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02-26-2010, 01:43 PM
Both letters in local newspapers today:
Massapequan Observer:
Letter: Thinking the Opposite
Friday, 26 February 2010 00:00
Tough times call for tough measures, or that’s what you would think. In Nassau County, they are thinking the opposite. Peter Schmitt and the Republican Majority of the Nassau County legislature voted for pay raises for themselves in one of the worst economies since the Great Depression. Our newest Legislator Joe Belesi supported the idea without question, having been in office for only a few days. His predecessor, Dave Mejias, fought against these raises his entire six years in office. It took Belesi less than a week to do the complete opposite. Joe Belesi and the Republican Majority have shown their true colors. You can lead them to the legislature but you can’t make them think.
Farmingdale Observer:
Letter: Voters May Be Having Buyer’s Remorse
Friday, 26 February 2010 00:00
Has anyone ever wondered why Nassau County Legislators have never received a pay increase? There was one legislator that had always stood in the way. He balked his own party twice. He was punished for this but Dave Mejias believed that it wasn’t right to increase his own salary when so many families in Nassau County were suffering. That was then. Now we have a county legislator who, after being on the job for only a few days, blindly supported the party bosses and voted for pay increases. We assume that he knows the dire state of our economy, yet Joe Belesi’s first act in office was to line the pockets of his fellow Republicans. Have buyer’s remorse? You bet. Joe Belesi is going to end up costing us.
Thomas J. Lavan
Massapequan Observer:
Letter: Thinking the Opposite
Friday, 26 February 2010 00:00
Tough times call for tough measures, or that’s what you would think. In Nassau County, they are thinking the opposite. Peter Schmitt and the Republican Majority of the Nassau County legislature voted for pay raises for themselves in one of the worst economies since the Great Depression. Our newest Legislator Joe Belesi supported the idea without question, having been in office for only a few days. His predecessor, Dave Mejias, fought against these raises his entire six years in office. It took Belesi less than a week to do the complete opposite. Joe Belesi and the Republican Majority have shown their true colors. You can lead them to the legislature but you can’t make them think.
Farmingdale Observer:
Letter: Voters May Be Having Buyer’s Remorse
Friday, 26 February 2010 00:00
Has anyone ever wondered why Nassau County Legislators have never received a pay increase? There was one legislator that had always stood in the way. He balked his own party twice. He was punished for this but Dave Mejias believed that it wasn’t right to increase his own salary when so many families in Nassau County were suffering. That was then. Now we have a county legislator who, after being on the job for only a few days, blindly supported the party bosses and voted for pay increases. We assume that he knows the dire state of our economy, yet Joe Belesi’s first act in office was to line the pockets of his fellow Republicans. Have buyer’s remorse? You bet. Joe Belesi is going to end up costing us.
Thomas J. Lavan