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Friday, April 28, 2017
Vol. 5, No. 17
HEALTH, WELLNESS AND BEAUTY
PLANDOME RD. PIZZA WARS
MARAGOS CLAIMS COUNTY SURPLUS
PAGES 35-46
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Jack Martins enters county executive race
BEST IN THROW
Pledges to restore county to former glory years after scandals, instability BY N O A H M A N S K A R Former state Sen. Jack Martins announced his Republican campaign for Nassau County executive on Wednesday, pledging to restore the county to its former glory after years of scandal and instability. In a news conference at Mineola Village Hall, Martins said he would bring ďŹ nancial strength, transparency and safeguards against public corruption to Nassau County, as he did in the village he led as mayor for eight years. “We have the ability to rewrite our history and to make sure that we take this county and make it the pre-eminent county that it was for its ďŹ rst hundred years,â€? Martins told a crowd of about 50 village oďŹƒcials, community leaders and other supporters. Martins, an Old Westbury resident who lost a bid for Congress last year, is the Nassau County Republican Committee’s choice to replace the current Republican
county executive, Edward Mangano, who has pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges and has not said whether he will seek re-election. The GOP’s executive committee is set to vote to endorse Martins on Thursday, according to two party sources who are both members of the executive committee. No senior party oďŹƒcials were present at Wednesday’s news conference. In an interview Tuesday, Martins said the decision to run was not an easy one, given the county’s political and ďŹ scal problems. But if elected, he would push to create a procedure to recall corrupt elected oďŹƒcials from oďŹƒce and impose stricter limits on political donations and gifts, he said. “You have to take the issue head on and resolve it,â€? Martins said in the interview. “If someone’s in a position of public trust it is their responsibility to make sure Continued on Page 20
PHOTO BY GREG GIACONELLI
Manhasset starting pitcher Robert DeCastro in a game against Great Neck South. See story on page 76.
Town approves parking for Plandome Rd. shoppers BY M A X Z A H N The North Hempstead Town Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution designating 13 parking spots adjacent to Mary Jane Davies Green for
shoppers and park users. “The plan is totally uncontroversial and supportable,� said Richard Bentley, the president of the Council of Greater Manhasset Civic Associations. “They’re making more park and shop goer
parking for the area and that’s a good thing.� The town parking lot located on the west side of the park has 20 spots, all of which had been available for lease to nearby Continued on Page 73
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