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Bye, bye Judy

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on November 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Judy Jacobs, presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature for the past eight years, is stepping down from the post, saying she realized it is time for new leadership. Taking over for Jacobs will be Diane Yatauro, who has represented the 18th Legislative District since 2003.
Jacobs will still serve in the Legislature, having just won [...]

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Blame it on the Realtors

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on November 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Environmentalist Dick Amper is using his considerable wind power to express his displeasure over the defeat of a proposal that would have created a fund to preserve open space in Brookhaven.
Proposition Three, rejected by 61 percent of Brookhaven voters, would have mandated a 2 percent real estate transfer tax. Anyone who purchased a home in [...]

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Jacobs claims chances of Belesi win are ‘slim to none’

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on November 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Judy Jacobs, is trying to extinguish GOP hopes that the party would regain control on of the Nassau County Legislature, calling challenger Joe Belesi’s chances of beating Democrat David Mejias “slim to none.”
Jacobs, the Legislature’s presiding officer, says there are about 320 absentee ballots left to count, and history indicates each party will get about [...]

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Southampton supervisor race still too close to call

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on November 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

On the morning after Election Night, the hard-fought race for Southampton Town supervisor is still too close to call.
From News12.com:
Incumbent Patrick ‘Skip’ Heaney said a number of factors complicated the outcome. One of those factors is the 500-700 absentee ballots that still need to be counted, according to Heaney.
“Even if I was going to consider [...]

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Mejias claims victory, GOP calls it ‘off-base’

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on November 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Democratic Legis. David Mejias still says he has won re-election. But with more than 300 absentee ballots left to count and a forced recount still to come, the Nassau GOP insists he is jumping the gun.
Mejias has 51 percent of the vote and Republican challenger Joe Belesi has 49 percent with 100 percent of the [...]

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Mixed bag in Brookhaven

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on November 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

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The good news for Brookhaven Democrats: Brian Foley won a second term as the town’s supervisor. It was a tough race against Republican Robert DiCarlo, who grabbed 46 percent of the vote.
But there’s some big bad news. The Democrats lost the majority on the town board.
Brookhaven Republican Committee Chairman Jesse Garcia [...]

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Dems take Islip

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on November 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

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For the first time since 1931, Democrats have captured a majority in the Town of Islip, with the  re-election of Supervisor Phil Nolan and wins by John Edwards and Gene Parrington.
Go here for the full election results.

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Big surprise! Levy wins.

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on November 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

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As expected, Steve Levy, supported by virtually everyone, their mother and grandmother, won with a commanding victory for a second term as Suffolk County executive. (A video of his speech will be posted here soon.)
Levy, who was led to the podium by bagpipers and a political entourage, said his success was [...]

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Mondello pumps Kate Murray for County Exec.

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on November 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Republicans in Nassau County haven’t closed the book on this Election Day, but Nassau GOP Chairman Joseph Mondello is already looking ahead to 2009.
When asked by News 12 Long Island about who he’d like to see as Nassau’s County Executive, Mondello quickly offered up the name of Kate Murray. Murray tonight was [...]

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Still, still confident

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on November 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

N12I to Legis. David Mejias: The GOP says you declared the race too early.
Mejias: They said that two years ago.

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