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Mario to headline Marsha's fundraising fete

But Laufer said Cuomo's appearance is not tied to any committment to support his son, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo next year. She said she got the former governor to appear through "persistence." "Andrew's a good man, so is David Paterson" she said, ...

From RICK BRAND, Spin Cycle,  22 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Andrew Cuomo,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Charles Schumer,  Eliot Spitzer

Kabot, GOP recouncile; Malone to run for council

Kabot, Malone and Southampton Republican chairman Marcus Stinchi, with whom Kabot had been warring, all appeared at the Suffolk Board of Elections in Yaphank and Malone, an attorney, even notarized Kabot’s acceptence of her place on the ballot. Town ...

From RICK BRAND, Spin Cycle,  21 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party

Union files charges against dissidents

The two officials, Lydia Sabosto, head of the family services unit, and Phyllis Gabrarino, former union president who is now a member of the union’s judicial board, were charged with “violating their oath offfice” by supporting the competing ...

From RICK BRAND, Newsday,  20 Jul 2009

Walsh and parties playing cat and mouse

Auerbach’s move came after town Conservatives at first failed to file petitions for Walsh Wednesday, and later filed her petitions Thursday morning. Later Thursday, Republicans also filed petitions to put Walsh on the GOP ballot. Walsh has been under ...

From RICK BRAND, Spin Cycle,  17 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party

Baranello gets no jail time

Stephen Baranello, who helped engineer Steve Levy's rise to county executive only to crash almost immediately on corruption charges, was sentenced yesterday but got no jail time. Baranello received five years probation and 840 of community service. ...

From RICK BRAND, Spin Cycle,  17 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Steve Levy

Dumas to rejoin Levy as top deputy

Edward Dumas is returning to the Levy administration from a higher paying job at the Long Island Power authority to be chief deputy county executive for policy and communication. Dumas' return will reinstate Levy's earlier set up of having two chief ...

From RICK BRAND, Spin Cycle,  17 Jul 2009

Indies' MacKay heading to Alaska as Palin departs

Frank MacKay calls it "just a bizarre coincidence." But the head of the state and Suffolk Independence Party as well as the national chair of the Independence Party of America will happen to be in Alaska later this month when Gov. Sarah Palin steps ...

From RICK BRAND, Newsday,  15 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Sarah Palin

Islip, once GOP bastion, tips Democratic

Islip, once home to Suffolk's most unified and well-heeled Republican machine, has gone Democratic. The latest figures from the Suffolk Board of Elections, dated July 1, show that Democratic voters now ounumber Republicans, 63,328 to 63,040. Islip ...

From RICK BRAND, Newsday,  15 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party

Patchogue mayor's town pay exceeds state limits

....is not an immediate obstacle because the year is already half over and Pontieri, who starts work next Monday, will not exceed the limit in 2009. He also said that Pontieri's $36,000 a year salary as Patchogue Mayor is exempted from the rules ...

From RICK BRAND, Newsday,  15 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Civil Service

B'khaven: Democrat Schillaro had GOP petition help

Thomas Schillaro may be the only Democratic candidate in his party primary for the Brookhaven town board, but a review of his petitions shows that several GOP elections workers and one GOP legislative candidate aided his bid. Schillaro, is running ...

From RICK BRAND, Newsday,  15 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party

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