Suffolk legislators not waiting for Bellone
Photo credit: Newsday/Audrey C. Tiernan | Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone speaks with Suffolk County treasurer Angie Carpenter after Bellone unveiled his "Connect Long Island: A Vision for Our Future" economic plan which includes infrastructure investments on connecting existing and proposed developments by expanding transit service and reverse commuting. (June 26. 2011)
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Suffolk lawmakers are not waiting for County Executive Steve Bellone to submit his proposed 2013 budget -- or the rest of his plan to mitigate a cumulative three-year projected deficit of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Instead, groups of lawmakers, Democrats and Republicans, are meeting among themselves and talking to each other -- and to Bellone -- about ways to right Suffolk's finances.
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