I was never one for extremes.
Although Nassau County Executive [Laura] Curran did not write the new New York State Bail Reform Law (or pass it in the state legislature), she never once spoke to the public about its obvious flaws.
Instead, she appropriated millions of our hard-earned tax dollars to (unsuccessfully) prepare the county for its implementation and continued to repeat the governor’s talking points in support of it.
Her ‘call for change’ is empty. She has lost her credibility.
For me, just one registered Independent voter, this kind of leadership is unacceptable.
As the chief executive of our county, Curran’s job is not to rubber-stamp Albany’s agenda. She is charged with representing her constituents – we the people of Nassau County.
While she is responsible for implementing all state laws, she failed to represent the voices of countless law-abiding citizens and members of law enforcement community who serve every day to protect us.
Both raised critical concerns about this legislation before it was ever passed, Now we are living the consequences of Ms. Curra’s woeful lack of due diligence and poor leadership when it counted the most. Too little. Too late. I won’t forget.
Diane Bentivegna, Ed.M.
New Hyde Park
