Repubs are in and it's KILLING YOU

[Unregisteredrepublic]

Republicans took over in Jan and you've been crying on here ever since. PRICELESS!! I LOVE IT!!

[Unregistered57473]

Actually, if you read the posts, most of the people who have been crying are Republicans who haven't gotten jobs from Mangano....

[Give ma a zoo]

Actually, if you read the posts, most of the people who have been crying are Republicans who haven't gotten jobs from Mangano....

That's the truth & now they're turning on him & becoming his biggest critics & the holdovers are leaving him in a mess while the people he gave jobs to can't cut it.

Suozzi got brought down because of the people he hired and those are the same people Mangano is listening too.

Imbeciles.

I'd rather have a zoo than a casino any day.

The jobless worked hard to put him in office - and will work just as hard to let the public know his true colors.

[Knots]

BRAVO!!!!! Mangano is a complete do nothing. Suozzi got to big for his britches.....but he DID get things done. Look at the new County Executive Bldg, have to admit its beautiful

[Unregisteredfool]

BRAVO!!!!! Mangano is a complete do nothing. Suozzi got to big for his britches.....but he DID get things done. Look at the new County Executive Bldg, have to admit its beautifuland you have to admit that its real easy to spend tons of $$$ on a project when it ain't your cash....meaning the taxpayers money.

[Unregistered67]

and you have to admit that its real easy to spend tons of $$$ on a project when it ain't your cash....meaning the taxpayers money.

It was expensive but at least we go something to show for it. Those great Gulotta years we didn't get anything but his party made out like bandits.

[How Odd]

Just doesn't seem that sharp. He's like the Accidental County Executive. Like an Italian David Patterson. Fell ass backward into the job and is in way over his head. I feel sorry for the taxpayers in nassau.

[Big difference]

It was expensive but at least we go something to show for it. Those great Gulotta years we didn't get anything but his party made out like bandits.

Mangano fucked alot of party people & wont get rid of the dems plus the commissioners seem way in over their heads in the important agencies and he wont eliminate or consolidate the special interest agencies

[Unregisteredritiww]

Mangano betrayed those who hit the pavement to get his ass into office and the voters who pulled the lever for him. Mangano continues to do nothing to cut back on government waste and duplication of services. He has allowed 3/4 of Suozzi patronage to remain on the payroll and it appears they are here to stay costing countless taxpayer dollars in salary and benefits for job duties that are not vital to the overall functioning of the county departments they are assigned. His refusal to show any form of good faith when dealing with important matters will only cost the county 10X down the road by allowing incompetent employees to negotiate deals. Yeah he's a real putz and small minded local political hack with a limited shelf life as CE which explains why he is Cuomo's newest lapdog.

[cuomos lapdog]

Mangano betrayed those who hit the pavement to get his ass into office and the voters who pulled the lever for him. Mangano continues to do nothing to cut back on government waste and duplication of services. He has allowed 3/4 of Suozzi patronage to remain on the payroll and it appears they are here to stay costing countless taxpayer dollars in salary and benefits for job duties that are not vital to the overall functioning of the county departments they are assigned. His refusal to show any form of good faith when dealing with important matters will only cost the county 10X down the road by allowing incompetent employees to negotiate deals. Yeah he's a real putz and small minded local political hack with a limited shelf life as CE which explains why he is Cuomo's newest lapdog.

funny you noticed that he's helping cuomo win the november election by testing the waters for him on the mta tax lawsuit. it should get thrown out because nassau county has no standing to represent private business owners who may or may not even be nassau residents. plus there's conflicting interests since his own deputy ce is a mta board director. even if he steps down now, he was on the board when the vote was taken. the county attorney is conflicted because they represent the deputy ce which means they have to hire outside counsel and the nassau taxpayers have to pay them even if many of the taxpayers have businesses outside the county which wont be helped at all by this lawsuit. plus the people - mostly hispanics and illegals - that use li buses surely arent the business owners involved in the lawsuit. its not the right leverage and its not the county's place to spend this kind of money on that kind of lawsuit.

[guess again]

funny you noticed that he's helping cuomo win the november election by testing the waters for him on the mta tax lawsuit. it should get thrown out because nassau county has no standing to represent private business owners who may or may not even be nassau residents. plus there's conflicting interests since his own deputy ce is a mta board director. even if he steps down now, he was on the board when the vote was taken. the county attorney is conflicted because they represent the deputy ce which means they have to hire outside counsel and the nassau taxpayers have to pay them even if many of the taxpayers have businesses outside the county which wont be helped at all by this lawsuit. plus the people - mostly hispanics and illegals - that use li buses surely arent the business owners involved in the lawsuit. its not the right leverage and its not the county's place to spend this kind of money on that kind of lawsuit.

Nassau County pays substantial payroll taxes, so it has standing to protest. The County Attorney represents the County of Nassau, and not one particular officer. So there is no conflict but for the fact that DCE Foye would have to recuse himself from decision making in this matter. If anything, the lawsuit places Cuomo in a tough place because he is obligated to defend against it, and squarely has to come down on one side or the other on this onerous tax. The one legitimate criticism is how can the CE appear with the AG and Gubernatorial candidate one day on the property tax cap issue and then place him in a tight spot on antoher.

[disagreementz]

Nassau County pays substantial payroll taxes, so it has standing to protest. The County Attorney represents the County of Nassau, and not one particular officer. So there is no conflict but for the fact that DCE Foye would have to recuse himself from decision making in this matter. If anything, the lawsuit places Cuomo in a tough place because he is obligated to defend against it, and squarely has to come down on one side or the other on this onerous tax. The one legitimate criticism is how can the CE appear with the AG and Gubernatorial candidate one day on the property tax cap issue and then place him in a tight spot on antoher.

I disagree. Municipalities are exempt from the payroll tax. The county attorney does not represent the taxpayer - it represents the officers, directors and management. The unions represent the workers. The comptroller safeguards the taxpayer. There is no exception in the rules of ethics if only one officer is involved. The DCE takes over when the CE isn't around and the DCE is one officer of a board that is being sued. The taxpayers of Nassau County don't all have businesses within Nassau County and not all the businesses within Nassau County have owners who are residents of Nassau County. At the least, aside from conflicting interests, its overreaching and the County has enough to do without spending good money on lawsuits that representing a population of people who may not even live in Nassau. LIA should bring a class action and the business owners should be paying for it if the AG won't bring a Statewide action. It's not Mangano's fight and does absolutely nothing to address the problem of the lost funding LI Bus is getting. Mangano has so many democrats and holdovers on the payroll , including non residents, that he doesn't seem to know if he's a republican or a democrat these days.

[Unregisteredcluless]

I disagree. Municipalities are exempt from the payroll tax. The county attorney does not represent the taxpayer - it represents the officers, directors and management. The unions represent the workers. The comptroller safeguards the taxpayer. There is no exception in the rules of ethics if only one officer is involved. The DCE takes over when the CE isn't around and the DCE is one officer of a board that is being sued. The taxpayers of Nassau County don't all have businesses within Nassau County and not all the businesses within Nassau County have owners who are residents of Nassau County. At the least, aside from conflicting interests, its overreaching and the County has enough to do without spending good money on lawsuits that representing a population of people who may not even live in Nassau. LIA should bring a class action and the business owners should be paying for it if the AG won't bring a Statewide action. It's not Mangano's fight and does absolutely nothing to address the problem of the lost funding LI Bus is getting. Mangano has so many democrats and holdovers on the payroll , including non residents, that he doesn't seem to know if he's a republican or a democrat these days.


The County claims that it paid $3M with respect to costs related to the payroll tax. Sounds like they have to pay like everyone else. And the County Attorney represents the COUNTY, which is essentially a chartered entity. http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/CountyExecutive/NewsRelease/2010/07-29-2010.html

[Idiots]

ITs a stupid lawsuit. The MTA can do whatever it wants and the government sanctioned the tax. The County can't force the MTA to remove the tax anymore than it can force the government officials who voted for it to rescind their votes. Its a stupid, headline grabbing move because Mangano & Ciampoli are getting such bad reviews for doing nothing. They want to look like they're doing something but the reality is that a repeal of this tax is already been in the works with Senators Marcillano & King already fighting it. Mangano is gonna spend our money and waste time until it gets repealed and then take the credit as part of a settlement. Its a stupid lawsuit for the county and the county is not best represented by special interests. He's taking the interests of wall street over main street like all the other special interest groups they cater too.

[creators]

I disagree. Municipalities are exempt from the payroll tax. The county attorney does not represent the taxpayer - it represents the officers, directors and management. The unions represent the workers. The comptroller safeguards the taxpayer. There is no exception in the rules of ethics if only one officer is involved. The DCE takes over when the CE isn't around and the DCE is one officer of a board that is being sued. The taxpayers of Nassau County don't all have businesses within Nassau County and not all the businesses within Nassau County have owners who are residents of Nassau County. At the least, aside from conflicting interests, its overreaching and the County has enough to do without spending good money on lawsuits that representing a population of people who may not even live in Nassau. LIA should bring a class action and the business owners should be paying for it if the AG won't bring a Statewide action. It's not Mangano's fight and does absolutely nothing to address the problem of the lost funding LI Bus is getting. Mangano has so many democrats and holdovers on the payroll , including non residents, that he doesn't seem to know if he's a republican or a democrat these days.

You are correct. The county collected the tax from the private businesses doing business in the county. The county did not pay the tax. The money comes from private business and that the county attorney does not represent. The county executive is just grandstanding because the MTA got the tax passed as law. The law isn't just for Nassau Businesses - its for all businesses. And if that tax gets reduced, the commuting fares will go up. So either Mangano figures out how to keep the fares down or people wont even be able to afford to ride the bus. And there are far more nassau county residents commuting into NYC and Brooklyn that will get hurt if the tax is repealed and the fares go up another 10%. They aren't thinking about the taxpayers who live in Nassau. They are thinking about publicity.