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Sadly, none of the commenters here are really addressing the problems with Nassau County. In 2002 when Tom Suozzi took office as county executive the county was in junk-bond status. Nassau could no longer borrow its way out of the fiscal crisis it was facing. There was no choice but to raise taxes on the residents. To pretend that raising taxes is a bad thing is ignorant. It is at times a necessary to do so. In 2010 when Mangano became county executive he sued to get rid of NIFA, when that was unsuccessful he went to the finance Authority and requested a wage freeze on all employees in addition to layoffs. The savings from the layoffs, attrition and wage freeze has totaled over $200 million. But his reckless spending has put us further into budget deficit. There have been many federal and state grants lost due to his administration's bumbling, sales tax has increased but that money has also been lost due to poor budgetary skills. I am no fan of either candidate, however it is very clear when you read the facts, who might have a shot of saving Nassau from bankruptcy. Both of you political hacks do me a favor and stop playing with our lives. It is the responsibility journalist to lay out the facts not skew them for your own benefit. The problem with Nassau's finances are the extraordinarily high school taxes as well as the broken assessment situation. Neither candidate during their tenure as county executive has even attempted to fix this problem. Until this is addressed I fear that we are on our way to bankruptcy just like Detroit..

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