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                                                                               Past Meeting of the Nassau Legislature So much for the public's right to know. The Nassau County legislature's livestream  has been on the blink for the past two meetings. The livestream, which allows residents at home to watch their lawmakers in action,  comes up for a few moments and then stops; it starts again for a few moments, and then completely freezes, making it impossible to follow any discussion or decisions. Today's topic was next year's budget: Will there be property tax cuts to Republican Bruce Blakeman's $4.l billion budget? Both Republicans and Democrats have called for cuts. Will police officers be added to the budget? Both Republicans and Democrats have called for more police. Nassau residents outside of the Mineola meeting chambers won't know. Staff on both sides of the aisle say the livestream problems have been reported or that they're "working on it."

                                                                                      A Lynbrook Republican has posted on Facebook a ring video that sure looks like Democratic candidate Jake Scheiner participating in taking his opponent's lawn sign from a West Hempstead homeowner's yard and replacing it with his own. But the Ring video isn't clear. And what does it prove? That, if he did it,  Scheiner is somewhat of a punk? Campaign signs are often stolen, torn down or defaced by the opponent's supporters.  But it's seldom that the candidate himself or herself is caught on video aiding and abetting the act. Scheiner,  of West Hempstead, is a former aide to former Democratic candidate Tom Suozzi and, according to his campaign site, a former director for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Republican Gaylor of Lynrook is a lawyer, former judge and former U.S. Army paratroper. He was first elected in 2015 and has been re-elected ever since. Even the Facebook

                                                                                   It would be hard to take the Nassau Interim Finance Authority seriously if it didn't control the county's finances. For five straight years, NIFA -- composed of seven volunteer state-appointed directors of which six are  registered Democrats or Democratic donors -- has been wrong in it's financial projections when reviewing the proposed county executive budget. It has direly predicted budget deficits for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, thus justifying its continued control of the county's finances. State law allows NIFA to take control when there is a projected operating deficit of one percent or more. But, instead of deficits, the county ended the four years from 2019 through 2022 with budget surpluses and even NIFA projects another surplus for this year, 2023, of around $73 million. This blog has only reviewed the past five years of NIFA budget projections. Perhaps it has been right 

                                                                               Nassau police unions lambast Lafazan, endorse Goetz Police slap Lafazan The leaders of Nassau's three police unions today blasted Nassau Legis. Josh Lafazan, an incumbent Democrat from Woodbury seeking re-election in November, for putting out "misleading" and "disgraceful" campaign ads that claim he is supported by law enforcement. The three unions have endorsed Lafazan's Republican opponent, Samantha Goetz, a deputy county attorney from Locust Valley. Samantha Goetz PBA president Tommy Shevlin said that Lafazan had repeatedly claimed in mailers that he was the only candidate supported by law enforcement and the only candidate "endorsed by law enforcement." "This is not true," Shevlin said at a news conference at the PBA's Mineola headquarters. "It is very misleading and it is very concerning." He added. "We don't normally do these types