Deficit-cutting measures trumping politics
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone in Hauppauge. (July 31, 2012)
Bellone: Suffolk in fiscal emergency
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone
Steve Bellone's Democratic principles were on full display the day he was inaugurated as Suffolk County executive.
"Think for a moment what it is that we do in county government," he said last winter. "We ensure public safety, we maintain public health, we provide a safety net for the most vulnerable members of our society."
Eight months later, Bellone has embraced a practice that shrinks...
