Stop The GOP!

We have seen over the recent past with many revelations about the corruption in Washington: the Abramhoff scandal; Tom Delay's resignation; the Scooter Libby resignation and scandal; the illegal wire tapping scandal; Duke Cunningham bribery plea; and on and on and on. The corruption we see in Washington may be the most visible evidence of the decay of Republican values, but, to be clear, it's simply evidence of a wider spread epidemic of immorality plaguing the Republican Party. Here, in the Town of Hempstead, the largest Town in America, the Republican Party has ruled with a crooked iron first for over 100 years! We are here to say one hundred years is enough. Under GOP control, the Town of Hempstead has sanitation districts paying six figure salaries to Republican committee people with no show jobs and giving them free Ford Explorers to drive and justify the expense as being necessary in the even "garbage emergencies". We have Mondello, Murray and Santino using the Town of Hempstead bureaucracy as a mechanism for running their campaigns at the tax payer's expense. We have a Town Superisor and Counsel that float bonds to cover up poor fiscal management skills and fuzzy accounting. We have GOP contractors getting no-bid deals to pave our streets using inferior materials and charging the tax payers top dollar. If your teenagers wants a job working in one of the Town of Hempstead parks, you better make sure you're a registered Republican with a close Republican committeeman friend. You want a put a dormer on your house, you better make the right "contribution" to your local GOP machine greaser. The Town of Hempstead Republican Committee is the model for a political machine that exists only to perpetuate itself and uses the tools of government to advance selfish and corrupt motives. One Hundred Years of TOH GOP Corruption is Enough!!!As a conservative, the degradation and corruption of my former party sickens me. We must facilitate a true two party system in the Town of Hempstead that will hold politicians accountable for their actions and misdeeds. Democrats come in all shapes and sizes. Some, like me, hold moderate-conservative fiscal/social views, while others lean more towards the progressive end of the spectrum. Although we may debate amongst ourselves, we share certain common values and beliefs and expect a: (1) government that is fair and equitable and a political system that holds politicians accountable; (2) government that will lower taxes by shrinking wasteful bureaucracy without sacrificing services that we expect from local government; (3) government that protects traditional American values by respecting its limitations and staying out our family, home and religious lives (and also staying out of our wallets); (4) government that respects the importance of a clean environment so our children can safely swim at our beaches and drink our water; and (5) a government that is representative of the diverse religious, social and ethnic groups that make up the town of Hempstead. Join us and with your help, we can build a new vision for the Town of Hempstead's future.