Would you be willing to pay $4 a month more in property taxes to help shield the poor and neediest of your neighbors from the harshest of cuts to county services that are their lifeline?
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3/31/11
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It is time for leaders to take strong, firm stances. That goes for lawmakers in Washington and Albany, our county, town and village representatives and the elected members of our own boards of education.
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3/3/11
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Island Park residents had an opportunity to question their Nassau County representatives about taxes and decisions they have made at a Civic Association meeting on Feb. 8.
Legislators Denise …
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by Alex Costello
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2/16/11
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On Feb. 1, Governor Cuomo delivered his first budget address. It was a no-holds-barred speech in which he admitted that years of dysfunction and mismanagement has driven our state into “functional bankruptcy.”
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by Al D'Amato
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2/11/11
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I was disappointed by the decision of the state’s financial oversight board, the Nassau County Interim Finance Authority, to take over Nassau County’s finances.
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by Al D'Amato
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2/4/11
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The coming birthday of George Washington brings to mind his pledge to always tell the truth. Washington, as you will recall, once confessed to cutting down the family cherry tree. In those days there was no Facebook or Twitter to spread the message about honesty, so it didn’t get very far.
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By Jerry Kremer
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2/4/11
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With the inauguration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Saturday, New York state officially ended its brief but disastrous Spitzer era. Eliot Spitzer, the former attorney general, was elected governor in 2006 …
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1/17/11
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Oceanside Schools Superintendent Dr. Herb Brown announced at a recent school board meeting that the district plans to take part in a lawsuit against Nassau County over the repeal of the county …
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Tom Steinert
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1/5/11
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Well, I’m happy to report that not only did the Republican Party have another good week, but for once, President Obama prevailed and was also victorious.
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by Al D'Amato
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12/23/10
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Recently, Nassau County superintendents of schools received literature from County Executive Ed Mangano regarding his 2011 “No Property Tax Increase Budget.” As part of this proposed budget, county legislators voted, strictly along party lines, to shift the financial expense of paying county assessment errors from Nassau County to the local school districts. We certainly agree that the assessment system is broken; however, shifting the responsibility to the school districts will not help fix it.
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12/16/10
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