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U.S. Representative Tim Bishop has temporarily suspended holding “town hall” style meetings after Suffolk County Police were called by residents to escort him back to his car amid a throng of rowdy protesters who turned out for a meeting in Setauket last month.
The Southampton congressman, who has held more than 100 of the open meetings since being elected in 2002, cancelled another town hall meeting scheduled the week after the Setauket event and has not scheduled any others for the immediate future. Instead, he has opted to attend a variety of other events in the district.
Aides say he will hold the town hall meetings again once they can be sure the meetings will be constructive.
“The only issue that needs to be addressed is to make sure that we’re able... more
The Southampton congressman, who has held more than 100 of the open meetings since being elected in 2002, cancelled another town hall meeting scheduled the week after the Setauket event and has not scheduled any others for the immediate future. Instead, he has opted to attend a variety of other events in the district.
Aides say he will hold the town hall meetings again once they can be sure the meetings will be constructive.
“The only issue that needs to be addressed is to make sure that we’re able... more
For someone who fashions himself as "peoplefirst," were you once part of what Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover considered "left wing Commie pinkos?"
I don't think such characterizations add anything constructive to an exchange of ideas.
The hypocrisy is delicious, and the silent majority - middle class, working people who normally just go about their lives - has reached its tipping point.
Liberalism has jumped the shark. Right after the moment of its ...more greatest triumph, it has ensured its own destruction.