Dear Town Clerk Vincent Puleo,
Congratulations on your recent coup d’tat. Overthrowing New York State’s longest serving Supervisor is quite an accomplishment. And this is a twofer a Supervisor and Councilwoman, WOW! How can we possibly thank you for doing that which the public refused to do, dump Vecchio? It’s not like an election means anything, who believes that nonsense about democracy and citizens exercising their right to determine who leads them?
Oath of office ceremony Jan. 1, 2014Why do we need any of that when we have a super hero like yourself waiting and waiting and waiting thirty days and thirty nights. It must have been difficult to contain yourself at the last board meeting knowing that the residents pouring their hearts out to the board were doing it for naught. You knew the board, the votes, the actions they took were bogus. But you sat there and waited. Was Mr. Zollo in the audience to witness the mockery of democracy or was that by chance?
I can’t imagine why anyone would believe that you had a responsibility to your constituents to ensure that the oaths were filed in your office as stated on the Town Clerk’s page of Smithtown’s website item 1A. And all of that talk about a moral responsibility, what’s that about? Politics is for winners and by your actions everyone will know what an awesome winner you are.
Besides ethics, morals and integrity are concepts meant for the voters, not winners. Another concept that you exposed as a falsehood is that a conservative like yourself is about being frugal with taxpayer money. Now that’s something we can all chuckle about. What is this special election going to cost residents? I’m thinking hundreds of thousands of dollars. That’s the great part of being the winner you are, you don’t have to worry what people think of you and don’t have to explain yourself .
Town Clerk Puleo, thank you again for finding a way to rid the town of Vecchio. I don’t know when you will see this, because I understand that you are out of the office for a few days. Enjoying your success I guess. I do have a question for you: who should Smithtown voters trust. Is it you? Is it our town council? A newly appointed board member? A Conservative? Or no one?
I don’t mean to go on and on with this letter, but since you waited thirty days and nights before letting the public know that the oaths were not filed, I figure you are a patient man. Who does a winner like yourself envision as the new supervisor? Creighton? He was rejected by the voters (not that that would bother you), Wehrheim? Maybe yourself? You have nothing to lose if you ran, you could still hold on to your office. That’s what a winner might do.
One more thing awesome elected Town Clerk Vincent Puleo, on second thought, a winner like you doesn’t need any advice or support from me. I’ll reserve my support for voters.
Pat