Rooting for Hempstead As They Attempt Government Reorganization
Government O. Civic Activists 1
The People taking their government Back? Is it possible? Score 1 for the grassroots who can no longer pay the extraordinarily high property taxes. Justice Lance Clarke, a spokesman for one of the groups (and former Mayoral candidate) said, “If we don’t do something, Hempstead will be out of business.” A group of about 12 civic associations have banded together to collect petitions for the purpose of reorganizing the Town of Hempstead.
Hempstead is the largest town in New York and this would be a significant move by the people to change their government. Government is supposed to work for the people, not the other way around.