ELECTION 2012
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Carolyn McCarthy
INCUMBENT — Democrat, Working Families, Independence Age: 68 Lives in: Mineola Political experience: Member of Congress, 4th District, 1997-present Career: Nurse, Member of Congress Education: LPN, Glen Cove Nursing School Family: Husband Dennis (deceased 1993); son Kevin; grandchildren Denis and Grace On the issues: The issues important in this election are improving the economy, creating jobs and protecting public health and safety, McCarthy says. She supported the Affordable Health Care Act, saying it has given thousands of more Long Islanders access to health care. Insurance companies are being required to spend more money on patient care, and
more people are getting preventative checkups, she said. She was critical of President Obama for not explaining his health care bill when it first passed. McCarthy supports reauthorization of the U.S. ExportImport Bank which can finance $65 million in export sales activity in the district. She also would like to pass legislation to provide more students with access to higher education, and would like more done to reduce gun violence.
She co-sponsored a bill to provide South Shore homeowners with relief from high flood insurance premiums, and called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to redraw Nassau County’s flood maps. She wants federal agencies to do more to hear local concerns. To spur job growth, McCarthy said she has brought employers and prospective employees together through job fairs. She is seeking to have the FAA build its new long-range regional tower on Long Island to save 900 jobs. The federal government could also financially support state initiatives to spur job creation. McCarthy supports a strong relationship with Israel. She has also supported tax cuts for small businesses and equal pay for women.
Fran Becker
CHALLENGER — Republican, Tax Revolt Age: 60 Lives in: Lynbrook Political experience: Nassau County Legislator, 1996-present Career: Local businessman & Certified Financial Planner Education: Attended Hofstra University and Nassau Community College Family: Wife, Clementine of almost 40 years, daughters Beth, Madeline and Diana. On the issues: Becker says that the federal government needs to focus on job creation for the middle class. He said he has a written Middle Class Jobs Plan which would combat falling incomes and rising prices, and bring prosperity back to the neighborhoods. He would seek to repeal President Obama’s Affordable Health Care Act, calling it a job-killing tax and saying
that it didn’t address any of the core issues affecting health care costs. If elected, he said he would be a pro-business congressman, and wants to reduce the onerous rules and regulations on companies. He said his experience as a certified financial planner gives him unique insight into the economic problems that need to be solved. Becker said he wants the United States to start living within its means and said the federal government must
control the ballooning debt. Federal spending should be reduced by $6 trillion. He wants to reform the tax code to ensure that people pay their fair share. As a Nassau County legislator, he said he has not supported any tax increases. On Social Security, he said for future generations the program should no longer be an entitlement, but rather an insurance plan for those who need it. He said millionaires do not need to collect Social Security. Existing gun control laws should be better enforced, he says, and federal representatives should do more to fight agencies like the FEMA, which hit thousands of South Shore homeowners with high flood insurance premiums.
Frank Scaturro
CHALLENGER — Conservative
On the issues: The issues facing the United States are challenges confronted by few generations in American history,
Scaturro says. He said there are real concerns regarding taxes, the economy, jobs, health care, national security and education. He said current representatives in Washington have done little to address these problems, and in many cases have made matters worse. He would seek new rules to implement budget caps, look to curb wasteful spending and restore entitlement programs to solvency. He would seek to repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform and consumer protection bill, and replace it with other legislation. The Affordable Heath
Care Act should be repealed, he said. Scaturro wants a system that returns control to doctors and patients, and gives working-age individuals more options for health coverage. He said there needs to be a greater importance on preventative care. He said there need to be fundamental changes to the tax policy, and the federal government should implement a simpler, flatter tax code with lower rates. The economy should be a bottom-up, not top-down, approach. He said the president should have more authority to cut discretionary spending, and would support a line-by-line review of all spending. Scaturro supports means testing for social security that could reduce benefits for wealthier Americans of future generations. He also wants a review of how education money is spent through the Race to the Top program.
This district serves most of the Town of Hempstead and part of the Town of North Hempstead.
Helene F. Gugerty For County Court Judge Tough – Fair – Experienced
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Age: 40 Lives in: New Hyde Park Political experience: Counsel for the Constitution, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, 2005-09 Career: Author, attorney and public advocate. Served as Counsel for the Constitution on the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he advised senators on judicial nominations and constitutional law issues. Served as a visiting professor at Hofstra Law School, where he taught courses on the legislative process and constitutional law. Education: Chaminade High School, 1990; Columbia University, bachelor’s degree, political science and history, 1994; University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1997 Family: Unmarried
NASSAU HERALD — November 1, 2012
4TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT