a:10:{i:0;a:7:{s:2:"id";s:2:"10";s:4:"slug";s:23:"contact-the-island-news";s:4:"name";s:23:"Contact The Island News";s:4:"type";s:8:"fieldset";s:7:"options";s:0:"";s:9:"parent_id";s:1:"0";s:5:"value";s:0:"";}i:1;a:7:{s:2:"id";s:2:"14";s:4:"slug";s:4:"name";s:4:"name";s:4:"Name";s:4:"type";s:4:"text";s:7:"options";s:0:"";s:9:"parent_id";s:1:"0";s:5:"value";s:13:"Roger Lemoine";}i:2;a:7:{s:2:"id";s:2:"15";s:4:"slug";s:13:"business-name";s:4:"name";s:13:"Business Name";s:4:"type";s:4:"text";s:7:"options";s:0:"";s:9:"parent_id";s:1:"0";s:5:"value";s:0:"";}i:3;a:7:{s:2:"id";s:2:"16";s:4:"slug";s:7:"address";s:4:"name";s:7:"Address";s:4:"type";s:7:"address";s:7:"options";s:0:"";s:9:"parent_id";s:1:"0";s:5:"value";s:86:"1603 Prince Street&lt;br&gt;South Carolina  Beaufort&lt;br&gt;United States of America";}i:4;a:7:{s:2:"id";s:2:"17";s:4:"slug";s:5:"phone";s:4:"name";s:5:"Phone";s:4:"type";s:5:"phone";s:7:"options";s:0:"";s:9:"parent_id";s:1:"0";s:5:"value";s:12:"617-678-5000";}i:5;a:7:{s:2:"id";s:2:"18";s:4:"slug";s:5:"email";s:4:"name";s:5:"Email";s:4:"type";s:5:"email";s:7:"options";s:0:"";s:9:"parent_id";s:1:"0";s:5:"value";s:20:"roglemof46@gmail.com";}i:6;a:7:{s:2:"id";s:2:"19";s:4:"slug";s:15:"how-can-we-help";s:4:"name";s:16:"How can we help?";s:4:"type";s:8:"textarea";s:7:"options";s:0:"";s:9:"parent_id";s:1:"0";s:5:"value";s:7026:"Dear editor, 

Re: letters to the editor 

Beyond the Tipping Point,  Promises Broken.

It seems not  long ago I read a letter to the editor in this very newspaper singing the praises of the then New York Governor Cuomo, thanking him for his leadership through the initial pandemic.  It was not long after that he received a national award and even published a self congratulatory book about his leadership in a time of need.

All that is gone now with his resignation in disgrace. Granted his fall was pushed “beyond the tipping point” by several credible accusations of sexual misconduct that the New York Justice system couldn’t brush aside.  The truth remains, however, that the families of thousands of seniors in New York State blame his policies for the unnecessary deaths of  loved ones. As the pandemic seemed to wind down the Hospital Ship, Comfort, left New York Harbor virtually unused and the emergency hospital built in Javits field, also virtually unused, was dismantled. Both are evidence that there were other choices about what to do with recovering seniors other than Cuomo’s choice to return them to nursing homes to infect and subsequently kill thousands. 

Promises broken…

Like presidents before him, President Biden made promises. He made many but perhaps the two most important were made during his campaign and reaffirmed in his his inaugural address. He promised UNITY. He would bring the country together and end the great divide that was only deepening as he took office. He also promised DEMOCRACY, a renewed effort to work across the aisle, an end to partisan politics.  

It is clear that Joe Biden has not achieved nor is he even making progress on either of these most important promises. Do you feel more unified as a nation? Do you feel the spending bills and legislation being voted on is the least bit bi-partisan? 

Less prominent promises such as his plan to deal with Covid and his promise to finally achieve Comprehensive Immigration Reform are something historians will write about when they record the great leadership failures of the United States. 

Early on in his Presidency Biden said that he would not impose a mask or vaccine mandate. “It would be unconstitutional”, he said.  As I write this we have both mask and vaccine mandates in various forms.  Oh now someone is going to point out that Biden didn’t actually impose a vaccine mandate except on some government employees and the military. They are correct. When faced with legal (constitutionality) issues surrounding a vaccine mandate the Biden Administration chose to use the threat of ‘enhanced’ OSHA  regulations to ‘encourage’ businesses to compel inoculation, enhanced OSHA regulations that have yet to be published. Still, if the choice is take the vaccine or lose your job you have in effect a Government enforced mandate to take medication you may not want or need.

Fraught with misinformation from many sources, some self inflicted, mask mandates, lock downs, and an unimpressive vaccine rollout have increased skepticism in the science behind the vaccine. Confidence was further eroded when the Biden administration recently exempted Congress, their staffs and families, as well as the 600,000 + employees of the USPS from a new vaccination mandate. 

Amazingly, no consideration has been given to acquired immunity. Hundreds of thousands who have recovered from Covid and now have naturally acquired immunity are somehow still required to be vaccinated with a drug that can do nothing to further their immunity.

Very early on it became clear that the vaccine is not a vaccine in the sense that it does not grant immunity. Immunity has been in the CDC definition of vaccine for a number of years. Never fear, the  CDC even went as far this year as to change the definition of vaccine by substituting the words “produce protection” replacing “produce immunity.”

Existing Covid vaccines have proven to also have more limited durability than originally advertised with much recent discussion by the White House centered on the need for new ‘Booster Shots.’  When the scientists in the CDC voted overwhelmingly (16 to 2) that the Booster vaccine was insufficiently  tested to be rolled out, the head of the CDC simply overruled them bringing new meaning to the words “follow the science” and further damaging confidence in public health policy.

Vaccine roll out appears to have hit a wall with the Biden Admin unable to work through the misinformation and convince many people, particularly in minority groups to take the shot. Our government is now even threatening soldiers with dishonorable discharge if they resign to avoid the vaccine.

In line with the Biden Administrations failure to work in a bipartisan way, this past week, negotiations on police reform broke down and disbanded. 

The currently pending monster spending bill will again break a Biden Admin promise, the promise to not raise taxes on anyone making less than $400,000. More promises broken.

Immigration reform….

One million Illegal immigrants have entered the country since the beginning of the Biden Administration, an unprecedented number. The vast majority being released into our cities, are unvaccinated, many are  untested for Covid. It is clear that the often discussed “Comprehensive Immigration Reform”, needed through multiple past administrations is still needed under Biden. The current administration however,  is demonstrating a very clear desire to keep the southern border open to mass migration, not orderly measured and managed immigration. Yet amazingly the Biden administration leadership,  whenever they are asked, insist that the border is closed. Is that really what we are to expect as Comprehensive Immigration Reform? This policy is not sustainable.  A country without borders is not a country.


The Biden Administration withdrawal from Afghanistan will live as one of the greatest failures in the history of our country.  Our intelligence services failed to correctly assess the advance of the Taliban. Our military leaders failed to plan the withdrawal of our troops in such a manner as to assure the safety of US citizens and close allies. The President failed to see the impact of his decisions.  The heroic rescue mission we mounted, that unfortunately killed thirteen more brave Patriots, was just that, heroic.  Still it was, had the departure from Afghanistan been executed properly, completely avoidable. Unfathomable incompetence are the only words to describe this failure by the Biden White House.

As the crisis in Afghanistan seemed to wane, President Biden took the time to reassure us that the United States had “Over the Horizon” capability to deal with terrorists. He promptly demonstrated that capability by killing an Afghan air worker and his children. Are you reassured?

Isn’t it time we collectively demand an uncompromising return to the two basic Biden promises, Unity and Democracy?";}i:7;a:7:{s:2:"id";s:2:"11";s:4:"slug";s:12:"verification";s:4:"name";s:12:"Verification";s:4:"type";s:12:"verification";s:7:"options";s:0:"";s:9:"parent_id";s:1:"0";s:5:"value";s:0:"";}i:8;a:7:{s:2:"id";s:2:"12";s:4:"slug";s:27:"please-enter-any-two-digits";s:4:"name";s:27:"Please enter any two digits";s:4:"type";s:6:"secret";s:7:"options";s:0:"";s:9:"parent_id";s:2:"11";s:5:"value";s:2:"07";}i:9;a:7:{s:2:"id";s:2:"13";s:4:"slug";s:6:"submit";s:4:"name";s:6:"Submit";s:4:"type";s:6:"submit";s:7:"options";s:0:"";s:9:"parent_id";s:2:"11";s:5:"value";s:0:"";}}