but its the school taxes and medicaid mandates that are hurting nassau. the municipal portion of the property tax is actually reasonable. this was one problem Gulotta had, he did hold down county municipal taxes, but got zero credit for it, because school taxes were zooming at the same time and most residents see no difference between the two. If the republican party in nassau ran against the corruption in the public education system here - fraud, theft, salaries and pensions out of control - they could win again.
If a republican cleans house in the Village of Hempstead school district, I will change my mind about voting republican.