Beedenbender eyed to run for highway post
After Democrat Brian Beedenbender lost a bid for Brookhaven supervisor Tuesday, Suffolk party chairman Richard Schaffer called him his top choice in a special election for highway superintendent. Beedenbender said that night he wasn't interested -- but, Schaffer said, "He hasn't sat down with me yet."
GOP prospects include town board member Dan Panico, Legis. Tom Muratore (R-Ronkonkoma), restaurant owner John Giannott and Assemb. Dan Losquadro (R-Shoreham). Suffolk GOP chairman John Jay LaValle also expressed interest, but sources say relations with town Republican chairman Jesse Garcia are strained, and that Garcia has no interest in giving LaValle a post so flush in patronage jobs and contracts. -- Rick Brand
'If you don't address demand, you don't address the problem' Police are only addressing the supply, but demand is what fuels the illicit sex trade, experts say. Newsday political reporter Bahar Ostadan has the story.
'If you don't address demand, you don't address the problem' Police are only addressing the supply, but demand is what fuels the illicit sex trade, experts say. Newsday political reporter Bahar Ostadan has the story.
