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The leadership in Middle America should make us proud
I believe it was the great Mark Twain who said, “No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session.” more
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Putting an end to homegrown terrorism
Long Islanders should be proud that as a result of the Republican victories in November, U.S. Rep. Peter King returned as chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. We should also sleep … more
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An optimistic welcome for 2011
The federal deficit. Health care reform. The Tea Party. Midterm elections. General McChrystal and the war in Afghanistan. These are just some of the issues that defined the political landscape … more
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Street signs and other government-mandated boondoggles
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 … more
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Savannah Peterson, 21 months, picked out a toy at Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr.'s Extend the Holidays event at Winthrop-University Hospital recently.
Fuschillo extends holidays for hospitalized kids
New York state Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. recently delivered more than 1,500 toys to children in Winthrop-University Hospital’s Hagedorn Pediatric Inpatient Center in Mineola. more
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Tax cap, ethics reform are high on the Cuomo agenda
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 in a landslide and then entered office not to make friends in Albany, not even to govern, but to rule the land. He crashed and burned in one of the country’s most notorious sex scandals, after which he resigned and Lt. Gov. David Paterson assumed the state’s reins. more
Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr.
Sen. Fuschillo offers emergency numbers in blizzard
New York State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., a Republican from Merrick, put together a list of emergency numbers that people might need in case of emergency during the final blizzard of December … more
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Compromise, for a change
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. more
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Jack Martins, pictured here on Election Night, declared himself the winner at the Republican Headquarters that night. A judge decided the vote in his favor on Saturday.
Martins wins 7th Senate District seat
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 … more
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Sen. Dean Skelos will return as his party's leader when the new legislative session begins in January.
Skelos to lead GOP in Senate
Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) will return to the State Senate as the leader of his party — his colleagues elected him to that position at their reorganizational meeting Monday afternoon — but whether he returns as Senate majority leader is still up in the air, with a Republican majority hinging on two races that have yet to be decided more than a month after the election. more
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