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All around the limbo world
Nassau County Republican chairman Joe Mondello is traveling and unreachable for a few days, according to a spokesman for the party leader. Could he be visiting a few Caribbean islands?
Reliable sources confirm for The Point that Mondello is under serious consideration for an ambassadorship and is being vetted by the FBI. While the rumors swirling on Long Island say he’s off to the sunny isles of Trinidad and Tobago, places which gave us the limbo and calypso, our sources say the exact destination could change.
Mondello has tightly controlled the Nassau GOP for 33 years but itchy insiders wanting to take the reins have been trying to get him to move on. Some of those local Republicans have strong connections to President Donald Trump. Their lobbying, combined with Mondello’s early and strong support for the president, our sources say, have Mondello in a good spot for resume enhancement.
However, those who want him out of town before the November election are likely to be disappointed. A public announcement, our sources say, is at least a month away and the actual confirmation would not take place until the end of the year.
That’s enough time to dust off those Chubby Checker 45s and get out ye olde limbo stick. It takes a lot of practice, as the song says, to see “how low can you go.”
Rita Ciolli
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