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It’s hard to argue with a track record like that of Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi, a Democrat from Glen Cove. Over the past eight years, he took a fiscally mismanaged, virtually insolvent county and turned it around, consistently balancing a budget that seemingly could not be balanced.
Suozzi saved money by cutting the county work force by 1,000 employees and instituting tried-and-true management practices that were previously nonexistent. At the same time, he has put in place a host of programs to improve residents’ quality of life, from smoking-cessation regimens to energy-efficiency incentives.
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10/29/09
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Residents of the Town of Hempstead’s 1st Councilmatic District should be proud to have two intelligent and qualified candidates competing to represent them on the Hempstead town board.
After serving for more than a decade on the
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10/23/09
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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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The two candidates running for the 3rd District seat in the Nassau County Legislature both know the challenges residents are facing.
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10/22/09
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Voters have a tough choice to make in the race for Nassau County legislator in the 5th District. We did, too, and we’re choosing Joe
Scannell.
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10/22/09
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This year’s election in Nassau County’s 2nd Legislative District is an extremely important one. No matter who wins, history will be made because new leadership will begin in the district. After being represented by Democrat Roger Corbin for 14 years, voters now have three community leaders vying to represent them.
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10/22/09
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Vincent Muscarella is a well-known and respected attorney who has served the 8th District since 1995. Over the past 14 years he has established himself as a man with an eye on the community and a finger on the pulse of voters there. He has earned the endorsement of the Herald.
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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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Too often, we hear the horror stories of DWI. A drunken driver rips apart a family, maiming or killing a father, a mother, a brother or sister. Since the outbreak of World War I in 1914, more Americans have died in drunken driving crashes than in both World Wars and the Vietnam War combined — 594,161 U.S. soldiers compared with 1.6 million DWI victims and counting, according to Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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10/8/09
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