...the harder they fall. Pete McGowan may not have been a big-time politician in a nation-wide sense, but around here, (Suffolk County,Long Island, NY) he was pretty big. And he fell pretty hard. Just another example of what the Republicans are doing to this country from the ground up.
Read all about his downfall
here.
I've been living here in Islip, NY for over 20 years. Republicans have always had an iron grip on local politics. Now maybe the pendulum will swing, and man, I'm pumped. Out, out, out!
More below the fold...
I know an awful lot of people who were very happy when this hit the news.
In a court appearance before acting State Supreme Court Justice Michael Mullen in Riverhead, McGowan, 69, went from being the dominant Republican in Suffolk County to a convicted felon facing prison.
I know, I know, shouldn't be happy about someone else's misfortunes. But we sure are happy to finally get rid of a very corrupt politician who's been walking around this town like he owned it for far too long. And all the while he was taking us for a ride.
Here's hoping that this will start a "grass-roots" movement, and we can clean house from the bottom up. All the way up. In other words
ITMFA