The upcoming Nov. 5 election is one of significant importance, as voters will be charged with the task of choosing the Nassau County executive for the next four years.
I hope my neighbors will join me in supporting Tom Suozzi.
As a former county executive, Suozzi’s record of accomplishment remains unmatched: eight balanced budgets with eight verified surpluses. Under his leadership, Nassau received 13 straight bond upgrades, the most of any municipality in the nation during that time. He also cut the debt and reduced borrowing.
Right now you may be thinking “so what?” The fact is, because of Suozzi’s smart management, Nassau’s fiscal health used to be much stronger, and a heavy reliance on our future generations to pay our current bills was never in the picture.
Now, we have a county executive who borrows (a.k.a. “swipes the county credit card”) like there’s no tomorrow, completely disregarding Nassau’s future.
I just received my school tax bill and, for two years in a row now, my mouth almost dropped to the floor.
Perhaps if he got the assessment system under control, and didn’t give reductions to almost 90 percent of the people who challenged, we wouldn’t be paying these outrageous, sky-high rates.
Nassau is one of the richest counties in the entire country, and the fiscal mess we’re in is absolutely unacceptable.
County Executive Ed Mangano had four years to make the right decisions and take us in the right direction, and he didn’t get the job done.
Please remember to vote for Tom Suozzi on Nov. 5. He is the only candidate who can bring Nassau County back to fiscal stability.
Lauren Furst
Roslyn Heights
