Matt Rooney Gets There Late

Rooney Tuesday begins late because Matt Rooney battles sunscreen, water day and New Jersey road construction. He calls Lindsey Graham’s death a major loss, backs Darline Graham Nordone’s temporary appointment and praises Graham as a senator who appears to leave office without becoming fabulously rich. Shawn’s Trump impression then renames Harrisburg as Trumpsburg while Rooney takes more heat for his arrival time. Fight Club features a street brawl submitted by Gary Stam, followed by a discussion of deception, dating and violence. The Cut Sheet then shifts to Precious Gifts Care Center in Dunellen, where the owner is accused of giving children melatonin during nap time without parental consent. Rooney and the crew discuss possible licensing action, health risks and the rule that no daycare worker gets to medicate a child without permission. The tone changes when St. Kristin alerts the crew that longtime listener Christopher Forsythe appears to be the victim in a South Whitehall house fire.