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Smithtown program making sidewalks more accessible for all Though it goes hardly noticed, the Town of Smithtown’s curb cut program has made more than a dent in the last 20 years. Kelly Brown, the housing rehabilitation administrator in the town’s planning department, has been supervising the creation of several hundred curb cuts throughout the town for the purposes of increasing accessibility for people who are disabled. Though she said she did not have a way to give a precise number as to how many have been created around Smithtown, she estimated the town has made more than 700 cuts in the two decades the program has been around. “We’ve been doing the handicapped curb cuts in neighborhoods where there are sidewalks, and if the handicap ramps in an area are not up to code we redid them or where there weren’t any we put them in,” Brown said. “Some of these developments go back 40, 50, 60 years, and handicap accessibility wasn’t on the forefront like it is now.” Current plans for curb cuts will address sidewalks between Gibbs Pond Road and Andreoli Park as well as Woodview Drive and Nichols Road. Those spaces are priorities, Brown said,

so that people who use a wheelchair or are otherwise disabled can more easily access the Nesconset public park. Town Councilman Tom McCarthy (R) is the liaison to the planning department and has overseen a lot of the cuts. “You need to do it, and there are handicapped people that under the Americans with Disabilities Act need to access the sidewalks properly,” McCarthy said. “[Brown] does a fantastic job with it. She gets it down without any fanfare, and that’s just how [she] is.” Though the program goes often unremarked, advocates for those with disabilities say it makes a huge difference for people who simply do not have the ability to take the step off a sidewalk. While the ADA requires all new sidewalks to be installed with disability accessible curb cuts, on older streets without them many people see their independence severely limited. “They’re critical, they’re absolutely critical,” said Frank Krotschinsky, the director for Suffolk County’s Office for People with Disabilities. He speaks from experience, as he has used a wheelchair since he was a kid growing up in Queens. “I get annoyed if there’s no curb cut, I got to try to find a driveway to go up or risk falling out of my chair if I try to jump the curb.”

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While it is a simple change to existing streets, the disabilities office director said these slopes in sidewalks do more than just help the disabled. It’s something called the “curb cut effect,” where changing things to benefit people with disabilities also helps society at large. “It’s good for not just people in wheelchairs — it’s good for people pushing baby carriages or shopping carts,” Krotschinsky said. “It’s all part of universal design, it’s just a good thing.” Other curb cuts being considered for this year

include Meadow Court and Whitecliff Lane; Plymouth Boulevard and Central Road; and River Road and Long Hill Drive in Smithtown. In Commack, Brown said they are considering intersections with Parnell Drive including Hollywood Drive, Concord Land and Roosevelt Drive. Whether cuts get installed depends on how much funds the planning department has before the start of the new year. The curb cuts are funded through a Suffolk County Community Development Block Grant, the 43rd year of the program, which provides federal assistance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Though Brown said once the planning office received $300,000 in total block grant funds, it got just $130,000 for the current year. More than half of this year’s grant money is slated to create curb cuts. “I don’t know how long I can continue this program,” Brown said. “I know we will have funding into next year, but we go year by year.” Krotschinsky said the number of curb cuts have increased drastically in only a few decades in Suffolk County, and local governments should continue to fund programs that install them. “Things have improved a lot, and are they perfect yet, no, but they have improved,” Krotschinsky said.

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Obituary Former Smithtown radiologist Albert S. Trachtenberg BY MOIRA-JO TRACHTENBERG-THIELKING AND MYLES TRACHTENBERG Dr. Albert S. Trachtenberg, of Old Field, died Sept. 20. Trachtenberg grew up in Brooklyn and attended Abraham Lincoln High School, graduating in 1948. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Syracuse University in 1951 and received his medical degree from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, in 1957. Although he hadn’t initially planned to attend school in Europe, Trachtenberg was grateful for the experience. It widened his horizons, and he developed a lifelong passion for languages, wine, skiing and fondue. He enjoyed a long and distinguished career as a radiologist. Upon completion of his radiology residency at the Bronx V.A. Hospital, he entered private practice with Radiological Health Services of Smithtown and joined the staff of St. Charles Hospital of Port Jefferson in 1963. The doctor’s expertise and leadership skills resulted in his being named director of radiology for St. Charles Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in 1968, a position he held for 33 years. Trachtenberg was dedicated to bringing cutting-edge imaging technology to the area, including early MRI machines and the first total-body CAT Scan in Suffolk

County in 1977. Trachtenberg served as president of both the Long Island Radiological Society and the St. Charles Medical Board (1969, 1970, 1988) and was elected fellow at the American College of Radiology in 1983. He was a longtime member of the Executive Committee at Maryhaven Center of Hope, The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and The Radiological Society of North America. St. Charles Hospital honored Trachtenberg with the Theodore Roosevelt Award for service to the hospital and to the community in 2002, noted in a State of New York Proclamation. More importantly than awards, Trachtenberg cared for his patients as if each and every one was the most valuable. He was highly esteemed among referring physicians and pioneered a mammography technique that allowed for early detection of very small cancers. Dr. Rocco Caruso worked with Trachtenberg at St. Charles for 15 years and treated him when he became sick. Caruso said he remembers Trachtenberg always being extremely helpful when they worked together. “The finest radiologist out here that I remember,” Caruso said. “The thing I liked the most about Al was that he was a human being who when you asked him to go over a film he stopped everything

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he was doing and took his time to make sure all your questions were answered and that’s not common across the board anymore. I remember Al as a great radiologist but foremost a great human being. A true doctor. He cared about the patients. I can’t say enough about him.” He was known among friends and family as a renaissance man who in addition to speaking multiple languages and skiing enjoyed painting portraits of friends and family, computer technology, singing, reading, opera, tennis, fishing and sailing, international travel and, in recent years, taking a full course load at State University of New York’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Trachtenberg was a connoisseur of fine wine and an active member of Les Amis du Vin for many years. Trachtenberg loved skiing and continued to do so until just a few years ago, proudly blazing the slopes with the Stratton Mountain Trailblazers, sometimes for more than 100 ski days per season. Trachtenberg was an engaged member of Temple Beth Shalom in Smithtown, where he served as president with dedication and love. Over the years he worshiped at the Israel Congregation of Manchester, Vermont, and, most recently, Temple Isaiah of Stony Brook. Trachtenberg was the loving husband of Pam and the beloved father of Myles and Moira. He

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loved to spend time with his grandchildren, Myles B. and Jeremy M. Trachtenberg and Acadia and Esther Thielking. As a person, Trachtenberg embraced his friends and family with warmth, love and devotion. He was loved and appreciated by the many people whose lives he touched and will be truly missed. Memorial services were held Sept. 23 at Shalom Memorial Chapels in Smithtown. Burial followed at Setauket’s Agudath Achim Cemetery. Donations can be made in his memory to Cancer Research Institute, 55 Broadway, Suite 1802, New York, NY 10006; the American Heart Association National Center, 7272 Greenville Ave., Dallas, TX 75231; or Maryhaven Center of Hope, 51 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776.

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Father of child lost to opioid addiction challenging Fitzpatrick BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM David Morrissey, a 10-year Smithtown resident, has seen the tragedy of the opioid crisis firsthand, and now he’s seeking a seat on the New York State Assembly hoping to institute changes. The 61-year-old Democratic candidate personally knows the horrible struggle of families dealing with addiction. His son, William, died in 2016 after a bout with heroin addiction. Since then, Morrissey has been an advocate for lasting change in how Suffolk County and the state handle people in the throes of addiction. “My kid was an addict ever since he was a teenager, in and out of Hope House [Ministries in Port Jefferson], and this is an important matter to deal with,” Morrissey said. “Having lost a son to this disease and seeing and researching and advocating with other groups, there is a need for change — evidence-based change.” The candidate grew up in Glen Head in Nassau County and went through the Glen Head school district before moving to Ronkonkoma when he was 15 years old. He attended Suffolk County Community College to attain an associate’s degree in data processing in 1980 before moving on to Stony Brook University part time to get a bachelor’s degree. He then went

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to Empire State College to get his master’s in business administration with a particular eye toward technology and programming. After living in Miller Place, he and his wife Terri downsized to a Smithtown apartment where they’ve been for the past 10 years. The 8th District candidate currently works as a senior software engineer for Commack-based information technology company mindSHIFT Technologies, and now he is looking to unseat longtime Assemblyman Mike Fitzpatrick (R). Morrissey is a first-time candidate, and other than canvassing for President Barack Obama, he has not been much involved in politics. However, for the past several years he has been a staunch advocate for opioid crisis response reform. The Democratic candidate called for leadership in dealing with the crisis, specifically to institute sweeping changes in how addicts receive treatment. He said he wants to craft laws that would offer more medication-assisted treatment options to help people deal with withdrawal and drug cravings. He said he also wants to facilitate creating

more recovery high schools on Long Island, which are specifically geared to help students in recovery, job retraining services for those in recovery, and support for K-12, evidence-based awareness and peer-to-peer support programs, just to name a few. “What we’re currently doing in Suffolk County is small,” Morrissey said. “I found that there were a lot of missed opportunities, and we need to work on a cohesive plan.” The candidate has a number of specific issues he said he wants to focus on other than the opioid crisis, including women’s rights, the environment and infrastructure. He said he would work to bridge the pay gap between men and women working in the same industries, that he would advocate for a state law guaranteeing women’s right to choose when it comes to abortions, and would try to make sure Planned Parenthood is not defunded. The Democratic candidate said he’s concerned about one of the biggest local environmental issues — nitrogen pollution in local waters, which can lead to a lack of oxygen and endanger marine life. He said he is enthusiastic about the Kings Park

sewer and sewage treatment plant projects, especially considering how much of a negative effect algal blooms and nitrogen pollution have had in local waters. “You go past Millers Pond on Maple Avenue and you have to hold your nose because it’s so full of nitrogen,” he said. Currently the bill that would allow Smithtown to build a sewage treatment plant on Town of Smithtown property along East Main Street in Kings Park is held up in the state Assembly because of partisan wrangling between leaders of both parties. Morrissey said such a bill is desperately needed, and he would fight to continue the town’s other sewer projects for Smithtown and St. James. In terms of infrastructure, Morrissey is in full support of the electrification of the Port Jefferson rail line, saying it would make service more efficient and cheaper. As a long-term goal, he said he’ll advocate for a high-speed rail line on Long Island. He said he also supports expanding Suffolk’s bus system to help those who can’t afford a car. “If we make investments in the environment and infrastructure, housing assessments go up, the economy gets better, more people will stay on Long Island,” he said. “It’s a natural outcome of critical investments that people can get around in.”

Smithtown looking to resolve issue of blighted KP property BY KYLE BARR KYLE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

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While it may not be a haunted house, a blighted home on Old Northport Road has the Town of Smithtown ready to go full Freddy Krueger if it’s not demolished soon. Several months ago, a blighted home located at 110 Old Northport Road in Kings Park was deemed a danger by the town’s building department, though it has yet to be demolished, according to town building director William White. The house’s siding is falling apart and is fronted with a decaying parking lot overgrown with weeds. Councilwoman Lisa Inzerillo (R) said the town has had problems with vagrants breaking into the building. “We could stand there 15 feet from the building, blow, and knock it all down,” Inzerillo said. “It’s very unsafe, teenagers go vaping in it, and it’s falling apart.” Assistant Town Attorney Martin Simon said the development company Kings Park Estates II LLC, which owns the property, relayed it will finally take up the task of demolishing the blighted building. Simon said the developer is in the final stages of preparing to demolish the building after first paying for asbestos removal.

“The building was deemed unsafe by the building director,” Simon said at a town board meeting Oct. 9. “In addition to that there were two other structures toward the pit in the back of the area. The property owner has taken steps toward getting a demolition permit for the structure on the street, the asbestos remediation work has been completed.” KPE II has announced plans for 42 single-family homes on the 26-acre property that borders the home on Old Northport Road, according to draft environmental statement documents. Those homes would sell between $550,000 and $600,000, and each lot will be between 10,000 and 20,000 square feet. White said several months ago the building was deemed unsafe by inspectors, and that it posed a danger to people who might wander onto the property. “The buildings were in poor condition, and we were starting to see signs of kids on the property,” White said. The developer has been seeking a change in zoning on the site from light industry to R21 residential since 2013. The site was once used for solid waste and industrial purposes for the nearby houses. The fight over who’s responsibility it is to demolish the dilapidated building has put that

A home on Old Northport Road in Kings Park needs to be demolished prior to the commencement of a development project.

zoning process on standby. Town attorney Matt Jakubowski said the developer has until Nov. 6 to start demolishing the building before his office takes action. “If the condition of the 110 Old Northport Road structure is not addressed, my office intends to submit a resolution for the town board to consider authorizing the demolition of the structure at their Nov. 6 meeting,” Jakubowski said. “Should it become necessary for the town to demolish the structure, any costs and expenses incurred by the town would be assessed against the property.” Attorney for KPE II Edward McCabe of the Uniondale-based Sahn Ward Coschignano, PLLC law firm did not return requests for comment.

Town officials had communicated in previous meetings the town would demolish the building itself if the property owner did not do it, but since then the company developing the property has communicated to the town it would assume responsibility for demolishing the building. Inzerillo said while KPE II will pay for the demolition the town is willing to work toward taking the cost out of the developer’s tax assessments. “The neighborhood is very excited because it’s a very blighted area,” Inzerillo said. “We’re putting the cost toward his taxes so it’s not like we’re paying for it. We’re trying to help him get it over with as quickly as possible.”

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credit cards, according to police. Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS (8477). All calls will be kept confidential.

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Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police 4th Squad detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate the woman who allegedly stole a purse and credit cards from a Commack business last December. A woman allegedly stole a pocketbook containing cash and credit cards from Cactus Salon and Spa, located at 26 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, Dec. 20, 2017. She then allegedly made more than $2,000 in purchases with the stolen

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CDC recommends flu shots for all before end of October Along with falling leaves, colder weather and comfy sweaters, autumn also brings the flu, and while the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last year’s season was one of the worst on record, only time will tell how serious this season will be. Despite the prevalence of the influenza virus and availability of vaccines, the virus still remains deadly on an annual basis. The CDC reported an estimated 80,000 people in the U.S. died from health complications related to influenza during the 2017-18 season, the highest fatality rate compared to any contemporary season on record since first published in 1976. Of those deaths 183 were children, the most since 171 died in the 2012-13. Approximately 80 percent of those children who died did not receive a flu vaccination, according to the CDC. The 2017-18 flu season yielded 30,453 influenza-related hospitalizations from October 2017 through April 2018. People 65 years or older accounted for the majority of those hospitalizations, according to the CDC. Overall hospitalization rates were also the highest on record. Influenza viruses are hard to pin down, as

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they come in several forms which can require different vaccinations. The influenza A virus was the preeminent strand throughout the 201718 season, though influenza B viruses showed up in different parts of the season.

The CDC report for 2017-18 said the flu shot was only 25 percent effective against the H3N2 virus and 65 percent against H1N1, both type A viruses. Meanwhile it was 49 percent effective against B viruses. The report estimated

the overall vaccine effectiveness at 40 percent, meaning it reduced a person’s overall risk of having to seek medical care for flu illness at that rate. The CDC still strongly recommends vaccines as the best way to prevent contracting the virus, but especially for children at least 6 months old, and people aged 50 and older. Children aged 6 months through 8 years who require two doses should receive the first vaccination as soon as possible, and their next dose four weeks later, according to the CDC. For those looking to travel this season the CDC recommends a vaccination two or more weeks before departure. The new vaccines being rolled out for the 2018-19 flu season will contain agents to specifically target the A(H1N1) and A(H3N2) viruses along with the usual B viruses. The CDC recommends everyone 6 months or older gets a shot before the end of October. Flu shots are available at most primary care physicians, but also in CVS Pharmacy, Rite Aid and Walgreens stores free with most insurance plans. The shot is also available in pharmacies in local Stop & Shop, Walmart, Target and Kmart stores. Many colleges, such as Stony Brook University, are offering flu shots to its students. Call your doctor or local pharmacy to ask whether they currently supply flu shots.

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Sports — Game of the week BILL LANDON

Smithtown W. 4 Northport 1

Bulls stay undefeated Smithtown West boys soccer improved to 15-0 this season with an Oct. 15 road victory at Northport. The Bulls looked to complete their perfect regular season Oct. 17 as they played host to Lindenhurst, though results were not available at press time. Clockwise from top, Smithtown West senior Carl Carrano heads a shot home for a goal; Northport junior Andrew Carrano controls the ball away from Smithtown West midfielder Davis Kelly; Northport forward Ryan Reynolds collides with Smithtown West senior Ryan Grande for a header; Northport senior defenseman James Diaz has a step on Smithtown West senior Gavin Baker; Smithtown West senior forward Chris Galindo settles the ball; and Kelly controls the ball in front of Northport’s Steven Siso.

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Opinion

Editorial

Coming together to save money

On Long Island, the cost of property taxes weighs heavily on many people’s minds. In Brookhaven, the town is working with villages, schools, libraries, and other special districts to consolidate municipal services, which should lead to savings for homeowners. Any initiative to save taxpayers money is a worthwhile endeavor in our book. After a two-year long process, New York State recently awarded Town of Brookhaven a $20 million grant for its application as part of the Municipal Consolidation and Efficiency Competition. The grant is a byproduct of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) attempts to cut costs, share services and streamline inefficiencies in order to reduce property taxpayers’ burdens statewide. In a field of finalists that were all upstate counties other than Brookhaven, the town came out on top, and Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) wasted no time in gathering representatives from villages, ambulance and fire districts, school districts and library districts to create a Council of Governments Committee. On Oct. 10 the council met to discuss the best practices of governance, shared services and intermunicipal opportunities expected to come from the $20 million cash influx. Due to his leadership qualities and ability to work across party lines, we have confidence that Romaine has the ability to implement the money in an effective way. Project proposals have included using town contracts to buy in bulk things like asphalt replacement, which can save money for villages since the town can get a better price due to its size. Villages such as Port Jefferson could benefit not only from highway services but a town purchasing portal, electronic records management and storage. While we know the council is in good hands, we hope the committee will take a serious look at how to run each agency more efficiently, even if some are not consolidated, and we also have suggestions for the future. In addition to implementing current plans established during the grant application stage, the council hopes to explore possible other future initiatives. As the town moves forward, one suggestion we have with any potential plans is to call on local village officials and district heads to organize public meetings where residents can attend and discuss their concerns with town officials or brainstorm suggestions. We also hope that Brookhaven will lead the way for other municipalities outside its scope. While we know not every town has the privilege of a $20 million grant, after implementing changes in Brookhaven, we hope to see town leaders reach out to other towns in Suffolk County for examples and suggestions to save their residents money. The chance to save taxpayers money has the potential to cross town lines in the next few years.

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Pre-election good news for Americans Over the last couple years the United States has enjoyed some very significant, verifiable successes in several critical areas, including but not limited to fighting MS-13, foreign policy and the economy. MS-13 has been a devastating, deadly presence, especially in minority communities on Long Island. Hosted by Republican Congressmen Peter King and Lee Zeldin, high-ranking officials, including the director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and President Donald Trump (R), have come here, shining a bright national light on the crisis. Gang arrests have been way up, and discovery of mutilated remains way down, with Zeldin subsequently being endorsed by 11 law enforcement groups. It wasn’t long ago there was a homicidal ISIS caliphate growing in the Middle East; NATO allies were not meeting their financial commitments; and North Korea was holding American hostages, testing nuclear devices and, while flying missiles over Japan, threatening our mainland.

Changing the rules of engagement greatly shortened the life of the extremist Islamic state, and NATO members now reluctantly throw more money into the common defense kitty. North Korea has returned U.S. hostages, along with our veterans’ remains; suspended nuclear tests and launching rockets over Japan; and stopped making apocalyptic threats against our 50 states. The economy has made some undeniably positive, easily confirmed gains. The third-quarter gross domestic product was 4.2 percent. Manufacturing is up. Employment numbers — jobless claims at the lowest level in nearly five decades — have been especially good for those Americans who seemed forgotten. Blue-collar jobs grew at the fastest rate in more than three decades. African-American and Hispanic-American unemployment rates have both reached record lows, while youth unemployment reached its lowest level in more than 50 years. Poverty rates for African-Americans and

Hispanic-Americans have reached their lowest levels ever recorded. Job openings, for the first time on record, outnumber job seekers. A weakened MS-13, shrinking ISIS caliphate, and more generous NATO is good for us. North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un tapping the brakes on his own nuclear proliferation lessens one, clear and present, here and now, catastrophic threat to the environment, which is great for everybody. And seeing today’s blue-collar workers, youth and minorities enjoy virtually unprecedented access to a strong economy and job market should be seen as really heartening, especially for those who fancy themselves as champions of those three groups. Coming up to the November elections, there’s plenty of provably good news for the United States. It would be a shame to wreck, at the polls, policies generating the recent good fortune for so many fellow Americans, including those in our minority communities. Jim Soviero East Setauket

Time for Zeldin to believe scientific evidence I am writing this letter just after watching television reports of Category 4 Hurricane Michael slamming into the Florida Panhandle. The main thing that I can think of right now is, “What is the matter with Lee Zeldin?” He did not cause this hurricane but he refuses to believe overwhelming scientific evidence naming human activity as the major cause of global warming. His attitude seems to be, “Ho-hum just another storm of the century.” I would like to paraphrase an old Bob Dylan song: “How many times must a major hurricane strike before the climate change deniers are forever banned?” Maybe the answer is blowing in the wind — pun intended — as the song goes. Instead

Mini-Lee Zeldin (R) is following in lockstep with the Trump administration policy of “deny, deny, deny” any credible science; destroying the EPA; and supporting increased emissions of greenhouse gases in the process. I occasionally follow the congressman’s Facebook page. Zeldin likes to tout various environmental actions that he participates in and is proud of. I checked the League of Conservation Voters website, and Zeldin has one of the worst scores in New York state. Maybe the congressman will change his mind in 20 or 30 years when his backyard is underwater during high tide. The problem is by then it prob-

ably will be too late. Since casting my first ballot in 1968, I have generally been registered as an Independent. Only very recently, I have changed to Democrat, largely due to President Donald Trump (R) and the scary idiocy of the GOP. Zeldin may be a nice guy, but he is just a rubber stamp for Trump. Please do not support Mini-Lee Zeldin. I will vote for Perry Gershon (D) in the congressional election. Zeldin calls him Park Avenue Perry. I don’t care if he is from Patchogue, Poquott or Park Avenue. I just want Zeldin sent back to Mastic-Shirley. Paul Hart Stony Brook

Character assassination backfiring on Dems The relentless series of attacks on President Donald Trump (R) began on election night 2016 as the polls were closing, and the shock and disbelief were just beginning to set in. The Democrat-controlled press had to dust off their war plans that they thought they’d never need to unwrap, as Hillary Clinton (D) was a shoo-in, at least until midnight Eastern Time. The paid provocateurs soon followed, culminating in anarchy in the streets and late night “comedy” shows eschewing the comedy

for endless anti-Trump diatribes. None of it is working, and most of it is backfiring, badly. The endless attempts at character assassination, the horrendous treatment of Judge Kavanaugh, etc., remind me of the classic Road Runner-Wile E. Coyote cartoons. Naturally, Trump is “road runner,” thwarting every bomb, anvil and trap set for him by the Soros/DNC “coyotes.” I was prompted to write this letter after learning of a California judge throwing out a

defamation case started by esteemed actress Stormy Daniels. The “road runner” metaphor may reach new heights of relevance here. Since Daniel’s camp was ordered to pay court costs that may reach upward of $1 million, the brainwashed fools who employed GoFundMe for her legal bills may ultimately discover they’ve “go funded” Trump instead. Now that’s funny. “Meep, meep,” indeed. Michael Meltzer Stony Brook

OCTOBER 18, 2018 • TIMES OF SMITHTOWN • PAGE A19

Opinion

After a spectacular start, breaking up is hard to do

e had such a wonderful relationship. I wondered whether this was it. Could this be the one that I remember years from now, that I think about when I’m feeling down, or that I go back to when I hear the phrase “the good old days”? It was better than good for a while. You were incredible and so supremely satisfying. There was electricity, energy D. None and a belief that of the above this connection was something exBY DANIEL DUNAIEF traordinary. It gave me so much to look forward to, day in and day

out, because I knew you’d be there for me. I was dealing with a lot this summer. My family moved to North Carolina. I lost the close proximity to the friends, neighbors and nearby family I’d taken for granted for all these years. It was harder to see you at ﬁrst. But that didn’t stop the connection, from allowing me to enjoy the promising magic ride. Maybe modern technology minimized the distance, maybe it was just some perceived link, but I believed in you, in us, from so far away. My wife has become accustomed to the annual search for this kind of closeness with you. She’s extraordinarily supportive of my emotional well-being. She knows that I need you, even if you don’t always seem to need me. She appreciates that I don’t need to try to defeat this kind of addiction. She knows that I had a connection with you long before she came along and she doesn’t try to get in the way of that. She hasn’t tried to change

me or turn my attention to other passions. She also knows that, when all is right between you and me, she and I have a better relationship because I’m a better-adjusted person who believes anything is possible. It was such a whirlwind this time. Even when you seemed on the precipice of disappointing, you found a way to come through. You put a smile on my face as I went to bed, knowing that you’d done it again and that the sky really was the limit. Of course, I recognized that it would never be so spectacular for all these months. I knew there’d be some nights when I might feel like pulling away, when I might think about dedicating my time, attention and passion elsewhere. I didn’t disconnect because I wanted it to work out. I pushed the warning signs away, even if I started to feel as if the separation and the potential through the middle of the summer fell short of my hopes.

Ultimately, as you know all too well, people remember the biggest moments. When these monumental days arrived, you seemed ready. Initially, you didn’t disappoint. But, then, something happened. It was as if the nagging concerns I had through the summer came back to haunt us. You hadn’t changed at all: It’s just that I saw the weaknesses, the deﬁciencies and the problems that limited you. You fought bravely to hold on, but it just wasn’t meant to be. The Red Sox and their fans, as it turns out, will continue to move forward, driven by the belief that those 108 wins will propel them all the way to the World Series. For me, I can only look back and smile, wondering about what could have been after that spectacular start and hope that, maybe next year, the Yankees and their dedicated fans from near and far will bask in the progression from summer success to the fall classic.

A 21st-century Machiavellian morality tale

t’s as if we are living in a James Bond movie but with one small difference: These events are real. A Saudi journalist walked into his country’s embassy in Turkey, we learn, and never came out. He entered at 1:14 p.m. Oct. 2, around the time he had been instructed to come, to pick up papers that would enable him to wed his Turkish ﬁancée. The wedding was scheduled for the next day. She was waiting outside in the car for him to re-emerge. There Between is video of him entering the building you and me but none of him BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF leaving. She waits outside but in vain. She does not see him again. The journalist, we continue to learn, is Jamal Khashoggi, a dissident in his country and critic

of the royal family who felt sufficiently at risk to leave and move to the United States. He lived in Virginia and was a Saudi contributor to the Washington Post, for which he said he could write freely. Khashoggi was good friends with the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In addition to the video at the Saudi Consulate, there are further videos of two Saudi charter planes landing at the Istanbul airport the preceding night and that same day. Those disembarking were 15 men, all apparently known to the Turkish officials as members of Saudi intelligence. One was identified as an autopsy specialist who carried a bone saw. They all came to the embassy. Late in the afternoon, all reboarded the planes and returned to Saudi Arabia. Turkish authorities claim to have video and audio showing that Khashoggi was killed in his country’s embassy and his body dismembered. To date, they have not shown the evidence, claiming they do not want to expose intelligence sources. Until now the Saudi government has denied any knowledge or connection with the events in the embassy but has in the last couple of days changed its story. As a

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result, it now suggests that the journalist was accidentally killed while being interrogated. Aside from the morbid fascination with these events, why should we in the United States care? We are directly involved because Khashoggi, though still a Saudi Arabian citizen, lived here and was a well-known columnist. Further, Saudi Arabia is a fulcrum of President Donald Trump’s Mideast policy, both in the context of any Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, in the Middle East wars and also in our effort to diminish the inﬂuence of Iran. In addition, the Saudis buy billions of dollars of military arms from us and play a major role in the supply chain of oil. The president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is known to have cultivated a close relationship with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is effectively controlling the government. In the past, members of the Bush family too, while in ofﬁce, were closely tied to the Saudi royals. Now prominent members of Congress are urging Trump to impose economic sanctions on Saudi Arabia. Trump is caught between all of the previously given reasons not to alienate the

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Saudi government, and the outrage and disgust of world leaders at a possible grisly murder that is assumed to have been authorized by “MBS” — how the crown prince is known. Revulsion is plain to see as some corporate leaders have withdrawn from a global economic conference, the Future Investment Initiative — known as “Davos in the Desert” — that is scheduled in Riyadh for next week. The conference is seen as something of a prestigious triumph for MBS. So far, Trump has offered the suggestion that “rogue killers” may be responsible for the possible murder, even as he threatened “severe punishment” if the Saudi royal family were found to be involved. Steve Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, is still slated to participate in the conference. A decision on his going is expected by Friday. So what will carry the day here, humanitarian or political concerns? Will the world move on, forgetting a single journalist in the interests of Machiavellian gain? Or will there be an honest, vigorous investigation as this morality tale plays out across the globe? Stay tuned.

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