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Unfortunately, I think that you are right. It goes back to pre-Alphonse times.
I have a friend who has a low level Nassau County Civil Service job. The building where she works is filled with Mangano and Alphonse connections/family. I scratch my head here on CD when people are outraged at teachers and cops because they don't really know where the real deadwood falls. I have met people through this friend who are way past retirement age and they boast how they come to work to the clerical job that they have had for 30-40 years and read the newspaper everyday. They refuse to retire, but why should they.
They go to the political breakfasts, say "hello," make sure that they give a nice donation every now and then.
For some, the now-deceased husbands were part of the circle. These people have gotten other family/friends jobs, sometimes bypassing the so-called civil service exam lists or sometimes they notify friends when the exam will be given, making sure that they are on the list and then getting them a job. Don't mind the ladies who work in school district offices or the libraries, if that's how they got the job because they actually do something. But I do resent the ones in county/village offices who come to work and do absolutely nothing but eat the food that they bring with them and then sit around.
You can be outraged by both, and should be. Police and teachers are overpaid which cost taxpayers money, and political hack jobs cost taxpayers money. Local government jobs are almost always politically connected...most of the people involved in local politics are in it for jobs and connections, not civil service. People work on political campaigns because they expect jobs or favors from the elected official when they win. None of this is new. The problem with Nassau and Suffolk is the degree of everything.
Nassau County is one of, maybe the most corrupt local government in the country.
Has been for quite some time. Both parties are equally as dirty and in cahoots with each other. So when one party points fingers at the other don't believe that crap, it's all part of the game. Dirty scumbags, all of them.
^This! So true. The parties here dont matter. Its just one big ugly political machine.
Mangano, Venditto, Cuomo & De Blasio. Anyone see a connection here?
NY has the highest population of Italians in the country. FYI, de Blasio was born Warren Wilhelm but adopted his mother's maiden name later in life because his German father ran out on the family.
Hopefully he will also have to pay a $105 administrative fee for his arrest.
I have to admit, that was funny
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