tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post373729825863088373..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: True Love in QueensAlan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-60418271263651824452009-01-27T10:23:00.000-05:002009-01-27T10:23:00.000-05:00You can thank Senator Pothole for that quaint ritu...You can thank Senator Pothole for that quaint ritual of kicking back bucks to the much vaunted Nassau County GOP Machine, er, ah, I mean Committee. See pieces by Roger Stone I am sending along. Gilly was a D'Amato intern so she learned at the master's knee, if you'll pardon the figure of speech! Kinda slumming for a Dartmouth alum, wouldn't ya say? You can't make this stuff up, panem et circuses, if my Latin is not too rusty. This is our entertainment, don't you get it? Blago has been great- did you see him on Larry King? "We're taking calls for the Governor, Kenosha, WI, go ahead!" /S/greenmtnpunterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-13025924486936315052009-01-26T15:33:00.000-05:002009-01-26T15:33:00.000-05:00"High-level political sources said Nassau Democrat..."High-level political sources said Nassau Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs, worried about the appearance of high living in a recession, advised Amoroso to ditch the cars."<BR/><BR/>Unreal. Things seem to have changed - or not - from when I grew up in Nassau County and, in order to get a summer job with the county, had to kick back a percentage of my salary to the Republican party machine running the circus at the time.Alan Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-3941556613166415112009-01-26T14:33:00.000-05:002009-01-26T14:33:00.000-05:00Tough break for the hacks at Nassau OTB.http://tin...Tough break for the hacks at Nassau OTB.<BR/><BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/av3xzq<BR/><BR/>Nassau OTB to curb car perks, says its prez<BR/><BR/>Nassau’s Off-track Betting Corp. will stop providing take-home cars for employees, president Dino Amoroso tells reporter Celeste Hadrick. He said the agency will keep two pool cars and a van along with two maintenance vans; employees no longer will be allowed to use the vehicles to commute between home and office.<BR/><BR/>The county legislature’s budget review office reported two years ago that the agency provided take-home cars and free gas to 17 employees, including some Democratic Party operatives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-67475197084234341792009-01-26T03:37:00.000-05:002009-01-26T03:37:00.000-05:00I really love that they have captured the time bac...I really love that they have captured the time back then it is a great asset to see how cities evolve with time. I also really like the new art it shows a contrast in our times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com