Letter: Nassau financial woes are a key concern
Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano on Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, vetoes an amendment to his 2016 spending plan passed by county legislators that would have eliminated $12 million in revenue from a tax increase he proposed. Credit: Howard Schnapp
Regarding Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano’s State of the County address [“New focus on funding,” News, March 16], I was reminded of Abraham Lincoln’s observation: “You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.”
It seems Mangano conveniently omitted mentioning the dire straits of Nassau County’s financial condition and the related deficits.
Dave Beldner, East Rockaway
So Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, the man whose name is the biggest thing on any county nonpermanent signage, believes public financing of political campaigns is the best way to clean up the contracting issue?
I will be damned if the taxes I pay and he wastes will get used for any campaign purposes. Airtight ethics and disclosure laws are the real answer. This is what voters want.
Denis O’Driscoll, Westbury
