LI Elections 2009 (Brookhaven, Glen Cove, Nassau: mortgage, brokers, to live)

[hotkarl]

Both parties suck. End of story.

[dman72]

Originally Posted by Johninwestbury

Believe it or not folks, the County Exec race for Nassau is too close to call! Tom Suozzi may lose! I see alot of support for Mangano, and I am glad to see folks decided they were fed up with the higher crime, higher taxes, and declining quality of life here in Nassau County! One thing is sure, the Dems have lost control of the legislature.

Eh, Nassau has been going down that path for around 20 years, buddy. If you think that putting Repubs in office will change anything, you're nuts. They now have their own group of palms to grease and under-table deals to make. Nassau politics are what they are, no matter who you elect.

[hotkarl]

The assessment system quadrupled my taxes within a few short years.
It sucks. It is not accurate. And it is not fair. Suozzi.

These idiots failed to realize, or failed to care about the impact this would have on people. Idiots. Suozzi.
For a person on a fixed income, or any budget for that matter, the new assessment system crippled many people financially. Myself included.

I mean really, a person making a set salary and used to laying out a certain amount of money, was not prepared for the increase. When your property taxes go from lets say 3500 a year to over 9000 within a few short years, that is a hard shot right in the nuts. How do you adapt or recover from that?

Jerks. Idiots. Self serving power hungry scumbags. There needs to be a public take over.

[jak0lantern01]

All I can say is that the Town of Smithtown is finished. Voters chose those that are content with a run down main street, corruption and cronyism, and a stale town government that lacks any vision whatsoever. Way to go Smithtown voters, now stop complaining about your high taxes!

[azzurrony]

The fact that Suozzi is barely hanging on to his political life and that the county legislature has turned shows that at least some people are awake at the wheel here.

Now, it's true that the Republicans are generally as bad as the Democrats when it comes to back room deals, special interests, and pet projects.

However, my take on it is simple. If both parties are corrupt, you simply keep voting them out....over and over...until one of them gets it right.

[hotkarl]

Originally Posted by bruthafromanuthamutha

The PBA endorsed Mangano, so I voted for Suozzi. That's my method for voting locally - vote in whoever the PBA does not endorse.

Funny how law enforcement is probabally one of the most corrupt organizations out there. Sickening actually.

[azzurrony]

Brutha,

That's pretty funny. The truth is that each party will be handing out their political kickbacks once they hit office. It's part of the game. I think the key is to vote in the candidate that will do it the least.

The Suozzi family has thrived on these back room deals for years in both Glen Cove and at the county level now.

I'm not originally from LI, but I can't believe how corrupt it is here. I mean...you effectively have an EMPLOYEE of Suozzi join the race in the "Conservative" party so that he can draw votes away from Mangano.

Given the narrow margin, Mangano would have easily won if Suozzi's employee didn't join the race. This stuff just smells of conflicts of interests left and right.

[hotkarl]

What is the latest on the Exec race? Did Suozzi hold on or they still waiting on absentee ballots and crap?

[zulu400]

Originally Posted by hotkarl

What is the latest on the Exec race? Did Suozzi hold on or they still waiting on absentee ballots and crap?

I think because its so close there will be a re-count.
I was just wondering.... what if there were 3 candidates and they got 34%, 33% and 33% votes respectively..... do they just declare the 34% as the winner ?
I am not comfortable with someone winning by just 100 or 200 votes over 200k total votes, just my opinion.

[dman72]

Originally Posted by azzurrony

Brutha,

That's pretty funny. The truth is that each party will be handing out their political kickbacks once they hit office. It's part of the game. I think the key is to vote in the candidate that will do it the least.

The Suozzi family has thrived on these back room deals for years in both Glen Cove and at the county level now.

I'm not originally from LI, but I can't believe how corrupt it is here. I mean...you effectively have an EMPLOYEE of Suozzi join the race in the "Conservative" party so that he can draw votes away from Mangano.

Given the narrow margin, Mangano would have easily won if Suozzi's employee didn't join the race. This stuff just smells of conflicts of interests left and right.

What do you expect in an area where the mob is glorified? They aren't considered criminals, they are considered heroes by a good chunk of the people.

Also, what dealings in business around here AREN'T shady? Who ISN'T trying to low ball you, high ball you, run a scam, sell you something thats used as new, etc, ad infinitum. It's the way things work in a lot of the NY metro area. Everyone is a slickster, the guy selling you stock, the mortgage broker sneaking an extra point in, the real estate agent trying to tell you that this house has all these asking price offers....so, the cops have the same mentality...$2000 catered event, free for his kid because he parks in the catering halls parking lot on his overnight shift? Cop "What, dat ain't corruption, dat's professional courtesy!!". No, that's corruption.


I used to live on the same block as a guy high up in the Brookhaven Hwy dept...town trucks come and dump tons of gravel on his driveway..ya think he paid for that? It's not the exception, it's the norm, it's just that most people never get caught..and half the time the people catching them are dirty themselves.