Nassau Dems nix borrowing for tax refunds
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (D-Freeport) said GOP County Executive Edward Mangano's, "only plan is to borrow more and saddle future generations with insurmountable debt. Asking for $183 million with no road map to pay it back is unacceptable, and we will not support it." (Oct. 8, 2012)
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Minority Democratic lawmakers were unmoved by hundreds of boxes of documents that Republicans placed along the aisle and walls of Nassau's legislative chamber Monday and voted against borrowing $183 million the county owes for tax settlements.
The 4-3 party line approvals in each of two committees, Finance and Rules, indicated that the measure would not get the necessary two-thirds majority...
