The Republicans have got to be kidding. Not content with attacking Tim Bishop unfairly on a number of fronts, they are now hitting him in an area of perhaps his greatest strength: The environment.
They claim he has not been an advocate for improving the environment. The truth is that he has been in the forefront of environmental protection. One example is the federal money he secured to dredge Mattituck Inlet in 2004.
He also got money to protect a 58-acre property on Long Island Sound; to reduce road runoff in the Peconic Estuary Watershed; for a pedestrian connection project in Riverhead – and on and on. We’re talking about millions of dollars.
Bishop has won environmental awards from numerous groups, including the North Fork Environmental Council, the Maritime Port Council, the Nature Conservancy (twice) and the Bay Guardian. Most recently, in February, the New York Water Environment Association gave him the Nelson Rockefeller Award for making substantial and meaningful contributions to advancing water quality management.
If Bishop hasn’t been an advocate for improving the environment, who has?
Steve Weinstein
Riverhead, NY
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