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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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The Oceanside School District’s proposed budget for the 2011-12 school year — $131.1 million, a 1.98 percent increase over the current budget — deserves the support of the community.
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5/11/11
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When residents go to the polls on May 17 to vote for the school district budget, they will also have the opportunity to vote for members of their Board of Education.
Three seats are up for …
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Alex Costello
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5/11/11
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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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Next Tuesday, Oceansiders will have the opportunity to vote for one of five Oceanside Fire District commissioners.
Incumbent Commissioner Dennis McGlynn’s term is ending, and while he is …
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Alex Costello
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12/9/10
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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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The elections are now history. There were surprise winners and a few surprise losers on Long Island. Most voters don’t think that far ahead, but because of the climate we live in, 2011 won’t be a …
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Jerry Kremer
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11/12/10
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