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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Nov-04-09 03:07 AM
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Nassau, NY Republicans take back legislature
Edited on Wed Nov-04-09 03:07 AM by Renew Deal
Source: Newsday

In a stunning upset, Nassau Republicans regained control of the county legislature for the first time in a decade.

"We have lost, in my judgment, the majority in the Nassau County Legislature," said Jay Jacobs, chairman of the Nassau Democratic Party.

The defeat came for Democrats when Republican Howard Kopel beat five-term Democrat Jeff Toback in last night's elections, giving the GOP a 10-9 control with several races that remained too close to call.

"Politics is a cyclical business. We will continue to persevere and we will continue to represent the values and principals of the Democratic Party," Jacobs said.

Kopel, 58, who opposed any further tax increases, campaigned on the promise that he would work to repeal the 2.5 percent sales tax recently imposed on home heating fuel.


Read more: http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/nassau-republ...


Kopel didn't win because of the "tax increase." He won because the Democrat Toback is lazy and Kopel is demographically a suitable pick.
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   LMAO!  skyounkin   Nov-04-09 03:20 AM   #1 
   Welcome home  Renew Deal   Nov-04-09 03:21 AM   #2 
      LOL- thanx!  skyounkin   Nov-04-09 03:26 AM   #3 
         I grew up in Nassau  MichellesBFF   Nov-04-09 07:12 AM   #4 
   A tax on home heating fuel - how VERY progressive!  bread_and_roses   Nov-04-09 08:32 AM   #5 
   Nassau was for a long time the most Republican Co in the US  Doctor_J   Nov-04-09 08:55 AM   #6 
   Yup, grew up there. That's why I left. LOL nt  Javaman   Nov-04-09 09:11 AM   #8 
   County Executive Tom Suozzi is also hanging on by his fingernails...  brooklynite   Nov-04-09 08:58 AM   #7 
   And whatcha WON'T hear in the US "media"...after 140 years, a DEM  LynnTheDem   Nov-04-09 03:52 PM   #9 
 
skyounkin (462 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 03:20 AM
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1. LMAO!
In a few weeks I will be moving back to Nassau to live for a while.....

::sigh::
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Nov-04-09 03:21 AM
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2. Welcome home
:pals:
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skyounkin (462 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 03:26 AM
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3. LOL- thanx!
Moving from Maine (where the haters just won) to Nassua, which is now run by rethugs....

UGH!
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MichellesBFF (263 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 07:12 AM
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4. I grew up in Nassau
I thought they were always reliably blue, what happened?

(Where's a Suozzi when you need them?)
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 08:32 AM
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5. A tax on home heating fuel - how VERY progressive!
If the Ds voted that one in, they deserve to lose. Talk about a regressive tax, that about takes the cake - not only regressive, but applied not to a "choice" item but to a life necessity.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed Nov-04-09 08:55 AM
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6. Nassau was for a long time the most Republican Co in the US
:yawn:
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 09:11 AM
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8. Yup, grew up there. That's why I left. LOL nt
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brooklynite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 08:58 AM
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7. County Executive Tom Suozzi is also hanging on by his fingernails...
leading 48.1% - 48% (415 votes). He was seen as a prospective Gov candidate down the road.
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed Nov-04-09 03:52 PM
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9. And whatcha WON'T hear in the US "media"...after 140 years, a DEM
beats out the republican.

Now that's what I'd call "stunning upset". But hey, darn that librul media.

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