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NIFA to Mangano: No Deal on Sewer Plan

Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 10:45pm

Source:

Long Island Press

Author:

Christopher Twarowski, Spencer Rumsey and Timothy Bolger

A watchdog panel that controls Nassau County’s finances is refusing to sign off on a key contract that would have paved the way for a controversial deal allowing a private company to run the county’s sewer system. read more »

Romney's History of Bullying

Monday, May 14, 2012 - 10:05am

Source:

The Washington Post

Author:

Jason Horowitz

John Lauber was perpetually teased for his nonconformity and presumed homosexuality. Now he was walking around the all-boys school with bleached-blond hair that draped over one eye, and Romney wasn’t having it. read more »

Low Turnout GOP Primary Still Costing Nassau County

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 10:40am

Source:

Newsday

Author:

Celeste Hadrick

The Nassau Board of Elections will be disposing of $134,000 in unused ballots from last month’s Republican presidential primary. And it will cost still more to get rid of them.

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Mangano makes desperate power grab under guise of fiscal necessity

Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 9:40am

Source:

Newsday

Author:

Joye Brown

Mangano sent lawmakers a proposed local law that would allow him to act unilaterally on a legion of matters, from imposing furloughs on union members and eliminating county programs to selling property and eliminating county funds to villages and towns. read more »

Mangano Paying Morgan Stanley $5 Million to Sell County Assets

Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 10:40am

Source:

Newsday

Author:

Robert Brodsky

Nassau County plans to sign a contract with Morgan Stanley & Co. that will pay the global financial services firm at least $5 million in a plan to privatize the county's sewage treatment system, administration officials said. read more »

Mangano Paying Morgan Stanley $5 Million to Sell County Assets

Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 10:40am

Source:

Newsday

Author:

Robert Brodsky

Nassau County plans to sign a contract with Morgan Stanley & Co. that will pay the global financial services firm at least $5 million in a plan to privatize the county's sewage treatment system, administration officials said. read more »

Despite hiring freeze, Mangano hires ex-Long Beach Republican city manager

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 1:30pm

Source:

Newsday

Author:

Celeste Hadrick

Despite a hiring freeze, Mangano hired former Long Beach city manager, who served under the Republican Long beach city council when the city's credit rating sank to a notch above junk. read more »

County Attorney, John Ciampoli, Working On Brooklyn Cases While Being Paid $141k by Nassau County

Monday, March 26, 2012 - 9:25am

Source:

Newsday

Author:

Dan Janison

On Wednesday, Ciampoli appeared before State Supreme Court Justice David Schmidt on behalf of David Storobin, the GOP State Senate candidate in Brooklyn's 27th District who ran in a special election against the heavily favored Democratic City Councilman Lew Fidler. read more »

The GOP Assault on the Voting Rights Act

Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 7:10pm

Source:

The Nation

Author:

Ben Adler

Last week the Department of Justice denied preclearance to Texas’s law requiring voters to present photo identification under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Section 5 requires states and jurisdictions with a demonstrated history of passing discriminatory election laws to get approval from the DOJ for any change to laws governing the time, place or manner in which an election is conducted. read more »

Republican plan to generate revenue from sewers is a mess

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 10:35am

Source:

Newsday

At first glance, Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano's plan to raise $865 million with a quasi-sale of the county's deteriorating sewer system stinks like . . . stuff the sewer system treats. read more »

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