Mangano Announces Free “Big Game Festival”

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Mangano Announces Free “Big Game Festival” To Kick-Off Super Bowl Weekend

Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano today announced the Big Game Festival to kick-off Super Bowl Weekend. The Big Game Festival will be held at Plattduetsche Park on Saturday, February 1st from 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Plattduetsche Park is located at 1132 Hempstead Turnpike in Franklin Square.

Guests are invited to enjoy an afternoon filled with games, food and fun in preparation for the Super Bowl. In addition, scheduled to appear is NY Jets All-Pro, Former 1st Round Pick and Team MVP, Muhammad Wilkerson; World Champion Head Coach and FOX Sports Analyst, Brian Billick; NY Giants Punter and World Champion, Steve Weatherford; NY Giants Tight End and World Champion, Howard Cross; and FOX Sports Announcer, Mike Garafolo.

Admission for the Big Game Festival is free, but tickets are required. Free tickets can be picked up at the Eisenhower Park Administration Building and the Nassau County Aquatic Center. The Big Game Festival is co-sponsored by Nassau County Parks, Divas Half Marathon & 5K, and the 2014 Long Island Marathon Weekend.

The Plattduetsche Park Restaurant & Caterers can trace its beginning to the year 1883, when the Plattduetsche Volksfest Vereen of Brooklyn and vicinity was formed. This society of immigrants from the flatlands of northern Germany (which is the meaning of plattduetsche) was created out of necessity for the welfare and support of its members. Membership in the society also provided a place to gather with other people from northern Germany to talk and preserve heritage and traditions handed down from older generations. The society adopted as its motto “Eendracht makt Macht” or “In Unity is Strength” and the symbol of the beehive – although each individual bee is small, together they can accomplish amazing things.

For more information please visit: www.nassaucountyny.gov/parks or www.parkrestaurant.com.

The PBA should have everyone call for tickets. lol

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call for tickets, order the large inflatable rat and have signs informing the public that the County is UNDER A FISCAL EMERGENCY and Ed Mangano has frozen his employees salaries for 3 years

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I think it's also a good idea to post all of Ed's shady contracts on a billboard truck. Five turf b/b fields at $25.000,000, the Eisenhower pool repair at $22,000,000, the private owner building an ice rink at Eisenhower (taxpayer property), replacing a perfectly fine fence around Eisenhower with a bike path at countless millions and every other scandal. Are we just waiting for the Feds to come in? Might be awhile. They seem to be locking up a lot of politicians lately, especially the Republicans.

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Rumor is, 'He's Going, with friends'.

Appointee decries 'witch hunt' by Nassau lawmakers
Published: January 27, 2014 5:21 PM
By PAUL LAROCCO [e-mail]


A Nassau Sewer & Storm Water Finance Authority member accused some county legislators of conducting a "witch hunt" against him, after they raised his ties to the Independence Party at his reappointment hearing Monday.

Christopher Troisi, a North Merrick electrician, came before the Legislature for approval to continue on the 7-member authority, which issues and refinances debt for sewer and stormwater projects. While reappointments tend to be routine, lawmakers in the Democratic minority latched onto a detail from Troisi's resume: almost immediately after his May 2012 appointment to the authority, he was named as a committeeman for the state Independence Party, and vice chairman of the county party.

The chairman of Nassau's Independence Party, Rick Bellando, is a longtime friend and employee of Gary Melius, owner of Oheka Castle in Huntington and an influential figure in Long Island politics.



Nassau Democrats have been critical of the Independence Party for its members' roles in a controversy in December that led to the resignation of Police Commissioner Thomas Dale.

An investigation by Nassau District Attorney Kathleen Rice found that Dale personally directed officers to arrest a witness in a politically charged election-year case.

Melius had called Dale saying the county executive campaign of former Freeport Mayor Andrew Hardwick wanted to file a perjury charge against a witness who testified that Hardwick paid him $1.25 for each signature he collected on nominating petitions. Petitioners legally can be paid per hour, but not per signature. Melius was the sole donor to Hardwick's campaign.

Democrats said the Hardwick candidacy was meant to siphon votes from their county executive candidate, Thomas Suozzi, and help the campaign of incumbent Republican Edward Mangano.

Melius said neither he nor Dale did anything inappropriate, and Rice said no criminal laws were broken.

"There are investigations going on, and I don't want to appoint anyone involved in an investigation," said Legis. Carrié Solages (D-Elmont), alluding to a continuing probe by Rice of aspects of the case. Troisi has not been connected to to the case.

Troisi, who stood and watched as Republican lawmakers attacked Democrats for raising the Independence Party issue, was ultimately reappointed to the unpaid authority post in an 11-7 party-line vote.

"I feel this is almost like a witch hunt that I'm being brought into for no apparent reason," he testified.

Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves (R-East Meadow) called Democrats' questioning "out of order," while Deputy Presiding Officer Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) complained about "guilt by association."

Democratic lawmakers also focused on Melius' plans to connect a pending condominium project on Oheka's property to Nassau's sewer system. Troisi said repeatedly the sewer and stormwater authority would have no say in such an application.

"Those contracts don't come to us," said Troisi, who described the mission of the authority as "strictly finance."






For more information please visit: www.nassaucountyny.gov/parks or www.parkrestaurant.com.

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Let's stop talking crap and get something together now! We need to put the rat out front and a list of Ed's buddies that were hired and given raises whites CSEA workers made 25K.