With the arrest of Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano on corruption charges my first thoughts are — what’s going on in Nassau County?
What’s going on in New York State?
It almost seems that every politician at every level of government is either incompetent or corrupt and whose main goal is self-enrichment with little thought of their constituents or the public good.
I realize that this is somewhat unfair but looking at the arrest and indictment of politician after politician over recent years what is an overtaxed citizen to think.
Even local school boards are filled with too many politician wannabees who work to extract as much money as they can from the citizenry, whether these monies are needed or not.
At the state level, Albany appears to be run more as a criminal enterprise than a state government and legislature working for the public good.
I just have to mention the names Silver and Skelos, former state Assembly and Senate leaders, or aides to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as supporting evidence to this statement.
What is going on?
John Frangos
Manhasset
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