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                                                                                 From Left to Right, Bruce Blakeman, Kevin McCarthy, Nassau GOP Chairman Joe Cairo, Anthony D'Esposito A June 30 Federal Elections Commission campaign finance reporting deadline has prompted vigorous fundraising by Long Island Congressional candidates and incumbents. The Republican speaker of the U.S. House Kevin McCarthy was on Long Island Saturday to boost the fund-raising efforts of several New York GOP members of Congress, including 4th District U.S. Rep. Anthony D'Esposito, an Island Park Republican. A 4th District candidate Laura Gillen, a Rockville Centre Democrat who lost to D'Esposito last year,  has been sending near daily emails imploring her supporters to give a little -- or a lot -- ...

                                                                                   Nassau Comptroller Elaine Phillips Nassau's elected Comptroller Elaine Phillips, a Republican, released the county's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Friday and it is a stunner, again. The report comes from outside auditors and is considered the final word on county finances. Phillips says auditors concluded that Nassau ended 2022 with a $435.2 million surplus in all ten or so of its governmental funds. She says the county finished last year with a $234.2 surplus in its three major operating funds: the general fund, the police district fund and the sewer and storm water district fund. Both surpluses are somewhat below 2021's financial results but are still healthy numbers, according to general...

                                                                             From News12 Long Island Nassau is proceeding with nearly $52 million in repairs to the burned out 2nd police precinct and the East Meadow jail roof under emergency declarations by County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a Republican. Unlike most county contracts, emergency repairs do not need approval by the county legislature before work begins. To expedite the work, the county executive can simply issue a notice to proceed, usually after selecting contractors through a normal bidding process. In the past ten days, Public Works Commissioner Ken...

                                                                                                                                                             After an incident at the Casino hearing last month, majority Republicans on the Nassau legislature yesterday posted a new placard in the legislative chambers announcing the press pass policy. The large placard was placed inside the legislative chambers, near the front, on the Republican side of the chambers, ie on the left facing the front. It was visible to everyone who attended yesterday's legislative committee meetings. The policy requires me...

                                                                            Joe Cairo Two totally different appointments were made this week: one national and one state. First, Nassau GOP Chairman Joe Cairo was elected a Republican national committeeman at a state committee meeting in Albany this week. There are two GOP national committee members from each state. The other from New York is Jennifer Saul Rich from the city. What does a national committee person do? According to the Cairo press release, they "interact" with the national committee and "create and maintain national party policies. But here's the main job:: "They also assist in raising and securing financial resources and support for Republican federal candidates." Cairo is not the only New York national committeeman from Long Island. Pu...

                                                                                   Jodi Franzese The last time we heard anything about Nassau's Inspector General Jodi Franzese, she was leaving to take a job as head of the Nassau District Attorney's public corruption bureau, starting June 2. This came after the 12 member Republican majority on the county legislature declined to renew her four-year term as the legislature's independent watchdog -- much to the lamentations and protests from the Democratic minority on the 19-member body.  Franzese had been appointed in December 2018. She had been working as a holdover after her term term expired in January. Republicans said nothing bad about Franzese in declining to move forward on her reappointment, but they had never been real...

                                                                                     Yes, the Hot 97 hip-hop "Summer Jam 2023" indoor and outdoor concert will go on as scheduled today at the UBS arena in Elmont, despite Friday's political kerfluffle. The gates were to open at 2 and outdoor show at 2:30. The concert's line up includes hip-hop artists Ice Spice, Coi Leray, GloRilla, Lola Brooke, French Montana, Fivio Foreign, Lil TJay, the LOX and Cardi B. Even the most out-of-touch conservatives have probably heard of Cardi B, if only for criticism of her sexually explicit lyrics.  The spat began when Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a Republican playing to his conservative base, filed suit in State Supreme Court Thursday evening to stop a free outdoor portion of...