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12C • BEACON SHOPPER, Oct. 28,2010 Congressman Pete King faces opposition from Howard Kudler (Continued from page 11C) represent the voice o f h is p e o p le a n d to look after their needs and Peter King has not done this,” said Kudler. “One of the reasons taxes are so high is because federal money is not coming back.” In response, King states that the best way to help Long Island is to reduce fed eral spending and thus reduces taxes. He feels that the money received in federal funds is a discounted amount of what is sent to Washington and would like to cut spending and reduce the amount Long Islanders send in the first place. “The money coming back is the money that originated locally/’ said King. However, one area that Peter King does not want cut is Homeland Security and he believes very strongly that he has worked to keep those funds coming to the area to protect Long Island and New York He states that he has fought hard to secure increased funding for the New York & Long Island, a region, which he calls “the number one terror target in the world.” King also says that he was instru mental in preventing President Obama from cutting $20 million in funds that are being used to secure the cities by a system, which detects radiation and would therefore help prevent a dirty bomb attack “I know how real the threat is from my work on the Homeland Security Com mittee,” said King of another terrorist attack “We believe that the next attack will come from the suburbs as happened in Madrid and London.” Those attacks, as well as the car bombing attempt on Times Square this spring, were planned in the suburbs and the weapons delivered to the cities for the attack King strongly believes that is why this radiation detection system is extremely important as it could prevent Long Island roads and other roads lead ing into New York City from being used to transport a weapon such as a dirty bomb. King also opposes the closing o f Guan tanamo Bay, is opposed to the proposed mosque near Ground Zero and is also opposed to having the 9/11 trials in Manhattan. Kudler takes issue with King’s claims of bringing money for homeland secu rity. He specifically attacks Kings votes against the 9/11 responders bill which was defeated in July (a second version of the bill just passed in late September) and the jobs bill that passed in late sum mer which provided states with emer gency funding for education. “He should be ashamed of himself?’ said Kudler of the 9/11 responders bill. “The Democrats wouldn’t allow addi tions to the bill. King told fellow Repub lican to vote against the bill and that’s why it died. He put his party ahead of the first responders.” When criticizing King for voting against the jobs bill, Kudler stated, “He voted against it right before schools opened. This was money for fire de partments, schools, and police. He talks about homeland security and then he voted against it. He put the needs o f his party first.” In defending his vote King said, “We have to stop federal spending. We can’t keep putting the nation into further debt.” He further added that he wants spending to be reduced to 2008 level. King says he is favor of spending which his considers vital such as homeland security and has gotten a tremendous amount for that. He also stated that he will support programs that are not filled with waste. However to get spending to 2008 levels he says, “We have to make tough decisions that are not going to be popular.” Kudler also feels he that homeland se curity is important and cites his strong opposition to Atlantic Sea Island Group’s proposal to build an approximately 60 acre island that would act as a lique fied natural gas terminal. Kudler said that the project, which is no longer be ing considered, would have destroyed ocean life, increased U.S. dependence on foreign oil and have been a potential ter rorist target as it would have been in the shipping lanes, located about 16 miles off of Long Beach. Despite claims by Kudler that King supported the project, King says that he did not take a stand on the project and that the project is dead. However, he did Say that more forms of natural energy are needed. With the economy trying to recover from the recession, that issue is at the forefront of all election campaigns. Both candidates support extending the Bush tax cuts and both gave rebuilding the infrastructure as an essential part of the economic recovery and creating jobs. King supports projects such as the East Side access project to extend the Long Island Rail Road to Grand Central Sta tions In fact, King says that one of the reasons he voted against the stimulus package is because it mostly provided aid to state governments while having little infrastructure spending. Kudler also supports rebuilding the infrastructure as he feels that green energy technology is the solution. He feels that Long Island has a good combination of elements - engineers, universities and Brookhaven National Lab - to become the center of green technology. Kudler also said he would like the Treasury Department to sell green Treasury Notes to get new money flowing to eco-friendly indus tries, which he believes will create new businesses and new jobs. In addition to opposing the stimulus bill, King also opposes the financial re form bill because he believes that it gives extraordinary power to unelected regula tor and hurt an industry that many Long Islanders work in. He is also extremely opposed to the health care bill, which he wants repealed. He states that the bill puts extreme pressure on business and especially small businesses. “One of the main reasons businesses aren’t hiring is because of the uncertainty of the costs,” said King. Kudler also said that he has reser vations about the health care bill and “would have needed a lot more convinc ing before he would have signed it.” He does feel strongly that revisions need to be made to the Telecommunications Act o f 1996 to give towns greater say in where cell towers are places. Kudler be lieves towns are afraid of the costs o f go ing to court to prevent cell towers from being placed wherever cell companies wish and that King has done nothing about this. King says that changes need to be made but cautions that cell phones are needed for safety, convenience and business. He also said that towns already have considerable power in where cell towers are placed as long as land can be found. Finally, Kudler states that his is strong ly against privatizing Social Security and that Peter King supports. He said that he doesn’t want to make the same mis take with Social Security as was done with Fannie Mae. King said that steps must be taken to reform Social Security. While not pushing for privatization, King said that reforms should be consid ered for future citizens such as increas ing the age requirements or reducing benefits. King is serving his ninth term in the United States House of Representa tives. In November of 2008, the voters of New York’s Third Congressional Dis trict on Long Island re-elected Pete with a resounding 64 pecent o f the vote. He is Ranking Member on the Homeland Se curity Committee and also serves on the Intelligence Committee, as well as the Fi nancial Services Committee. A lifelong New Yorker, King was born in Manhattan and raised in Queens. He is a graduate of St. Francis College, Brooklyn (B.A. ’65) and the University of Notre Dame Law School (J.D. ’68). He served in New York’s 69th Infantry Regi ment, receiving his honorable discharge in 1974. Kudler lives in M errick and is a teacher. He is a graduate of the State University o f New York, New Paltz and received a master’s degree from St. John’s University. \\“P llS fS s b y J oe 'T urner i This story first appeared on our website; www.babylonbeacon.com gam « g g é g B M a Serious accident on Sunrise Highway ties up traffic for hours The driver of a school bus was critically injured this morning when the bus collid ed with a 2001 Peterbilt oil tanker. The ac cident occurred at Sunrise Highway near Albany Avenue, shortly before 7 am., and tied up traffic for hours. Suffolk County Police First Squad detec tives are investigating the incident and are asking anyone with information on this crash to call the First Squad at 631-854- 8152. Police gave this account: Piters Calixte of Westbury was driving a 2000 International school bus west on Sunrise Highway, near Albany Avenue, in Amityville at 6:45 am . when he collided with a 2001 Peterbilt oil tanker, driven by Gabino Villegas. Police said Villegas was attempting to make a right turn onto Sun rise Highway from a private driveway at the time of the collision. beth, New Jersey, was not injured. There were no passengers on the bus, which is owned by Educational Bus Trans portation in Copiague. The tanker, which is owned by Terrace Transport of Staten Island, was carrying 5,700 gallons of waste oil. No oil leaked from the truck and the oil was off-floaded onto another oil tanker for removal from the scene. Several fire departments including Co piague, North Amityville and Amityville, responded to the scene. Officers from the Suffolk County Police Highway Patrol Motor Carrier Safety Section and person nel from the New York State Department of Transportation are conducting exami nations of both vehicles. Above, police, rescue workers try to give first aid to bus driver. Below victim is taken away by police helicopter. Calixte, 56, of Westbury, was airlifted by Suffolk County Police helicop ter to Stony Brook Univer sity Medical Center where he was listed in critical condi tion. Villegas, 48, of Eliza-
