(Editor's Note: This letter is in response to Legislator Richard Nicolello's column that appeared on page 13 of the June 17 issue of the Floral Park Dispatch.)

I find it very interesting that the Republicans are attacking County Executive Tom Suozzi for hiring people who live outside of Nassau County.

The fact is that machine politics brought this county to its knees. It's hard to imagine that anyone who lived here four years ago would advocate that Suozzi re-hire the very people who screwed up our county in the first place. I applaud Tom Suozzi for looking everywhere to find qualified people to help him bring Nassau back from the brink of bankruptcy.

Unlike the Republicans when they were in charge, Tom Suozzi hires people who care more about doing the job than getting the job.

Brett Klopp