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HEALTH, WELLNESS MARTINS PRESENTS LEGISLATOR’S ARREST & BEAUTY GUIDE ROILS COUNTY POLITICS OPIOID AGENDA PAGES 31-34, 47-50
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Taxes No. one issue for voters Traffic second largest concern BY N O A H M A N S K A R Nassau County homeowners think taxes are the county’s most pressing issue and do not trust either major political party to serve their interests, according to a poll conducted last month. Some 65 percent of the 800 surveyed homeowners who are likely to vote in this year’s countywide election chose taxes as the most important issue facing the county, according to the poll conducted by the Parkside Group, a Manhattan political consulting ďŹ rm, from May 18 to 21. Roads and traďŹƒc problems are the second most pressing issue, with 13 percent of respondents choosing it, followed by public corruption with 11 percent, according to poll results obtained by Blank Slate Media. Both the Democratic and Republican parties are viewed unfavorably by half the respondents, and more than half said they do not trust either party to stand up for their best interests, the poll Continued on Page 66
PHOTO BY AMELIA CAMURATI
Manhasset Secondary School senior class treasurer Michael Lee presents the administration with the class gift, a traffic sign designed by valedictorian Gregory Dellis to help guests navigate the campus. See graduation section, pages 35-46.
Cardillo bids farewell to Manhasset Superintendent retiring after 12 years with district, ready to enjoy family time ricular activities. “I went to Notre Dame, and I can remember as a Long Island Charles Cardillo is known kid going away to the Midwest as a hands-on school superin- and seeing the friendliness of the tendent, often spending more people on the campus, whether than a dozen hours a day at the it be the students, the profesManhasset schools and extracur- sors or the priests,� Cardillo said. “These weren’t people you knew. I picked that up, and it became a part of who I am just from that environment.� For the last 12 years, Cardillo has been the leader
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of the Manhasset school district, but on Friday, he will leave the campus one ďŹ nal time and head into retirement. Known for greeting students, faculty and parents in the morning and attending every possible school-related event in the evening, Cardillo is a friendly face to everyone in the district and the village. His oďŹƒce is located behind the secondary school, but Cardillo spent time among the students of all four district
schools regularly. “What you’re doing is you’re showing people the care factor is really high because ultimately, your presence is acknowledging the great things taking place in and out of the classroom,� Cardillo said. “I’ve placed a high value on that. You greet people in the morning. You want it to be a very welcoming environment. You want people to feel great about where they’re attending school.� Continued on Page 66
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