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Local Trivia: Before Watergate

Who knew a former Blue Point student was involved in the Watergate scandal?

Local historian Gene Horton brainstormed some great questions relating to the area's history for Patch readers to test their knowledge of Bayport-Blue Point. Look for a multiple choice question at least once a week under this column (Mystery Photos, Special Snapshots & Local Trivia).

Monday's Local Trivia question quizzes readers on local people in history.

From the 1970s Watergate scandal: Which advisor to President Nixon was involved in the Watergate affair and attended Blue Point School in the 1920s?      

  • H.R. Halderman
  • John Erlichman     
  • John Mitchell

Go on, take a guess! Visit the site later to see if you answered correctly; we'll post the answer this evening.

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John Thompson May 19, 2013 at 10:26 pm
And so the taxpayer is once again asked to give more to an already out of control and bloatedRead More system. Every year the school districts on Long Island receive increases of millions of dollars to their budgets, and still they want to bleed the taxpayer for more. As two income families struggle to pay exorbitant tax bills, we’re asked to pay even more? We’ll here’s a novel idea, how about if the teachers union’s began demanding less? This early retirement baloney must stop, salaries should be capped, administrators and their staffs must be cut by at least eighty percent. In addition, educators and staff should have to pay for their own medical and retirement plans just as the rest of us must. Here on Long Island, families are suffering and sacrificing, and many are being forced to leave due to taxes which are out of control. It is time for educators to cease hiding behind children with threats of decreased student programs, and to make an honest and realistic observation as to why things are as bad as they are. To blame parents for not paying enough into the system to support the schools is ludicrous. The real problem lies in a system which is self serving, and run by incompetents blind to the harm they are inflicting upon our children and families.