tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84088302024-02-18T20:05:04.327-08:00Nassau GOP WatchKeeping tabs on the the Republican Machine in Nassau County, New York.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger678125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-59594850239538085862017-01-09T15:48:00.002-08:002017-01-09T15:48:56.866-08:00An Open Letter to Oyster Bay Town BoardFrom: John Rennhack<br />
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To:jmuscarella@oysterbay-ny.gov,<br />
ralesia@oysterbay-ny.gov,<br />
ccoschignano@oysterbay-ny.gov,<br />
amacagnone@oysterbay-ny.gov,<br />
jpinto@oysterbay-ny.gov,<br />
mjohnson@oysterbay-ny.gov<br />
cc:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>joye.brown@newsday.com,<br />
ted.phillips@newsday.com,<br />
paul.larocco@newsday.com,<br />
sandra.peddie@newsday.com,<br />
dan.janison@newsday.com,<br />
robert.brodsky@newsday.com<br />
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Choosing a New Oyster Bay Town Supervisor<br />
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The Oyster Bay Town Board,<br />
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The resignation last week of Supervisor Venditto has left the Town Board with a rarely used opportunity to appoint a successor. The rush to appoint that successor does not reflect well on the Town Board. Nor does the evident involvement of political party bosses from outside the Town influencing the decision. With the Town government still tainted by scandal and ongoing Federal investigations, it would be better to have an open and transparent discussion on the successor. I was glad to see members of the Board uneasy with such a fast move to appoint a new Supervisor. I commend those Board members for their actions.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I humbly suggest that the Town Board further delay any decision until the residents of The Town of Oyster Bay know who is under consideration and what they stand for. We have an Acting Supervisor with Councilman Muscarella so Town business can continue while the selection process plays out. The Board should schedule public hearings where all interested candidates can present their positions and ideas for the Town to the public and be questioned by the Board. There will be no special election here and the public will not have an opportunity to choose who they believe is the correct person for the job. The taxpayers of the Town will have an unelected Supervisor most of them have never heard of or know their policy positions. The reported scandals in the Town make having the taxpayer fully aware of who you may choose vital. This is an opportunity for the Town of Oyster Bay Board to lead on transparency and reform in local government. Eschew the backroom deals and selections that involved politicians from outside of our Town. Make the process open to the pubic. Allow the public to question the candidates for the position. Involve the taxpayers you represent in the process. This decision cannot be taken lightly or done secretly while the Town faces so many financial and legal problems. Making a choice in haste with no public input or notice continues the path which brought us here in the first place. Ultimately the Board will decide and that vote should include an explanation for that choice. There is much work to be done to fix the problems in the Town which requires a Supervisor prepared to make the tough decisions and bring new ideas to the table. The next Supervisor must reassure the taxpayers that the Town will be on a better path. I believe you would agree that the taxpayers deserve to be fully informed. They/We deserve to know before you vote.<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I believe that by taking this step, the Town Board can be a model for reform and transparency while also reassuring the residents of Oyster Bay that we have turned a corner. I ask that you consider this proposal and what is the best course for the Town of Oyster Bay.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sincerely,<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>John Rennhack<br />
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>N. MassapequaUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-79847466834182317712017-01-03T16:30:00.004-08:002017-01-03T16:30:49.406-08:00Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto ResignsIn a statement today, long-time Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor John Venditto resigned his office. This comes 11 weeks after being arrested and indicted by the FBI and federal prosecutors. The cornerstone of justice system is ‘innocent until proven guilty’ and we stand by that. The evidence however is overwhelming.<br />
Following his arrest and indictment, former Supervisor Venditto appeared at Town Hall once in order to vote on increasing Town taxes by 11.5%. The weeks prior to this meeting he was locked in his publicly inaccessible campaign contributor funded storefront office in North Massapequa. The Town cannot be run from a bunker. Oyster Bay is in dire financial straits and we require a full-time Town Supervisor with a Town Board not distracted by federal corruption charges.<br />
Each of the Town Board members voted YES for many questionable contracts that are being reviewed by federal prosecutors. The board members involvement is either complicit in the corruption or incompetent. The taxpayers of the Town have no confidence in the current Board Members.<br />
There are many questions left unanswered that the residents of the Town of Oyster Bay need answered."Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-67880893516437796242016-10-26T18:30:00.000-07:002016-10-26T18:30:00.110-07:00Welcome BackWe took too long of a hiatus and so much is going on. We'll be updating this blog on a regular basis.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-85331155520675032962015-05-12T23:07:00.001-07:002015-05-12T23:10:48.413-07:00What's Wrong with Leg. James Kennedy's Bio?<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Right out the gates the newest member of the Nassau County Legislature does what his predecessor did get squishy with his biography. Kennedy is in the 12th LD which is Massapequa. He is also the son in law of the the late Presiding Officer Peter Schmitt who originally held that seat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On his official Nassau County web page, Kennedy says about himself <b>"James Kennedy is a lifelong Long Island resident and a graduate of
Fordham University. Before being elected in a special election in
February 2015 to serve the 12th Leg<span class="textexposedshow">islative District, James worked as a fifth grade teacher at Holy Child Academy."</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There is a teeny-tiny 3 YEAR issue with that introduction. You see, <b>BEFORE</b> being elected he didn't work as a teacher. Oh, he did work as a teacher previously but that changed in 2012 when he took a patronage job at the Nassau County Board of Elections.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kennedy's father in law got him a patronage job through the republican party at the Board of Elections. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why leave his government work out? He worked for the County from 2012 until the special election in 2015. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why not just tell the truth?</span>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-51286071257321501542013-11-06T16:13:00.002-08:002013-11-06T16:13:56.654-08:00My Fellow Nassau Democrats<div id="yui_3_7_2_24_1383780754194_39">
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fellow Nassau County Democrats. It is time for a change. A drastic
change in the leadership of the party which I have fought very hard for.
I am calling for the immediate resignation of current Chairman and the Executive Board. The absolute failure in this election
has shown that the Democratic Party in Nassau is poorly served by the
so-called "leadership." With FIVE Legisla<span class="text_exposed_show" id="yui_3_7_2_24_1383780754194_62">ture
seats UNOPPOSED and an incredibly weak campaign for County Executive,
we need a fresh start. I call for the resignation of William Biamonte,
Thomas Garry and the rest of the "leadership" that have proven so very
ineffective. I am not alone in this feeling I am just he first person to
speak up. This is the 3rd consecutive
MASSIVE failure for a party with a majority of voter registration. I
understand many committee members are afraid for their jobs at the
Board of Elections, but now is the time for
change. And those that believe they know everything at party
headquarters are dead wrong. And THAT is a proven fact three times in a
row. You cannot keep doing the same thing over and over and expect a
different outcome. I don't claim to have all the answers but NONE of the
"leaders"
have any. <br /> Ed Mangano was a horrible County Executive, a horrible
campaigner and his record is that of failure. His lies were many and
were easily refutable. You actually have to work
hard to fail against that. But that is seemingly what the Nassau County
Democrats have done. The message of "tea party" and "guns" is not a
message for a County Executive race. That was an incredible waste of
time and resources. So-called consultants are hired from outside the
County that know nothing about the voters here. Stop hiring poli-sci
majors and start hiring communications experts. <br id="yui_3_7_2_24_1383780754194_132" />
Sadly when the Nassau Democrats had the last
2-4 years to make their case, they did not. They had 2 years to develop a
bench of strong candidates, they did not. We have 2 years to rebuild.
Two years from tonight. Join me.</span></span></div>
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="yui_3_7_2_24_1383780754194_57"><span class="text_exposed_show" id="yui_3_7_2_24_1383780754194_62">John Rennhack</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-35221224444432702292012-08-16T01:11:00.002-07:002012-08-16T01:11:47.379-07:00Mangano Police Consolidation FailureOh this is just brilliant.... Mangano and his inept lackey's pushed a precinct consolidation plan without taking a close look at one kind important part: SPACE. Seems that the genius that is Ed Mangano doesn't quite understand if you combine two things into one, the one thing will either be really crowded or it has to get bigger.<br />
The consolidation of the 5th Precinct means that there isn't enough space in the building to the "money saving plan" means a $300,000 purchase of TRAILERS that will house officers. This being government by fools, the cost will probably be more in the end.<br />
<a href="http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/delays-expected-in-nassau-precinct-consolidation-1.3904931" target="_blank">Newsday reports</a> <i>"But the consolidated precinct's mix of prisoners, officers and other
staff is expected to be too crowded for the existing Hewlett building.
So the department plans to install a modular building for added office
space for supervisors, said First Deputy Commissioner Thomas Krumpter.</i><br />
<i>A similar trailer is expected to be installed when the First Precinct, in <a href="http://www.newsday.com/topics//Baldwin,_NY">Baldwin</a>, is consolidated with the Seventh, in <a href="http://www.newsday.com/topics//Seaford,_NY">Seaford</a>. That consolidation is on track for Nov. 1, Krumpter said.</i><br />
<i>The modular buildings, permanent
installations with foundations, cost about <b><span style="color: red;">$150,000 each</span></b> and measure
about 1,300 square feet, said police department spokesman Insp. Kenneth
Lack."</i><br />
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Nothing like making a professional police force look trashy, eh Ed? <i><br /></i><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-24328836757743409192011-09-06T13:00:00.002-07:002011-09-06T13:25:09.360-07:00Too Soon? WTC Imagery in Kate Murray Re-election Signs<span style="font-family:arial;">Nassau County Republicans are shameless in self-promotion. They will plaster their names and faces on anything and everything. They will use every opportunity to remind residents that they exist and the residents should be thankful.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Hempstead Supervisor Kate Murray has always taken self-promotion to the next level. She will make sure that everyone sees her name. But I'm wondering in her re-election campaign that maybe... possibly... she just went a little too far to make sure people know her name.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">On huge signs that have gone up around the Town of Hempstead, signs different from the standard Nassau GOP signs, there seems to be what looks alot like World Trade Center Imagery.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">(Click to enlarge)</span><br /><br /><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nassaupolitics/?action=view&current=katemurray11-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 322px; height: 294px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nassaupolitics/katemurray11-1.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">When I saw the sign late monday night, coincidentally the week of the 9/11 anniversary, I did a double-take. The image in the stylized american flag jumped out at me. Those looked like the Twin Towers.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I had to make sure what I was seeing was right... no politician, especially here in NY, would be so shameless... so narcissistic.. that they would use a subtle 9/11 reference of their re-election signs. I got closer and yes, it did look like the WTC Towers and NOT a stylized American flag. The image was distinctly two seperate columns. Even the stripes make them look like buildings.</span><br />(click to enlarge)<br /><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nassaupolitics/?action=view&current=katemurray11-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 269px; height: 190px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nassaupolitics/katemurray11-2.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">If Kate Murray and her campaign are using subliminal, subtle 9/11 imagery in their campaign, they should be ashamed of themselves.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Kate Murray needs to apologize for this disgusting attempt to link herself to the 9/11 tragedy the week we remember the victims, comfort the survivors and honor the heroes of that day.<br />There is no place in politics for this and yet it seems that Kate Murray and the Nassau GOP have no problem with it.<br />Murray will try to explain this away.</span> <span style="font-family: arial;">But she shouldn't be allowed to get away with it.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span class="st"><em></em></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-62735194785756312892011-09-06T13:00:00.001-07:002011-09-06T13:00:36.044-07:00We're BackOh yeah.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-76165322378572915752011-04-27T05:51:00.000-07:002011-04-27T06:01:21.172-07:00Funniest Thing I've Heard TodayPeter Schmitt cares about minority voters. I'm surprised he could say it with a straight face.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-1606001504154064682011-03-25T17:24:00.000-07:002011-03-25T17:30:03.503-07:00Sen. Dean Skelos Accepted a Bribe, Lobbyist Admits.<span style="font-family: arial;">Rent Stabilization Association President Joe Strasburgspoke to a crowd in Brooklyn and was unaware he was being recorded. </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.capitaltonight.com/2011/03/explaining-skelos-position-on-the-rent-laws/">Capital Tonight has the video...</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">"…So, in the last 48 hours </span><span style="font-family: arial;">[of the elections last year]</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">, RSA – and we’re not ashamed of it – we gave and donated and supported all the Republicans. We basically emptied our piggy bank in order to make sure they recaptured the Senate.”</span> <p style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">“And <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Dean Skelos</span>, who understands how important you are as an industry – and it’s selfish – but he <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">understands clearly that if he doesn’t hurt us or he tries to avoid hurting us, we will be there for him next time around</span>, and next time around is two years from now, and you need resources in order to achieve and maintain being in power.”</p><p style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-43700923052789700482011-03-21T13:08:00.000-07:002011-03-21T14:25:13.716-07:00The Dissembling of CSEA Local830 President Jerry Laricchiuta<span style="font-family: arial;">What is right, standing up for your Union members who elected you or covering for your political party bosses?<br />On Friday, Nassau County CSEA President Laricchiuta spoke at St. John's University which hosted a forum on the union-busting in Wisconsin. There, <a href="http://www.newsday.com/columnists/dan-janison/from-within-gop-labor-chief-sees-attack-1.2772463">Republican Laricchiuta said</a> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"We find ourselves under attack by those in our party, mostly over to the far right." </span></span> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">"They have convinced many people in this country that the reason for the economic crisis is the pensions and benefits and salaries that public workers have fought for over the years... It's without merit. And yet they've got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to attack labor and they're going to take it."</p><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Laricchiuta is saying "they" and "far right" republicans are going after unions.</span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In February, Laricchiuta wrote an op-ed which was published in Newsday and many of the local weekly papers. There too <a href="http://www.antonnews.com/farmingdaleobserver/opinion/13740-letter-csea-workers-are-the-wrong-target.html">he stated</a> "</span>Accusations by various groups and individuals that paint the county worker as the No. 1 reason why the county has fallen into this financial abyss, are wrong and baseless."</p><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">When it comes to the attacks on union workers in Nassau County, it isn't some "far right" republican group or any mysterious cabal, it is Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and Presiding Officer Peter Schmitt. Both REPUBLICANS, just like Jerry.</span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Why didn't Laricchiuta just come out and say "Mangano and Schmitt have been maligning union workers"? <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">He does say</span> "...the main message here is that the anger and venom being spewed today at the county worker are wrong and misdirected." <span style="font-weight: normal;">But as the leader of almost 10,000 County Workers, he conceals the culprits to the detriment of the members. Why not let the workers know exactly who is attacking them. Be honest, it isn't some mysteroius, shadowy group or fringe individuals, it is the republican county executive and republican Legislature Presiding Officer. It certainly NOT the Democrats but Jerry in his dissembling tries to protect his fellow republicans<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>as we head into the fall elections. The same people attacking his union members now, have gone hat in hand in the past to get endorsements and campaign contributions. Is Jerry going to endorse Schmitt and his republican rubber stamps in this years elections? He'll have a hard case to make to his members when they know without a doubt that Schmitt and the republicans are the ones attacking them.</span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It was Mangano, not <span style="font-weight: bold;">"various groups"</span> that demanded $60million in labor concessions and then threatened layoffs AND breaking the union contracts.</span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It's Mangano <a href="http://longbeach.patch.com/articles/mangano-pushes-for-new-powers-and-union-givebacks-12">who has said</a></span> “The costs related to our work costs have simply become too great for our taxpayers to fund through the real property taxes that are collected.”</p><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">And Schmitt who said</span> "Nobody who works for private industry has some of these benefits and receives some of these benefits.”</p><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Jerry Laricchuita needs to defend his workers against the clear union-busting Mangano and Schmitt are attempting with breaking the contracts.</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;">The Union Leaders in Wisonsin have not been afraid to name names and Laricchuita should follow their lead.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-88158491116177504762011-02-25T08:37:00.000-08:002011-02-25T10:06:41.422-08:00Schmitt and Police Union Get Into a Tussle<span style="font-family:arial;">Schmitt has always gone to the Unions for endorsements and approved their contracts so it was probably disconcerting for them to hear Schmitt attack them publically. Schmitt dismissed the Unions by saying</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" > "Name one of my legislators who needed police union support to win election. Who runs this county, the elected officials or the unions?"<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/nassau-schmitt-trades-slams-with-cop-union-1.2711605?showAll=true">According to Newsday,</a> it seems the PBA has something to say to Schmitt who sent them a solicitation to buy tickets to a fundraiser.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >...when Schmitt this month sent Carver a solicitation to purchase $500 tickets through him for the Nassau Republican committee’s annual “Inaugural Ball” , Carver returned the letter, attaching a copy of the news article reporting Schmitt’s comments. “Dear Mr. Schmitt,” Carver wrote. “Your strong message in Newsday ...about not needing police union support was loudly received by the PBA and its membership. Enclosed I have returned your request for support.” </span><p face="arial" style="font-weight: bold;">Carver cc’d Legis. John Ciotti of North Valley Stream, a Republican who has counted on PBA support in the past to win in his Democratic district.</p> <p face="arial" style="font-weight: bold;">Schmitt then replied: “Dear Jimmy, Do as you will — I do believe you supported Mejias over Belesi, Toback over Kopel, as well as Weitzman over Maragos. Hence my comment that they did not need your support to win.”</p><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">...Carver told Newsday, “He blindsides us in the paper with inappropriate comments about not needing union support. Then he has the nerve to send us a request to purchase tickets through him....He could have called me afterward and said, ‘What’s bothering you, Jim?’ Peter has the habit of going to the press without out ever speaking to anyone. He’s now being treated the same way he treats everyone else.” </p><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Carver added, <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">“There is no police officer in Nassau County that needs Peter Schmitt.”</span></p><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I wonder if the Union will remember this in a few months when Schmitt once again asks for their endorsement.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-10713497631972906302011-02-16T09:57:00.000-08:002011-02-16T14:05:28.240-08:00Mangano Takes to the Airwaves to Look Ridiculous<span style="font-family: arial;">At 4am this commerical popped up on tv. It was a cheesy looking ad with lots of erroneous information. It was Ed Mangano (paying out if his campaign funds) taking an unnamed swipe at NIFA and touting some of his "accomplishments."</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">It's funny to hear him say he is protecting Nassau from "Propety Tax" increases. Of course he has to preface "Tax Increase" with the word "Property" because Mangano raised $60million in fees, shifted millions in tax burdens to school districts and tried to INCREASE the county SALES tax.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">When he's pushing that broom at the end, you might wish that was the extent of his job responsibilities after what he has done to Nassau in a single year.</span><br /><embed width="300" height="170" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullscreen="true" allowNetworking="all" wmode="transparent" src="http://static.photobucket.com/player.swf" flashvars="file=http%3A%2F%2Fvidmg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv188%2Fnassaupolitics%2Fmanganoad.mp4">Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-65326639945200281152011-02-15T15:37:00.000-08:002011-02-15T15:42:33.813-08:00Got a Mid-Priced Home? Managno Raised Your Taxes.<span style="font-family: arial;">So much for the Tax Revolt and any promise Mangano made to "fix the system" and "protect taxpayers from property tax increases."<br />Maybe it's time to a Recall law in New York.<br /><br />From <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/audit-nassau-plan-hits-midpriced-homes-1.2689161">Newsday</a>:</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">"Nassau used a new and untested method for assessing residential properties this year that will shift the overall tax burden to middle-class homeowners while reducing taxes on high-end and bottom-priced homes, County Comptroller George Maragos says in a draft audit.</span> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">According to the draft, obtained by Newsday, the new method will <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">increase the overall property tax bills of owners of middle-range homes by an average of $227 each</span>; owners of top-end houses will see an average tax decrease of $173, while owners of the least costly houses will see a drop of $55 on average."</p><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">"According to the draft audit, the assessment department dropped the use of comparable properties for determining the tentative residential assessment roll issued this January. Instead the county used the lowest of an array of values - including last year's assessed value, any reductions resulting from property tax protests and a recent sale of the property.</span> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Auditors said the new method is not used by other municipalities, was not reviewed by mass appraisal experts and has not been tested to see if it complies with state law."</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-14952832488499829142011-02-14T21:58:00.000-08:002011-02-15T13:46:43.655-08:00Ed Mangano's Sick Tax<span style="font-family:arial;">Welcome to the New Nassau County where County Executive Ed Mangano wants to save you from a property tax increase but sure as heck hopes you break a leg so he can close his budget gap.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><span style="font-family:arial;">That's right Nassau County Taxpayers, if you are in a car accident, have a heart attack, fall down a flight of stairs, slip on some ice or just feel too terrible to take yourself to a hospital, Ed Mangano is making sure you do your part to help him balance the county budget.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Up until January 31st of this year, your ride to the hospital in a Nassau County Ambulance was $400.<br />On February 1st, the Mangano Sick Tax kicked in and now it costs <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">$1000</span> to get you to a hospital. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">But wait, THERE'S MORE!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">You need <span style="font-weight: bold;">Advanced Life Support</span>?<br />That'll run you <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">$1200</span> (versus $550 previously)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">And THERE'S MORE</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Need even <span style="font-weight: bold;">more Advanced Life Support</span>??<br />Well, you get a sort-of discount at only <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">$1250</span> (versus $650 previously)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">And just when you thought you were being bled dry enough, Mangano and Schmitt <span style="font-weight: bold;">increased the mileage surcharge over 100%</span> from $6 per mile to <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">$15 per mile</span>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">So Nassau County, do your part and go out there and break a leg! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Mangano expects to make an additional $8million from this tax increase to balance his budget.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Mangano and Schmitt won't call it a tax but it is. And even if we just accept it as a "fee increase" then what happend to the campaign rhetoric of Schmitt and Mangano not to increase fees either? Oh wait, those were Tax Revolt Party lies.</span><br />Mangano, Schmitt and the Nassau County Republicans are trying to make more money off of sick and injured people. How Revolting.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">In the meantime to get folks motivated to pitch in, we have a new Slogan for the County..</span><br /><br /><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nassaupolitics/?action=view&current=getsick-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 426px; height: 150px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nassaupolitics/getsick-2.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-70684793782489483762011-02-14T15:58:00.000-08:002011-02-14T16:07:42.906-08:00Sen.Dean Skelos: Not A Well-Liked Guy<span style="font-family: arial;">ZOINKS!<br />Some people poll low but jeebus, this is low..<br /><a href="http://auburnpub.com/news/opinion/blogs/eye_on_albany/article_c81d5fd0-388e-11e0-9281-001cc4c002e0.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook">Sienna Poll for New York State:</a><br />Favorable Ratings:<br />President Obama: 62%<br />Governor Cuomo: 77%<br />Sen. Gillibrand: 57%<br />NYS Assembly Speaker Silver: 19%<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">11%<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><br /><br /></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-13464613560935090722011-02-12T05:42:00.000-08:002011-02-13T07:20:11.877-08:00Mangano and NIFA: A Modern Day Scorpion and the Frog<span style="font-family:arial;">The main crux of Mangano's lawsuit against NIFA is that <a href="http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/lawsuit-nifa-takeover-unconstitutional-1.2680148">NIFA is unconstitutional</a>. He is arguing that a NIFA takeover violates the NYS Constitution.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Now keep in mind that NIFA was created to pull Nassau County from the brink of financial disaster caused by then Legislator Ed Mangano and Peter Schmitt.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Mangano and Schmitt voted for the creation of NIFA. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Mangano and Schmitt greedily accepted the money that NIFA could offer to fix Nassau's mess.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Mangano and Schmitt charged around Nassau during the 2009 elections practically calling NIFA reports that criticized Tom Suozzi the gospel.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Now that NIFA isn't a useful election tool, Mangano and Schmitt no longer have use for them.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Experts aren't siding with Mangano on this and the </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/lawsuit-nifa-takeover-unconstitutional-1.2680148">attorney for NIFA counters</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >"A municipality can hardly claim that its domain has been invaded by legislation it asked the state to enact."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This situation brings to mind the fable of the Scorpion and the Frog.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >"One day a scorpion arrived at the bank of a river he wanted to cross, but there was no bridge. He asked a frog that was sitting nearby if he would take him across the river on his back. The frog refused and said, 'I will not, because you will sting me.' </span><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">"The scorpion replied, 'It would be foolish for me to sting you because then we would both drown.'</p><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">"The frog saw the logic in the scorpion's words, and agreed to carry the scorpion across. But when they were halfway across the river the scorpion stung the frog. The stunned frog asked, 'Why did you sting me? Now we will both die!' </p><p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">"The scorpion replied, 'Because I'm a scorpion … and that's what scorpions do.'" </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-11981991276164484782011-02-11T12:43:00.000-08:002011-02-11T12:51:41.790-08:00And if Other Republicans Say This About You.....<span style="font-family: arial;">Long-running NYC Republican website <a href="http://urbanelephants.com/index.php/component/content/article/64/3301.html">Urban Elephants</a> had this to say about the NIFA takeover: </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"><br /><br />"A state financial control board set up to oversee Nassau County's finances has seized control of the county for failing to balance its budget, a humiliating rebuff to the newly elected GOP County Executive and GOP-controlled County Legislature.</span><p style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">If you can't cut a budget enough to balance it, you're not competent to govern.</span>"</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-82366254003568780312011-02-10T11:57:00.000-08:002011-02-10T12:03:17.553-08:00NIFA Breaks News to Mangano and Schmitt: 'You're Our Parents!"<span style="font-family: arial;">After spending a few weeks calling NIFA "unelected", "unaccountable", etc, etc, <a href="http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/nifa-mangano-court-challenge-is-baseless-1.2676724">NIFA responds to the Mangano/Schmitt lawsuit </a>against them and says <span style="font-weight: bold;">"A municipality can hardly claim that its domain has been invaded by legislation it asked the state to enact."</span><br />Yup, that's right.<br />Eleven years ago, Schmitt and Mangano in the Legislature voted to create NIFA to pull them out of the fiscal mess they created back then.<br />So, CONGRATULATIONS to Momma Mangano and Papa Schmitt. You can't disown your own kid.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-3090192414855662011-02-09T15:06:00.000-08:002011-02-09T15:44:23.564-08:00New GOP Senator Jack Martins Needs a History Lesson<span style="font-family: arial;">Jack Martins who barely defeated Sen. Craig Johnson has teamed up with Lee Zeldin the newest Senator from Suffolk (and possibly the NYS Senate's very own Ted Baxter) to complain that money that was set aside before the election for community projects have been cut.<br /><a href="http://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/new-li-sens-slam-dems-on-grants-1.2674371">Martins and Zeldin write</a></span><em style="font-family: arial;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">"</span></em><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">...the former Democrat Majority in the Senate was directing state authorities to de-fund these very same programs worth over $12 million for the two districts."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Perhaps they should talk to their boss Dean Skelos who defunded projects for the 7th SD when Craig Johnson won the special election. </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Not only that, after all Skelos' talk about "fair share" for school funding for Long Island, <a href="http://nassaugopwatch.blogspot.com/2008/04/skelos-wants-fair-share-of-school-aid.html">schools in the 7th SD got short-changed while republican districts made out very well.</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Then take the case of Sen. Andrea Stewart Cousins, a Democrat that defeated a sitting republican. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/08/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/08limain.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">School aid for her district was cut</a> after that election. Skelos said about that </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"This would never have happened if Senator Nick Spano was still there</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.”</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> Classy.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Skelos didn't even try to hide that he was playing politics with education money.<br />I hope Martins and Zeldin feel that Skelos is also <span style="font-weight: bold;">"</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">... grossly irresponsible, devoid of integrity,"</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> and is </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">"causing significant harm to the recipients including towns, villages, school districts, fire districts and not-for-profits</span><strong style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"> </strong><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">who have been deceived by their actions."</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">'Cause otherwise, they would be huge hypocrites.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />The next bit</span><em style="font-family: arial;"> is one that really irks me because it is such a lie perpetuated by republicans to scare voters. <span style="font-weight: bold;">"</span></em><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">Once again, the New York City based Senate Democratic leadership have looked to Long Island as their ATM machine."</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The FACT is that NYC gets $11billion <span style="font-weight: bold;">LESS</span> in money than they send to Albany.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">NYC does not and never has taken money from Long Island. Martins and Zeldin need to look to upstate for that.</span><br /><em><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-26016361294920257052011-02-08T12:57:00.000-08:002011-02-08T13:01:23.455-08:00Republican Operative Arrested in Tax Revolt Party Fraud<span style="font-family: arial;">From </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/da-nassau-clerk-faked-petition-addresses-1.2670404">Newsday</a><span style="font-family: arial;">...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">"</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;" class="initial">A part-time clerk at the </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"> Nassau County Board of Elections was arrested Tuesday and charged with writing false addresses on petitions in an attempt to get a candidate on the ballot back in 2009. </span> <p style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">Imtiaz Insanally, 27, of Valley Stream, was arrested and charged with first-degree offering a false instrument of filing and one count of misconduct in relation to petitions, Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice said in a news release.....</p><p style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">"Rice said the alleged offenses occurred on Aug. 18 and Aug. 19, 2009, when Insanally "knowingly wrote false residential addresses for eight petition signers" on six pages in an independent nominating petition for Tax Revolt Party candidate Christian Browne...</p><p style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">"Whether you're talking about a highly sophisticated case of systemic corruption or something as simple as this case, they are both violations of the public's trust and of our democratic process, and my office will continue to have no tolerance for that," Rice said in the statement."</p><p style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">We <a href="http://nassaugopwatch.blogspot.com/2009/10/chairman-mangano-and-his-tax-revolt.html">brought this up two years ago</a>..</span><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-51824012523771580482011-02-07T15:32:00.000-08:002011-02-07T15:47:18.140-08:00Presiding Officer Peter Schmitt Unhinged and Dangerous<span style="font-family: arial;">Peter Schmitt has real issues he needs to deal with. He gets far too angry and turns beet red too often at Legislature meetings.<br />Now he has turned his anger on the members of the Nassau Interim Finance Authority (NIFA) and it's just very violent.<br />The <a href="http://www.longislandpress.com/2011/01/29/dems-critical-of-violent-imagery-after-nifa-takeover/">Long Island Press reports</a> that when Schmitt was talking about his conspiracy theories about NIFA to the Press he said <span style="font-weight: bold;">"I’m just going to enjoy hitting them on the side of the head with a baseball bat.”<br /></span>What kind of man is Schmitt (or lack of man) that he needs to say that?<br />It's not like he used a simple metaphor like "I'm going to beat them over the head with their conflicts of interest."<br />He stepped over the line by ratcheting up the violent imagery.<br /><span style="font-family: arial;">But then again, we should expect that from someone who a <a href="http://schmittwatch.blogspot.com/2003/05/bpa-scandal-interesting-news-on-bpa.html">Federal Prosecutor once called</a> "</span></span><span style="visibility: visible; font-family: arial;" id="search"><span style="font-weight: bold;">very unspohisticated</span>"<em style="font-style: italic;"></em><span style="font-style: italic;"></span> and "<span style="font-weight: bold;">naive</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">And of course Schmitt is unapologetic for his comments. </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;">"I will not reply to Yaturo’s rambling statement because she’s already had her chance and she struck out.”</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-51879239054795469932011-02-07T13:19:00.000-08:002011-02-07T14:18:45.125-08:00Mangano Changes His Story on the NIFA Conspiracy<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nassaupolitics/?action=view&current=100liesbanner.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 411px; height: 96px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nassaupolitics/100liesbanner.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">It's amazing that Mangano can just plain lie about things he said that are documented quite well.<span style="font-family:arial;"> In a new statement about NIFA released on his Facebook page, Mangano tries to back off from his and Peter Schmitts conspiracy theory about NIFA.</span><br />Mangano says <span style="font-weight: bold;">"My supporters and the media should know that I am not concerned whether NIFA is politically motivated or bipartisan."</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">But just a little sampling of his comments immediately following the control period announcement show Mangano was all in on NIFA being a grand conspiracy against him.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >"(Residents) should question (NIFA’s) motivations,” Mangano said. “It’s to discredit the administration,”</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> - </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://levittown-ny.patch.com/articles/nifa-issues-control-period-on-nassau-county">Levittown Patch</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >"At today’s Long Island Association Executive Breakfast....</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Mangano suggested some members of the NIFA control board should be changed because their motivations are purely political."</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://libn.com/blog/2011/01/31/mangano-on-the-defensive/">Long Island Business News<br /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >"This is just a game to have us boxed in to raising real property taxes, a political game so they can say ‘Ed Mangano and the Tea Party came to office with reform and were unable to accomplish it’,”</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/01/31/mangano-alleges-politics-in-nassau-finance-takeover/">WCBS 880 </a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">And it's even ON VIDEO!!!!</span><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allownetworking="all" wmode="transparent" src="http://static.photobucket.com/player.swf" flashvars="file=http%3A%2F%2Fvidmg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv188%2Fnassaupolitics%2Fmanganotinfoilhat.mp4" height="190" width="300"></embed><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Perhaps Mangano realizes that he sounds less dignified when he spins conspiracy tales like Schmitt.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Mangano does go on to say <span style="font-weight: bold;">"What concerns me is that the architects of Nassau's budget mess are now acting as its watchdog."</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Really? Is that why Mangano wanted to <a href="http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/mangano-now-would-partner-with-nifa-1.2562369">"PARTNER with NIFA"</a>??</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"> "If the unions don't work with us to achieve real savings, the county executive will partner with NIFA to protect taxpayers, a Mangano aide said in a statement."<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Sorry Ed, you can't re-write your own words.</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-55805574482971025812011-02-03T21:19:00.000-08:002011-02-03T21:52:55.252-08:00Mangano Fundraising on NIFA Woes<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Just when you thought you couldn't get any more cynical about politics.<br />Accidental County Executive Ed Mangano vows to fight for Nassau County Taxpayers against the Nassau Interim Finance Authority (NIFA) take-over of Nassau County finances.<br />While he is doing that, he wouldn't mind if you donated to his campaign.<br />That's right, while Nassau's finances are being taken over by a Control Board, Mangano has taken this opportunity to raise some cash for himself. <a href="http://nassaugopwatch.blogspot.com/2011/02/mangano-living-well-on-campaign.html">(maybe he wants to go out to eat some more)</a><br />So what if the Bond Rating for the county is downgraded?<br />Who cares if the reputation of the county is made worse by Mangano's ineptitude!<br />It's all okay 'cause Mangano has money in his campaign account.<br /><br />I was at a local forum and on the table was a piece of paper signed by Mangano. Mangano was there along with Peter Schmitt to lie to the folks about NIFA.<br />The handout has a color heading that reads <span style="font-weight: bold;">"URGENT: ED MANGANO IS FIGHTING NIFA'S TAX HIKES and he needs your help!"</span><br />Now just as an FYI, NIFA can't raise your taxes but that is for another post.<br />The rest of the handout is the standard line Mangano has been spewing for the past week.<br />Then all the way at the bottom after his signature is a "P.S." asking for a donation.<br />Now this this says "Help Ed Mangano stop NIFA's tax hike."<br />Exactly how in the world would a campaign contribution help his fight?<br />Isn't it the County as an entity suing NIFA? It's not Mangano personally suing them.<br />Here is Ed Mangano using a terrible situation for Nassau to make some money for himself.<br />The bigger problem here is that Mangano was at this forum as his offical capacity as County Executive and he is handing out flyers asking for campaign contributions. Unfortnately someone will be suckered into donating thinking the money is going to help "fight NIFA."<br />Something seems very unethical about this.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Click to enlarge...</span><br /><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nassaupolitics/?action=view&current=manganonifafundraising.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="width: 353px; height: 458px;" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v188/nassaupolitics/manganonifafundraising.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8408830.post-85252773318502650332011-02-02T21:37:00.000-08:002011-02-03T21:41:39.162-08:00Mangano Living Well on Campaign Contributions<span style="font-family: arial;">According to <a href="http://www.newsday.com/long-island/politics/spin-cycle-1.812042/mangano-campaign-chowing-down-1.2655445?showAll=true">Newsday</a>, in a non-campaign year, Mangano is eating well on his campaigns dime...</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">"The political committee for Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano shelled out more than <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">$10,000 for food</span> in the last six months of last year — and it wasn’t even an election year.</span> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">There were four chits totaling slightly more than <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">$3,000 at H.R. Singleton’s</span> in Bethpage, in the same small shopping center where Mangano had his election headquarters in 2009. There were smaller bills at several establishments near the main county office building in Mineola, including Plum Tomatoes Pizza, Murphy’s Bar and Chris’s Deli.</p> <p style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">And there were a handful of out-of-town establishments, including <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">$255.57 at the NY Yankee Steak House in the Bronx</span>, <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">$256.60 at The Palm in Manhattan and $99.94 at Wolfgang Puck in Disney World</span>, where Mangano had a fundraiser in early December."</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1