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Bellone pledges 'more efficient' Suffolk

Originally published: December 30, 2011 11:57 AM
Updated: December 30, 2011 10:31 PM
By RICK BRAND  rick.brand@newsday.com

BRENTWOOD, NY, DEC. 30, 2011: Steve Bellone is

Photo credit: Photo by Ed Betz | BRENTWOOD, NY, DEC. 30, 2011: Steve Bellone is sworn as Suffolk County Executive by retired Judge Patrick Henry as his daughter Mollie holds the bible and his wife looks on in Brentwood, NY, Dec. 30, 2011. Photo by Ed Betz

Democrat Steve Bellone was sworn in Friday as Suffolk's seventh county executive, warning in his inaugural speech that the county faces its "greatest fiscal crisis" ever and promising to deliver "a more efficient government" and a "more inclusive county."

Standing beneath a giant video image of the county seal, Bellone, 42, took the oath as his wife, Tracey, and daughter, Mollie, 2, held the...

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