Word: pattonism
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...only a place to discuss politics, but clearly a place to meet neighbors," Patton says...
...January 1982, Patton, who had recently become a lawyer with a local law office, was tapped by the boss of that firm to run for the assembly that year...
When in New York City, Patton had done some political work but she said she experienced "culture shock" when she began to involve herself in local Nassau politics...
Once in Albany, Patton, a member of the Democratic-controlled Assembly, had to work with the Republican-controlled Senate in order to get bills passed. But her Nassau Senate colleagues at first refused to work with her, she says...
...They need me as much as I need them," because of the split between the two houses, Patton says. "If they don't want to do business with me," Patton says, gesturing by flicking her hand out from under her chin, "goodbye and good luck...