BY MICHAEL RICONDA The Rockland County Conservative Party’s September 26, 7:30 p.m. convention at the New City Town Hall continues to be marred by controversy, including claims of dishonesty, a lack of transparency and fraud, as well as persisting outrage over the scheduling of the event over Yom Kippur. The convention, which was closed to […]
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Yom Kippur controversy mars Conservative Party convention; Longo’s team and others accuse Lettre and Loeffler of anti-Semitism for holding convention on same date as Yom Kippur; derelict leaders of the Conservative Party refuse to allow press at their convention There was no floor fight at last night’s Conservative Party convention, not that […]
Conservative director fills vacancies on committee Taking advantage of arcane election law, executive director of the Rockland County Conservative Party Ed Lettre has filled approximately 68 vacancies on his Conservative Committee, the Rockland Board of Elections confirm. These seats were not subject to the usual petition gathering and votes, as party rules allow for vacancies […]
Nervous officials attack Rockland County Times, even while confirming the most important points of the article BY DYLAN SKRILOFF It was a rare scene last Tuesday night in Clarkstown Town Hall, as resident after resident read excerpts of the Rockland County Times’ controversial front page article from August 9, “House of Horrors,”demanding explanations from the […]
“Five families” of Rockland politics hold secret meeting behind cemetery at the offices of the Working Families Party; unlikely personalities seek to save Ed Lettre’s leadership of the Conservative Party (EDITOR’S NOTE POSTED NOVEMBER 26, 2012— PLEASE SEE ADDENDUM AT END OF STORY) BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Desperate times call for half-baked measures! Influential kingmaker in […]
Registered Democrats have been doing Ed Lettre’s dirty work this season BY DYLAN SKRILOFF Town employees of Clarkstown and Ramapo who are registered Democrats have done a large share of the petition gathering for Conservative Party director Ed Lettre’s efforts to fill committee seats, the Rockland County Times has learned. Well-known Democrats Joel Epstein, code […]