WRONG! Sloppy Or Deliberate? SC Republican Chair LaValle Sends Email Blast With Wrong Information

Suffolk County Republican Chairman John J. LaValle sent out an email blast asking people to vote for “designated candidates”. The problem with the email is that it is not correct and many Smithtown Republicans are angry.  

Patrick Vecchio is the Republican designee. LaValle’s email incorrectly identifies Councilman Creighton as the designee.  However, at the Town convention Patrick Vecchio was the candidate of choice. Also, mysteriously, Vecchio running mate Councilman McCarthy’s (a party designee) name was left out of the email. At the convention McCarthy and Malloy became the nominees. 

Smithtown Matters has received the following copy of the LaValle email and response. The LaValle email was sent to Smithtown Republicans.

(A call to SC Republican Headquarters was made but no one answered the call and there was no voice mail. A call was also placed to Smithtown Republican Headquarters for Chairman Bill Ellis and a message was left.)

Below please find an e-mail sent by Suffolk County Chairman John J. LaValle.  I can’t speak for the other towns on the lists, but as far as Smithtown is concerned, this is a total lie.  I am a Republican committeewoman in Smithtown and Supervisor Patrick Vecchio and Councilmen Thomas McCarthy and Kevin Malloy are the designees according to the vote at our annual convention.  He is deliberately omitting the names of Patrick Vecchio and Thomas McCarthy and misleading whomever this e-mail is addressed to.

At the very least, I believe Chairman LaValle should send out a retraction and an apology.  I also think he should be sanctioned for this outrageous offense.

Marlene Wolke

Committeeman, Smithtown E.D.78

Greetings!     Tomorrow is Republican Primary Day in Suffolk County and our designated candidates need your help.  I wouldn’t be surprised if some of these Primary elections come down to just a few votes - so your one vote could make the difference!   Polls will be open on Tuesday from 6am until 9pm and unless you were notified otherwise, you can vote in your regular polling place.     You can help keep our Committee strong by encouraging your friends, neighbors and family to vote in the Tuesday, September 10th Republican Primary for our Committee’s Designated Candidates, who are as follows:   Suffolk County District Attorney                                Thomas J Spota, III Sheriff                                                Vincent F De Marco   Town of Brookhaven  Town Council (2nd District)                        Jane Bonner   Town of Huntington  County Legislator (13th LD)                        Paul E Hennings Town Supervisor                                          Eugene Cook Town Council                                               Mark L Mayoka Town Council                                               Joshua C Price   Town of Riverhead  Town Council                                    Jodi Giglio Town Council                                    John Dunleavy   Town of Smithtown County Legislator (13th LD)                  Paul E Hennings Town Supervisor                                    Robert Creighton  Town Council                                         Kevin Malloy   With Primary Day on Tuesday, I hope that you will join me in supporting our Committee’s endorsed candidates.  Thank you in advance for your continued commitment to our Republican Party. Sincerely,

Comments

[Samantha]

LaValle should be removed from office immediately PENDING AN INVESTIGATION, multiple people have called his office, each call the secretary acted as though she didn't know what is going on and had a different reply, "he is not here", he is in a meeting", he is goine for the day" all within 15 minutes. Creighton also violating election polling rules by having campaigning material within the site should be sent to ethics! This is disgusting!

It stinks UNETHICAL!