I would like to thank Jack Martins for running an excellent campaign for Nassau County Supervisor.

I was proud to vote for him for many reasons especially for his foresight and resolve to fight corruption by setting the ground work for Proposal 2 which was just passed .

There was wide support from many across the state with getting the amendment passed that strips corrupt public officials of pension benefits and I am glad my vote play a part to enact this solution.

I agree with Mr. Martins, there must be zero tolerance for public corruption.

I am glad this standard of accountability on our elected officials of New York State was approved by this constitutional amendment. This allows taxpayer money to be safeguarded.

I hope Mrs. Curran will be a good steward for our tax money by working to cut spending and does not resort to more taxes as was common when she was in the Nassau County Legislator body, such as the 3 percent wireless surcharge imposed on us just this past August 2017. 

This tax has no end date included in the language and as with most stealthy taxes, it will just continue be another attack on our wallet.

Also Mrs. Curran faith in the IDA system is very troubling since it is another layer of bureaucratic bloat.

The businesses that come to Long Island have the means to pay their share to help our economy. The IDA should not be so eager to give our taxes away for 10 years as well as allowing the companies pay no sales or use tax on construction or equipment purchases that occur during the construction phase of a new project or expansion. 

That is 8.625 percent of all those high dollar transactions that just evaporated.  Why not keep half and give half ?

That would take the pressure off home owners and other consumers to fill in this self made financial crater. 

Having effective government and not big government will be the key to stopping Nassau County from being the highest taxed county in the highest taxed state in the country.

Chris Wales

Mineola