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America's Idol Stirs Controversy
Kevin Covais should not have been the subject of this controvery, but in politics things happen. Tom Suozzi was attacked in the media, but he is not being praised for one of his important political views. The media all over New York State should be covering his remarks about the GED. We need music idols to help the people who helped make them famous. American, African-American, and Latin stars can help the poor and under-educated in many ways by promoting the GED as a way to improve the lives of people who buy their CD’s. This can be done all over the world too.
County Republican spokesman Ed Ward, it was reported in New York Newsday on March 22, 2006, blasted Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi’s use of electronic mail to county employees in which Mr. Suozzi asks for support of America’s Idol contestant Kevin Covais. Yes it costs the tax payers money to send an email to country employees, but on the same day that I read the article I noticed a well placed sign on Hempstead Turnpike at the Veterans Memorial. The Republican elected officials of the Hempstead spent money, government money, and posted this sign in support of Kevin Covais.
My Ward contends that Mr. Suozzi is trying to “rig” a national election. Are we rigging the results of the World Series and Super Bowl or a heavyweight championship fight when we root or support one side against the other? We are often instructed to cheer loud to show support and distract the other team’s efforts. Does he think that Mr. Suozzi is the only one who is asking for support of a local favorite across the nation?
It seems to me that Mr. Ward did not know that his own favorite party leaders, using the name of the town of Hempstead, had that poster made up to attract an even greater audience of people who drive, run, or walk by it. Were the elected of officials not rigging the election because they are Republicans?
I would like to see Mr. Ward use his influence to help the poor and minorities who have dropped out of school to earn a GED (including undocumented people, yes illegal residents). Mr. Suozzi, for the record, has spoken in his recent speeches about this great need of putting a GED in the hands of more than a million people in New York. I would suggest that both Ward and Suozzi organize a concert by Kevin Covais to raise awareness and money to help people who need a GED.
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