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In November 2008, the Empire Center For New York State Policy published a policy paper entitled “Lifting the Shroud of Secrecy From Public Employee Contracts.” The article started with the sentence “The ‘people’s right to know’ is a hollow concept when government can withhold vital information until it is too late for the people’s voice to be heard.” Unfortunately, it seems that the new Long Beach Board of Education’s philosophy about the “people’s right to know” is that the less the people know, the better off the board is.
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10/29/09
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Who’re the honest candidates?To the Editor: When I was first approached to run for City Council, I was very reticent, as I have been a registered Democrat since 1973. The Long Beach Democratic …
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10/29/09
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While it might be easy to overlook the office of county clerk, the office plays an important role in keeping Nassau County’s court cases and real estate humming. They hum now, at least, and that’s in large part the work of County Clerk Maureen O’Connell, who has earned the Herald’s endorsement.
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10/23/09
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In the race for Town of Hempstead clerk, the choice is clear: Republican incumbent Mark Bonilla of Bellmore.
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10/22/09
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I’d like to devote my 750 words this week to shamelessly promoting two books by a former colleague and good friend, Michael Otterman. They are “American Torture” (Melbourne University Publishing, 2007) and “Erasing Iraq: The Human Cost of Carnage,” to be published in 2010.
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Scott Brinton
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10/22/09
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Shall we begin with the Nobel Peace Prize? I was as surprised as any American when the Nobel Committee announced its decision two weeks ago, and I was delighted.
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Randi Kreiss
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10/22/09
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Much to the surprise of most Americans, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama. Their decision was based on Obama’s “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” They also noted his “vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.”
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Al D'Amato
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10/22/09
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DWI is a nightmare To the Editor: Regarding the Herald's editorial "The unseen side of DWI — it isn't pretty” (Oct.8 -14), it’s true that DWI is far more complex than the slogan …
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10/22/09
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While Nassau County residents are paying some of the highest taxes in the nation, Comptroller Howard Weitzman has done his part to ease the burden somewhat. During the past eight years Weitzman has shown that he is a competent financial watchdog, and has looked for savings in places no one before him ever tried.
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10/15/09
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Last week, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration slammed a probe deep into the dark side of the moon to kick up tons of dust high into the sky — oh, sorry, there’s no sky on the moon. Um, high into the air. No, wait, there’s no air on the moon. Well, high into the something.
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Scott Brinton
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10/15/09
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