It looks like Nassau County Legislator Francis X. Becker (R-Lynbrook) will face Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy for her seat once again in November.
According to the Nassau County Board of Elections website, …
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By Mary Malloy
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6/27/12
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Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano recently asked the State Legislature for authorization to borrow at least $41 million in order to pay property tax settlements without the approval of either the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, which currently controls the county’s finances, or the County Legislature.
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6/7/12
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In case you haven’t been paying attention, something big has been stolen right out from under our noses.
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5/17/12
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Last week, Mitt Romney’s biggest hurdle to securing the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, Rick Santorum, officially suspended his presidential campaign.
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4/19/12
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Time does go by quickly. Our children grow up and finish college in the blink of an eye. Our time at work passes just as rapidly, and before we know it, we’re talking about retirement.
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4/19/12
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On March 19, a panel of federal judges finally ended the bitter fight between the state’s Democratic and Republican leaders over new congressional lines.
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3/29/12
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There are lots of dumb mistakes you can make in politics. Among them are offending some big voting group or saying crude things about the opposition party.
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3/22/12
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The good news is that Mitt Romney won six of 10 states in Super Tuesday primaries.
The bad news is that he only won six.
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3/15/12
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Once upon a time, politics was a sport that the outside world watched with great intensity. It attracted the rich and the poor. It attracted dreamers and schemers.
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3/8/12
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Sometime beginning in the late 1960s and to a greater extent every decade since, people turned from a confidence in absolute truths to a feeling that anyone’s beliefs and views were just as true as anyone else’s.
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2/23/12
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