Peter Schmitt Just Phones it In

Peter Schmitt is a bombastic liar with a provincial mind-set that blocks out any fact that may seek to enlighten him. His discourse is crude and he is an embarassment in government.
Now I'm going to tell you how I REALLY feel.
Schmitt being the leader of the republican minority in the Nassau County Legislature has had the opportunity to respond each year to County Executive Tom Suozzi's State of the County address.
I'm going to go further into Schmitts response this year in another post. In this post I will compare this years response to last years response. See if you notice anything...

2007: "This is the 6th occasion I have given the Republican response to County Executive Suozzi’s State of the County Address. Once again, I listened, as you have, to ambitious plans, visionary ideas, and bold new initiatives from Tom Suozzi.

2008: "This is the 7th occasion I have given the Republican response to County Executive Suozzi’s State of the County Address. Once again, I listened, as you have, to ambitious plans, conceptual ideas, and bold new initiatives from Tom Suozzi.

2007: "We believe, as Republicans, that spending has spiraled out of control in this County and like your household we cannot spend more than we take in and, yet, we find that the County Executive proposes to raise taxes approximately 3.9% to cover the deficit as projected by the County Comptroller. All this from a man who didn’t want to be County Executive last year. He wanted to be Governor."

2008: "We believe, as Republicans, that spending has spiraled out of control in this County and like your household we cannot spend more than we take in and, yet, we find that the County Executive plans to raise taxes at least 3.9% to cover the deficit as projected by the County Comptroller."


2007: "Every day, like you, I frequent local merchants in Nassau County. I am constantly being stopped and asked as to what can be done about taxes and about the continuing reassessment of our residential properties. As Republican Legislators we have constantly called for the reassessment of Nassau County to be slowed. It is not necessary to reassess everyone’s property every year. The results are too onerous and the county is forcing the most vulnerable of our citizens; our senior citizens and young families out of their homes. Again I say, this problem has to be addressed now and from the County Executive we hear continued silence."

2008: "Every day, like you, I frequent local merchants in Nassau County. I am constantly being stopped and asked as to what can be done about taxes and about the continuing reassessment of our residential properties. Republican Legislators have constantly called for the reassessment of Nassau County to be slowed. It is not necessary to reassess everyone’s property every year. The results are too onerous and the county is forcing the most vulnerable of our citizens; our senior citizens and young families out of their homes. Again I say, this problem has to be addressed now and from the County Executive we hear continued silence."

2007: "The County Executive needs to reset his priorities to resolving every day problems of you, our taxpayers. He needs to be creative and find ways to reduce spending, and reduce property taxes. He needs to talk with other levels of government, not undertake costly studies that go nowhere. He needs to transfer services which are overlapping. He needs to DO HIS JOB. He needs to find new and fresh ideas for reducing the level of crime and gang violence in our County, thereby insuring the safety of our citizens and children. He needs to stop declaring that all answers to our every day problems can only be solved by the active participation of the state and federal governments and pay more attention to the problems that you and I encounter each day. Traffic, roads that are in deteriorating conditions, our county infrastructure, and most of all, the level of health care this county offers its residents at the Nassau County University Medical Center.

2008: "The County Executive needs to reset his priorities to resolving every day problems of you, our taxpayers, before his term expires next year. He needs to be creative and find ways to reduce spending, and reduce property taxes. He needs to talk with other levels of government, not undertake costly studies and chair State Commissions that go nowhere. He needs to transfer services which are overlapping. He needs to find new and fresh ideas for reducing the level of crime and gang violence in our County, thereby insuring the safety of our citizens and children. He needs to stop declaring that all answers to our every day problems can only be solved by the active participation of the state and federal governments and pay more attention to the problems that you and I encounter each day. Traffic, roads that are in deteriorating conditions, our county infrastructure, and most of all, the threatening deficit facing a health care system this county offers its residents."

2007: "If Mr. Suozzi can be inspired by these challenges and recommits himself to improving the quality of life for all our residents he will have our Republican support.
Thank You and Good Night."

2008: "If Mr. Suozzi can be inspired by the every day challenges you and I encounter daily, if he can downsize and scale back his ambitions and recommit himself to improving the quality of life, for the remainder of his term in office, for all residents, he will have our Republican support.
Thank you and good night."

Schmitt cribbed most of his response from last years. He throws in a little current events and calls it a night.

Tomorrow on the Blog: Schmitt copies his own words but doesn't read them.
Wednesday on the Blog: Schmitt didn't even listen to Souzzis speech.