The coming birthday of George Washington brings to mind his pledge to always tell the truth. Washington, as you will recall, once confessed to cutting down the family cherry tree. In those days there was no Facebook or Twitter to spread the message about honesty, so it didn’t get very far.
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By Jerry Kremer
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2/4/11
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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 …
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1/17/11
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Oceanside Schools Superintendent Dr. Herb Brown announced at a recent school board meeting that the district plans to take part in a lawsuit against Nassau County over the repeal of the county …
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Tom Steinert
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1/5/11
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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.
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by Al D'Amato
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12/23/10
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Recently, Nassau County superintendents of schools received literature from County Executive Ed Mangano regarding his 2011 “No Property Tax Increase Budget.” As part of this proposed budget, county legislators voted, strictly along party lines, to shift the financial expense of paying county assessment errors from Nassau County to the local school districts. We certainly agree that the assessment system is broken; however, shifting the responsibility to the school districts will not help fix it.
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12/16/10
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Now that the Nassau County Legislature has already approved a $2.6 billion budget plan for next year, the Oceanside and Island Park school districts — along with those across the county — must …
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Tom Steinert
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12/8/10
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State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. is reminding Nassau County residents that the deadline to file applications for New York’s STAR program and other property-tax exemptions offered by Nassau County …
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12/6/10
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The Long Island Power Authority plans to challenge the tax assessment of the Barrett Power Plant in Island Park in the hope of reducing the taxes it pays, which could lead to dire financial …
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Alex Costello
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11/18/10
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The Nassau County Legislature voted 11-8 to approve County Executive Ed Mangano’s $2.6 billion budget on the night of Oct. 30, following a contentious, two-day public hearing in Mineola that …
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Scott Brinton and David Weingrad
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11/10/10
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The Egyptian pharaohs, who ruled the Nile River Valley from 3150 B.C. to 30 B.C., favored what we call Keynesian macroeconomic theory. That is, they liked big-government projects — obelisks, temples, pyramids.
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Scott Brinton
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10/28/10
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