Santos offers chance to improve government

“Make lemonade out of lemons” is a saying ingrained from an early age in students across the country to teach perseverance in the face of adversity.

In essence, when faced with a bad situation, navigate the current circumstances to imagine a positive outcome.

When it comes to George Santos, it’s far easier to imagine a steady stream of lemon juice squirted directly into our eyes rather than heeding such an elementary maxim.

Each new day seems to bring a new lie with it, one more outrageous than the next. From a fake resume to a fake address, to a fake religion, and more, George Santos remains defant as ever in the face of his masterpiece: the most sophisticated web of lies ever created in the history of American politics.

The good news is that people of good conscience all across NY’s 3rd District, irrespective of partisan afliation, are exasperated by the “Talented Mr. Santos” and have had enough. Calls for Santos to resign ring out from the headquarters of both the Nassau Democrats and the Nassau GOP. But being outraged is not a sufcient enough solution to our George Santos problem.

Yes, George Santos is an issue for the nation, but he’s also a problem

JOSHUA LAFAZAN Nassau County Legislator

of our local creation. And therefore the burden lies with us here in NY-03 not just to destroy Frankenstein’s monster, but to ensure that the next George Santos is barred from ever putting their name on the ballot.

And what George Santos, the long-lost brother of fake German heiress Anna Delvey, has shown us is that guardrails to prevent charlatans and liars from running for ofce simply don’t exist in the 21st century.

That’s why I’ve proposed the G.E.O.R.G.E. PACKAGE here in Nassau County, an eponymousseries of laws named for Mr. Santos: Get

Egregious Ofcials Removed from Government Elections.

This package includes several law proposals to safeguard against individuals like Mr. Santos from ever getting elected in the frst place. They include: Mandatory background checks for all candidates, just like every other employee is subjected to. Barring anyone with an open foreign arrest warrant from holding ofce.

Making it a misdemeanor to lie about a candidate’s education, employment history, address, and income sources.

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