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Nassau legislative rules stifle debate, good-government advocates say

2015-02-08 00:26:40| Jewelry - Topix.net

Chants of "Vote! Vote!" echoed loudly inside Nassau County's legislative chambers in Mineola, drowning out Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves' repeated efforts to be heard. Hundreds of residents opposed to a planned gambling parlor had come to the legislature late last month wanting to see action on a bill to oust members of the Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. board, which was then... Chants of "Vote! Vote!" echoed loudly inside Nassau County's legislative chambers in Mineola, drowning out Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves' repeated efforts to be heard.

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