Pete King's Thoughts & Whereabouts: 11/7 - 11/15/11
Monday, November 7, 2011
5:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - to N.Y. Board of Rabbis meeting in Manhattan to introduce Mika Brezinski. Informative evening.
Tuesday, November 8th
3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. - meet in district office with Canadian Consul General, John Prato. Very worthwhile. Great guy to talk with.
7:45 p.m. - 9:20 p.m. - attend election night dinner for Jerry Murphy at Duke Falcon's in Long Beach. Jerry is a very good guy and quietly confident.
9:30 p.m. - 10:15 p.m. - stop by Island Park GOP vote count. Looks as if Jerry Murphy & Denise Ford will win.
Thursday, November 10th
10:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. - from LaGuardia to Atlanta (American Airlines #4654)
1:10 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. - Tripp (Staff Assistant to Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Alabama)) drives me to Anniston, Alabama to tour DHS Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP).
2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. - Meet Congressman Rogers. CDP is outstanding facility. Has trained 170,000 police and firefighters in Hazmat & WMD. Meet 12 Nassau and Suffolk Crime Scene Unit police officers being trained at CDP.
4:00 p.m. - 4:50 p.m. - tour Auburn University K-9 training facility.
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - attend fundraiser for Mike Rogers at Anniston home of Frank and Julia Segaus. Beautiful home. Successful event.
7:35 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. - Tripp drives me to Marriott at Atlanta Airport.
Friday, November 11th
7:15 a.m. - 8:55 a.m. - Delta #1138 from Atlanta to Reagan.
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - with Rosemary to Notre Dame luncheon at Marriott Wardman for tomorrow's ND-Maryland game. Great speeches by Brian Kelly and N.D. quarterback greats Terry Hanratty, Joe Theismann & Coley O'Brien. Had great conversation with Terry Hanratty.
6:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. - ND pep rally on Washington Mall.
7:10 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. - with Rosemary to Dubliner for dinner.
Saturday, November 12th
12:30 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. - Lunch with Luke Russert at Billy Martin's in Georgetown.
6:45 p.m. - 11:15 p.m. - with Rosemary to FedEx Field in Andover, MD for ND-Maryland game. Spend time with ND Pres. Fr. Jenkins and Jt. Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey. Outstanding game. ND 45, Maryland 21.
Sunday, November 13th
9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. - US Air #2164 from Reagan to LaGuardia.
12:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. - to Rep. Bob Turner's ceremonial swearing-in at Metropolitan in Middle Village, Queens. I emcee. Ed Koch is principal speaker. Very good turnout. Bob is a terrific guy.
Monday, November 14th
6:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - guest host John Gambling's radio show from WOR studios. Guests include Ed Koch, Gen. Jack Keane, Congressman Bob Turner and Brooklyn Dodger great Ralph Branca.
11:30 a.m. - 12:35 p.m. - Delta Shuttle from LaGuardia to DC.
5:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. - Intelligence Committee briefing on Iran in HVC-304.
6:35 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. - Meet with Speaker Boehner.
6:45 p.m. - 7:05 p.m. - Votes on House floor.
Tuesday, November 15th
9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. - GOP Conference in HC-5.
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. - Press conference in Senate with Sens. Gillibrand, Lieberman & Schumer.
11:25 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Votes in Financial Services Committee.
12:30 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. - Meet with reps of Intrepid Museum (339 Cannon).
1:00 p.m. - 1:20 p.m. - Meet with Council of Turkic American Associations (339 Cannon).
1:30 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. - Meet with Sen. Mark Daly from Ireland (339 Cannon).
2:05 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. - Votes on House floor.
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. - Votes in Capital Markets Subcommittee (2128 Rayburn)