Pete King's Thoughts & Whereabouts: 7/7 - 7/8

Wednesday, July 7, 2010
6:15 - 7:45 p.m. - to fund-raiser for Lee Zeldin running for NYS Senate in 3rd S.D. in Suffolk. Event was at Teller's in Islip. Good crowd. Trish Bergin, Islip Town Council Member, was the M.C. Lee gave a good speech. Local leaders and officials say there is real anger on the ground against Democrats - especially at federal and state levels.

Thursday, July 8th
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - meet in district office with Coast Guard Rear Admiral Dan Neptun who has just been appointed the First District Commander responsible for all Coast Guard activities from Maine to New Jersey. Very productive meeting. Coast Guard is part of the Department of Homeland Security and its responsibilities have increased dramatically since 9/11.

2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - meet with local member of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.

2:15 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. - phone call from Coast Guard Commandant, Admiral Papp, regarding helicopter crash yesterday killing three Coast Guard personnel.

3:05 p.m. - 3:35 p.m. - meet in district office with terrorism expert Harvey Kushner. As always, very informative.