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Town of Hempstead Democrats kicked of their fight against the Republicans on May 24 at the Cradle of Aviation Museum.
Gary Port, of West Hempstead, will be challenging Kate Murray for Supervisor. …
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By Alex Costello
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6/1/11
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Hempstead Town Republicans kicked off their campaign last week with promises to freeze town taxes in 2012 and maintain a full array of services.
Republican town officials on the ballot this fall …
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By Lee Landor
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6/1/11
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Though it was an uncontested election more than 300 Cedarhurst residents stepped into village hall on Tuesday to cast a ballot for a mayor, a trustee who serves as deputy mayor and a trustee.
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JEFF BESSEN
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3/15/11
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Local officials are hailing a decision by the state that will allow the use of mechanical lever voting machines in the upcoming village elections. Residents of several local villages, including Valley Stream, Lynbrook, East Rockaway, Cedarhurst and Malverne will be electing a mayor and trustees on March 15.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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3/2/11
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Assemblyman Brian Curran (Lynbrook – 14th A.D.) co-sponsored Assembly Bill 3093, which allows villages that administer their own elections to use lever voting machines in those elections if they so choose.
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By Mary Malloy
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2/23/11
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On Election Day, angry voters all over the country focused their attention on Congress, deficits, the Obama health care plan, taxes and numerous other grievances. Incumbent politicians got the brunt …
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Jerry Kremer
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1/17/11
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In his camouflage fatigues and work boots, it’s easy for U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. David You to command respect, but for the past 14 weeks, the respect he has gained has been from Lawrence students, not soldiers.
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JEFF BESSEN
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12/22/10
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Mineola Mayor Jack Martins was officially declared the victor in his race against 7th State District Senator Craig Johnson by a Nassau County Supreme Court Judge on Saturday. But Johnson announced on …
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Alex Costello
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12/8/10
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During his campaign, Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo’s transition team released a detailed and well-annotated report outlining plans for “Rightsizing Government.”
The report’s findings and recommendations reiterate much of what the previous columns in this series have suggested: that New York state’s Public Authorities and agencies have “become too big, too expensive, and too ineffective — an ever proliferating tangle of boards, commissions, councils, departments, divisions, offices, task forces and public authorities, [that] the taxpaying public can no longer afford.“
Amen.
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Hal Peterson
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12/1/10
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In a last-ditch effort to draw voters to the polls before the midterm elections, President Obama stood before Democrats at a rally in Southern California and said, “If Latinos sit out the election …
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Al D'Amato
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11/12/10
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