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Candidates for Assembly seat spar over qualifications

Quick ReadLauren Thoden and L. Dean Murray agree a lot, but they disagree on the subject of each other's qualifications.

Dean Murray working at campaign headquarters in Medford.

Photo credit: James Carbone | Dean Murray working at campaign headquarters in Medford. (Feb. 3, 2010)

In principle, Lauren Thoden and L. Dean Murray agree a lot: Both say Long Island needs to attract new jobs and help keep businesses from moving off the Island.

The candidates for the vacant Third Assembly District seat also agree that school taxes are too high and the MTA payroll tax is too burdensome.

Where Thoden, a Democrat, and Murray, a Republican, disagree is the subject of each...

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