Creighton and Wehrheim Ignore NYS Election Regulations
SMITHTOWN, NY- Ed Maher, Chairman of the New Democratic Party of Smithtown, was outraged today when he discovered that Town Councilmen Bob Creighton and Ed Wehrheim were negligent in filing their campaign finance reports by the required date.
“Their 32-Day Pre-Primary Financial Disclosure report was required to be filed with the Suffolk County Board of Elections by Monday, August 10,” said Ed Maher. “Amazingly, as of 11:04 a.m. on Tuesday August 18, they had still not complied with this New York State election regulation – over one week after it was due!”
“This is what happens when career politicians, who have been in office forever, think that the rules don’t apply to them,” continued Mr. Maher. “By ignoring New York State Election regulations, they demonstrate their indifferent disregard for the public. If they can’t comply with a simple filing deadline, how can voters trust them to budget their tax dollars?”
“Hypocritically, both Mr. Creighton and Mr. Wehrheim were ‘sticklers’ for the rules during the failed attempt to remove Supervisor Vecchio after his re-election in early 2014,” said Chairman Maher. “When their Conservative Party ally, Town Clerk Vincent Puleo tried to invalidate the legitimate election of Mr. Vecchio on a technicality, both Councilmen Creighton and Wehrheim originally supported this action. It’s also important to note that Mr. Puleo did not attempt to make Mr. Vecchio aware of the deadline.”
“This hypocrisy on the part of these two career politicians is a perfect example of why people have begun to lose faith in their elected officials,” concluded Mr. Maher. “This November, the voters of Smithtown have the opportunity to vote out the incumbents…ethical conduct matters.”