 percent (2019) is negligibly small); he introduces standard denier red herrings: It’s water vapor, it’s the sun, it’s been bigger eons ago; and most outrageously (3) mainstream climate scientists are frauds using “fudge factors” to falsify the data for political ends. Let that sink in: The vast majority of scientists supporting all the mainstream scientific institutions and societies listed in Michael Imperato’s 1/24/19 letter and the experts of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are lying charlatans. Altemose cites the name, but not any research, of one “real” scientist, Prof. David Delates, financed by the Heartland Institute, an “anything but CO2” denier site funded by fossil-fuel industries, mainly Koch brothers and Exxon.

Altemose’s subsequent letters follow the denier’s playbook: Having no valid counterevidence, sow doubt, misdirect, pile up irrelevancies to bury facts (cow farts, 2/21/19), or dog-whistle alarms (“flushing trillions of our children’s dollars” uselessly; 2/21/19); repeat, repeat, repeat.

Now (11/28/19), he repeats his ludicrous statement (10/17/19) that, “They [Trumpists] recognize the strides

we have made in the reduction of CO2 emissions.” Though he now pretends to support solar power and wind turbines, he repeats the claim of “wasting trillions of dollars to produce a negligible effect.”

Trillions?? And for what, if not solar, wind, building insulation, increased electrical transmission efficiency, limiting methane release in the fracking chain and greater fossil fuel efficiency in autos, all of which his hero Trump opposes [while promoting deforesting the Tongass, “beautiful, clean coal,” filthy Alberta tar sands (XL pipeline), ordinarily dirty petroleum drilling]?

Then he repeats the denier mantra: The quantitative effect of CO2 has not been definitively established, so, in his (totally unsupported) opinion, the huge, industrially generated (my letter, 1/31/19), unprecedentedly rapid increase in atmospheric CO2 (1800, 280; 1958, 318; 2019, 410 ppm) is not responsible for the measured, parallel, dangerous rise in Earth surface temperatures (manifested in increasing weather extremes: fires, floods, droughts, hurricanes), but is “small and manageable.”

Trump propagandist forever.

Arnold Wishnia Stony Brook

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DECEMBER 12, 2019 • THE VILLAGE TIMES HERALD • PAGE A23

Opinion

Anger Builds Among Democratic Presidential Contenders

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he Democratic hopefuls for the presidency sure seem angry these days, as the election clock counts down to less than a year. Last week, a man in Iowa had the audacity, the temerity, the unmitigated gall to ask Joe Biden, the front runner, about his son Hunter, who is at the center of this Ukrainian maelstrom.

Biden reacted with anger and righteous indigD. None nation, calling the man a “damn liar.” of the above Good one. Or

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF was it? Is that really the best way to react? Biden then nicknamed him “fat.”

Yikes! That seemed cruel and disrespectful.

The man was throwing salt in either self-

inflicted or Republican-directed wounds. But, hey, Biden’s son did sit on the board of an energy company in the Ukraine, which creates bad optics. It doesn’t mean he or his son did anything wrong.

What’s weird now, though, is that Biden seemed to feel the need — or perhaps the testmarketed driven necessity — to attack the man who dared ask the question. That seems to be taking a page out of the book of the incumbent, who uses anger as a regular tool to define his enemies and keep them off balance, while rallying his troops.

So, what happened to Mike Bloomberg?

The billionaire was recently asked whether he was trying to buy the election. Out came the righteous indignation, along with a story about how he made his money, all the great work he did as mayor and how he won’t be beholden to any special interests. Grrr!

What about Bernie Sanders? He’s a cult figure among many Democrats, but his demeanor seems to be one of the angry, older white man. He reminds me of the Howard

Beale character, played by Peter Finch, in the 1976 movie “Network.” Beale urges people to get up out of their chairs, go to the window and shout, “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!”

Sanders, or the Larry David version of him, could easily be uttering the same line in response to (a) health care costs, (b) the cost of college tuition for people who could otherwise use education to change their lives, (c) climate change or (d) all of the above.

And then there’s the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. I know she’s not running for president, but she finally lashed out at a reporter — does that also sound familiar — and suggested that her religion kept her from hating people. Her tone, method and message had more than a hint of anger, if not toward the president whom she and the Democrats were impeaching than to the reporter.

The words she spoke, as she pointed her finger, were, “Don’t mess with me.” I was reminded of the line Geraldine Fitzgerald, as Martha Bach, said in the 1981 movie “Arthur,” starring Dudley

Moore, “Don’t screw with me, Burt.”

If this past week is a preview of the upcoming primary and general elections, we’ve got about 11 months of Beale slogans and Bachs slaps to the faces.

The wrestling match may once again change its tune for “the Ds” and “the Rs” when we know which D will be facing off against the most likely R. Maybe the Ds host a party for themselves where they describe the hopes, opportunities and promise of the American Dream for one and all.

Maybe the Rs decide counterpunching has been overplayed, and they start hosting their own party, where they celebrate low taxes, low unemployment, a strong economy and their plans for an even better future.

Primal anger, however, seems more likely as we prepare for a testy election. Wouldn’t it be a welcome relief if at least one of the candidates offered civil, calm, graceful and pleasant replies, even to questions he or she found challenging?

walked and rode along the pitch black roads of Old Field South, moving from house to house for the Three Village Historical Society’s Candlelight House Tour. The harrowing driving in the maze of streets that make up that development, built by tycoon Ward Melville starting in 1929, was rewarded by the bright lights and cheer inside the homes open for a walk-through. The homes are artfully decorated and several members of the society tell us about the history of each. All of that is donated for the sake of the organization. And did I mention the food? There are tidbits and wine at each stop on the Friday night event, supplied generously by local restaurants. There were six houses, plus Old Field Farm, on the fundraising tour, which ends with lots more food and drink at the Old Field Club. It seems like half the community turns out for the festivities.

In the interests of full disclosure, I have to confess that while I love history, with its stories and larger-than-life people, I am also an incorrigible snoop when it comes to checking out the insides of people’s homes.

One can tell so much about those that dwell there and also get a couple of decorating ideas for one’s own abode.

Then Sunday afternoon I capped a visit to the Dickens Festival in beautifully decorated Port Jefferson with a performance of that holiday favorite, “The Nutcracker.” This one was presented by the Harbor Ballet Theatre and the talented students of Amy Tyler School of Dance, with the help of a trio of marvelous New York City professionals. For 10 years straight I saw “The Nutcracker” at City Center in Manhattan. It was a holiday tradition as I was growing up, but I had not seen the ballet since then until this thrilling show. I was reminded all over again how charming a ballet and how much I love Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky’s music.

A quick trip then to the grand tree lighting on the Stony Brook village green, and then back to my living room. I say, this was not a bad way to spend a weekend, all nasty cracks about the sterile suburbs aside. Yes, I enjoy the delights of the city, but they are hard to compare with the comforts of home.

The Attractions of Village Living Sometimes I think how lucky I am to live here. One of those times was this past week when my life was greatly enhanced by what is around me. Now I don’t want to come off as a Pollyanna. There are also times when I’m not feeling so lucky — as when the property tax bill arrives, which it will shortly and with a new total that includes a compounded increase. Fortunately, I only have to think about that twice Between a year but, on the you and me upside, I can apBY LEAH S. DUNAIEF preciate regularly the advantages of village living.

I will share with you what happened last week, in chronological order. On Wednesday,

Dec. 4, I went to an Emerson String Quartet concert at Stony Brook University’s Staller Center. The Emerson is a world-famous act, whose upcoming performances are heralded on large posters in front of Lincoln Center in New York City. But I don’t have to go into the city to hear them play superbly on an evening. And I don’t have to pay exorbitant prices to park my car or spend many minutes looking for a distant parking place.

Here, I can park in the adjacent SBU garage for free — one of my favorite four-letter words.

I also don’t have to drive two hours to get to the concert site and then two hours back late at night.

In a matter of minutes, I can reach the campus, park the car and be in my seat waiting for the illustrious four to walk on stage and begin to play. I can return home without traffic in similar fashion. And the cost of the tickets to hear one of the most honored classical music groups on the globe? Little more than half of that charged in the Big Apple. After such a performance, I return home serenely happy.

That was Wednesday. On the Friday, I

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