Comments on: Incumbents Reeling from Tuesday Election http://www.longislandpress.com/2009/11/08/incumbents-reeling-from-tuesday-election/ Serving the opinion leaders of Long Island Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:01:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ToH Voter http://www.longislandpress.com/2009/11/08/incumbents-reeling-from-tuesday-election/comment-page-1/#comment-6908 ToH Voter Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:49:00 +0000 http://www.longislandpress.com/?p=46647#comment-6908 I'm a lifelong registered Democrat who voted for three Town of Hempstead Republican incumbents last week despite being a victim of Buildings and Highway departments that define everything that's wrong with voters allowing one-party rule and patronage for a century. I didn't vote for any of the candidates for County Executive; I watched the News12 debate and none deserved my vote. I did vote for Democrats for everything else. A major factor for my vote (and those of other environmentally concerned Democrats I know) was the blind support for the humongous Lighthouse project from Paterson, Suozzi (who has been giving away our park and preserve land), and the Democrats who ran for Town of Hempstead offices. Where do we put the developers' expected 4000 extra rush-hour cars on the Meadowbrook State Parkway? How do we provide 50% more water for the Lighthouse than the entire county's population currently uses? What about sewage treatment? Do we really need a million square feet of office space, a half-million square feet of retail space, a five-star hotel, and a man-made lake for ice skating? Let's rebuild Nassau Coliseum and add a convention center; the rest should be postponed. I’m a lifelong registered Democrat who voted for three Town of Hempstead Republican incumbents last week despite being a victim of Buildings and Highway departments that define everything that’s wrong with voters allowing one-party rule and patronage for a century. I didn’t vote for any of the candidates for County Executive; I watched the News12 debate and none deserved my vote. I did vote for Democrats for everything else.

A major factor for my vote (and those of other environmentally concerned Democrats I know) was the blind support for the humongous Lighthouse project from Paterson, Suozzi (who has been giving away our park and preserve land), and the Democrats who ran for Town of Hempstead offices. Where do we put the developers’ expected 4000 extra rush-hour cars on the Meadowbrook State Parkway? How do we provide 50% more water for the Lighthouse than the entire county’s population currently uses? What about sewage treatment? Do we really need a million square feet of office space, a half-million square feet of retail space, a five-star hotel, and a man-made lake for ice skating? Let’s rebuild Nassau Coliseum and add a convention center; the rest should be postponed.

]]> By: Truthsayer http://www.longislandpress.com/2009/11/08/incumbents-reeling-from-tuesday-election/comment-page-1/#comment-6688 Truthsayer Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:08:40 +0000 http://www.longislandpress.com/?p=46647#comment-6688 So why did the Town of Hempstead Incumbents remain in office? They can seem to do no wrong, no matter what a national trend might indicate So why did the Town of Hempstead Incumbents remain in office?
They can seem to do no wrong, no matter what a national trend might indicate

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