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Yatauro calls Schmitt's remark 'inexcusable'
Quick ReadAn angry Diane Yatauro demanded an apology Thursday from her presumptive replacement.
Photo credit: Karen Wiles Stabile | A file photo of Nassau Democratic minority leader Diane Yatauro, who announced she will not seek re-election. (Nov. 12, 2009)
Peter Schmitt, Republican candidate in Nassau County's 12th
2009 Nassau County Legislature election winners
An angry Diane Yatauro, the departing Democratic presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature, demanded an apology Thursday from her presumptive January replacement, Republican Peter Schmitt of Massapequa, who earlier this week called her "dumb."
"It was inexcusable," she said.
"I'm a lot of things, but I'm always professional," Yatauro, of Glen Cove, said at a news conference...
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