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If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a cheater. My rule applies to athletes who take steroids to gain an advantage over their competitors, or my neighbor who calls my tennis shots out of bounds even though he knows the balls were inside the line.
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1/31/13
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Four years ago, Barack Obama made history. On Monday, he repeated it. The nation’s eyes were on Washington, D.C., for Obama’s inauguration to his second term — about one million people filled the National Mall and about 20 sets of eyes were focused on a flat-screen television at the Town of Hempstead Democratic Committee’s headquarters in Valley Stream.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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1/23/13
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Dissatisfied with a pair of plans that would redraw Nassau County’s 19 Legislative districts, a group of good-government organizations has created its own map, which was presented to the County Legislature on Jan. 14.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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1/16/13
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Last year, Nassau County created the Temporary Districting Advisory Commission to draft new legislative maps for the next decade.
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1/10/13
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If there had been only a presidential election, and no other major news events, in 2012, it still would’ve been a year to remember.
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1/3/13
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A new coalition of leaders in the New York State Senate is making its resolutions for change in the new year.
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By Alex Camarda
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1/3/13
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Unless I hear some credible dissenting voices, I’m going to vote for 2012 as one of the worst years in recent history.
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1/3/13
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The Office of Congressional Ethics has closed its investigation of U.S. Rep. Gregory W. Meeks after finding no credible evidence that his errors in failing to disclose a loan as a liability on his 2007, 2008 and 2009 Financial Disclosure Statements were knowing or willful.
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By Brian Croce
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1/2/13
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Before I get into the goings-on in Washington and Albany, I think it is more important to touch on the heartbreaking tragedy that took place last Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., not far across the Sound from all of us.
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12/20/12
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For years, the political atmosphere surrounding our State Senate could only be described as puzzling. New Yorkers have seen coups, broken promises and plenty of corruption.
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12/13/12
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