Neppell Straw Poll

[brookhavenal]

Lets hear from all the Brookhaven people out there!
NEPPELL

PROS/CONS

[5150]

too old, narrow minded,hates anyone under 50,poor health,clogs the system,is not open to nay new ideas, listens to all the wrong people

[GIGI]

Love that man. He has integrity, smarts, polished. He got my vote.
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[Brookhaven Al]

Very interesting I thought Mr. Neppell would garner more interest than this.

[southside johny]

old salt...no problems

[huntman]

Its the old man club- with the spring chickens running Huntington............

What else can the dems get in huntington......

[Realist]

Give this a little time. Now that the "rumor" is solidly out there that Neppell is the frontrunner, you will probably get more hits on this straw poll. There is no doubt that he has the political know-how, but we must be prepared that the press will crucify Reps for putting him in. We've already taken it in Brookhaven, but we are tough skinned. THe BIG question is whether or not he stays as Town leader or does he get someone else to take the rns of Brookhaven under his guidance????
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[Get Ready]

they will tear the gop apart if nepell gets in.

the suffolk republicans are done, the end of a powerful era

nice site by the way!

a long time committeeman

[miss sunny]

as a lifelong republican(30years) and a resident of brookhaven,involved, i say we need a fresh face with no baggage involved. i agree that the press will rip neppell apart not only for his unwillingness to fill a disclosure but also on his private contracts. we all need to pull together for the good of all republicans in our county. the average voter reads and no matter how they are registered they vote the conscience when they pull the levers at the voting machines. think real all of you republicans out there and remember the days of pat halpin and the dems in charge of the county. i'm sure that most of you who do postings on this site are too young to remember.you have all become too comfortable to things the way they are. listen to a wise but silent one among you.

[ten years after]

sunny, fresh faces in political leadership is an oxymoron

neppel & huntington , fix is in

[Brookhaven Al]

very interesting, but are there any freshfaces willing to challenge neppell.

[busboy]

Here is a question for brookhaven al or sunny. I have heard of 3-4 and even 5 seperate factions within the brookhaven executive committe. I understand lefkowitz faction based on the posts here but who are the rest. is j. powell one of them, or how bout bivona? Why such division among one of the republican powerhouses

[Eyeswideopen]

THere are a number of reasons for the divisiveness in Brookhaven. First, the town is so large it's hard, almost impossible to please every corner without pissing someone off. Second, is the balance of power. When you see a town board heavily wghted to the north, you piss people off. Third, you have people complaining that the chairman is spending too much time in Fla. and that he and the supervisor do not see eye to eye on things. Fourth, the vice chair is the supervisor's chief of staff, kind of gives the appearance that the supervisor is running the party. This was a problem with committee people(remember when Grucci tried to be leader, and instead put Bivona in who worked for him) who eventually undermine this set up. Finally, there is no JP faction. He has moved on and stayed out of the fray although many committee people say his legacy of bng able to keep the factions together will never be matched. The splits will definitely not be healed if the faction from the north shore attempts to "lead" the party as well as "lead" the government.

[busboy]

are there no strong voices from the south shore?

[Southerner]

There is no need to quibble or even enter the discourse of the north. We, meaning everyone south of the LIE, are seceding from the union and forming our own government. This resolves the lunacy.

One should watch the south more often. No one knows what they think.

[Unionist]

The reason the North factions have more say is..lets face it they have more money. The state of politics in Suffolk and Brookhaven is if you have nothing you get nothing. You may have a family member use thr name and influence to get you somewhere or you may have a business to get major contracts with the Gov. but if not you get nothing.

[kemo]

if neppell gets in, there will be nothing left for no one.the republican party will be doomed.

[Eyeswideopen]

Well Unionist, money does not always equate to votes. Many of the less well to do South Shore communities are the ones that get out the Republican votes for these people. Money from the north shore and north of LI is what bought the Ward District race. Only time will tell where the Republican candidates win in this November's Ward election. How many in Stony Brook, Setuaket, or Port Jeff do you think will vote REP????? The Dems will win up north and may also win Patchogue which appears to be lumped together with N Bellport and Gordon Hghts. Then we'll see where the real power is within the Republican party. Remember......."but it's the votes that count.........GOODBYE."

[Southerner]

Eyes

In the Democratic map offering is The Patchogue area is lumped with Blue Point, Yaphank, most of Medford, and the entire Bellport area. Gordon Hgts is not included. It is numbered Area 5.

The Republican offering includes the entire Patchogue area, all of Medford, Blue Point, Holtsville and Lake Ronkonkoma. Bellport and Gordon Hgts are not included.
This also area 5.
the Bellport area, Yaphank, Gordon Hgts and other more central communities are in Area 4.

The Democratic map looks orderly, with 6 distinct blocks, 2 north, 2 middle, 2 south. The population counts generally meet the criteria. This arrangement strengthens Democratic candidates in 3 areas
namely 1, 2 and 5.

The Republican map does not look orderly. It almost look Picassoesque. However, what this arrangement does is allow for a more equal number for Dems and Reps based on voter history and enrollment in each area, allows for minority communities in area 4 to have a stronger voice, even though there is no true minority area in Brookhaven that meets the population criteria, and interestingly, provides for 3 district along the much longer south shore. There are no strenghtened Republican areas in the offering, The population counts generally meet the criteria in this map as well.

[Unionist]

Nobody wants to believe more than me that money does not equal votes. But unfortunately it does. Whether its personal wealth or people are just willing to hand over large sums for good government (favors).

The south shore does bring in the republican votes. But the dance will not last forever. Lets take a look at the strong republican vote in Brookhaven's south shore. 1. Congressman Tim Bishop 2. Al Gore wins more votes for president than Bush does, but we still elect a republican congressman (then two years later a real democratic candidate steps up and he wins). 3. John McCain wins Presidential primary in area (telling the GOP leadership to go stuff). 4. Patricia Eddington 5. Brian Foley 6. Ward districts.

Now ad poor zoning, bad land use, illegal apartments, rampant corruption and people start to draw a picture.

Then lets not even mention the fact that per vice chairman Ed Morris "the committee is broken" see Medford republican newsletter.

[CB]

Of course it seems the Republicans are at awe, for the past year nonetheless.

Once Laufer assumed power, her strong managerial and organizational skills have been used as a whip against the Grand [or not so Grand] Old Party.

[Eyeswideopen]

Yes, but let's not discount the $$$$ there ther!! Between her, her husband and thr friends from Massachusetts, they've pumped tens of thousands of dollars into the Democrat war chest. ANd the previous poster is correct, the current admin/leaders may have dropped the ball for too long and those South Shore areas have thrown in the towel. (But by the way, I think Bush and Grucci won in the Mastic Shirley areas but I'm not 100% positive about that.)

[busboy]

The real question is: will Brookhavens blue collar working republicans suppport an outsider (Dr. Withers) or will they cave to the pressures of the bully tactics of Neppell?

[Brookhaven Al]

understand the last meeting was canceled as a courtesy to Neppell, but the ax is sure to fall on him tues any truth?

[gopher]

I heard they vote in 1 week
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[gopher]

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[Brookhaven Al]

Regardless of what people think, I hope they let him exit gracefully! Any thoughts?

[true conservative]

Everyone should be allowed to exit gracefully.Hopefully that is how it goes but sometimes people try to stay to long and that is when it gets messy.Well we will just have to wait and see.

[EXLEADER]

ON Thursday the Gop leaders are meeting .Tommy Boy is in a jam,should I stay or should I go?

[Brookhaven Al]

If he stays, what happens to his distractors? If he goes, who will it be: Withers, Seamen, Darkhorse?

[MEAFORD MAN]

HE SHOULD PACK THE BAGS AND HEAD SOUTH.THE PARTY CAN REBULID WITHOUT NEPPELL AND CREW.

[Neppell Brrokhaven]

The people posting heren are in denial, this is politics, has been always will be, get over it foooooooooools!!!

[MASTIC MADNESS]

Looks Brookhaven is going to need a leader. Neppell has 72% of the needed votes. I guess LaValle is going for the hand pick guy.

[Gumba Al]

LaValle got smoked by Pete why would he try to put his guy in Brookhaven .Unless he GROWS UP he could have problems.:">

[Meadfordman]

AL are u related to BigAl or BrookhavenAL?

[Davetwo]

You can not be a committe person that long. This to will pass justb wait we are coming hang in there.

[Miller Place Mike]

Hope we can all come together if not it could be a ugly election day.Please Mr.Supervisor please standup.

[Boss Tweed]

He is standing! I know it doesn't look it.

[RWB]

There seem to be 4 fractions of disgrunted republicans who have it out for the supervisor.Two are based on the north shore following a councilman whose main concern is to disrupt the party, the government and loyal republicans who refuse to follow him.there is also a certian county legislator who will do all he can do bring down the supervisor,the Town and the party that refused him various nominations.On the south shore there are people who got the ax from the supervisor for doing a bad job and now are disgrunted and want revenge or the jobs back.The second half wants to bend the will of all concerned to serve selfish needs of them and thier familys.While Neppell condones and promotes this kind of behavior he is not the only cause of it.This is why the dems are hungry they smell blood and why not?we are our own worst enemy,we draw blood from our own.So the biggest question is can we get it together before election?Maybe there is a light up ahead and I hope he sets brookhaven straight( no its not neppell)

[HELLO PEOPLE]

HE BACKED TOM FOR COUNTY< ITS HIS PICK FOR TOWN CHAIR

[CFR]

There is a big difference between "having his pick" for town leader, and putting his deputy whatever in as town leader. It was the same scenario with Grucci/Bivona and with Gaffney/Apollaro. What is left of the Brookhaven committee when the committee people have absolutely no voice and 90% of the zone leaders are on the Supervisor's payroll? Look around at the decline in Rep club membership, and the increase in democrat voter registration in Brookhaven. Look at how we bring in people from other towns and even outside the Rep party to fill key positions in town hall, in fact to fill ANY positions. Look at how the Town Chair is laughed at and disrespected over in Bldg 5. The self serving ways of the hierarchy of this party (i.e. the elected officials & executive board) will be the undoing of this Republican organization this year. No one's "charisma" is going to pull this one out. But then again, what does it matter? There is no teamwork here. It's every man for himself and since we're dealing in the Dems more and more each day, and we threaten to primary, or to support the dems who run against our incumbent candidates who don't agree with all of our policies.....then it's time to take the keys to Town Hall and simply hand them over to Marsha Laufer cause you're gonna need both hands to keep fighting with your own party! LaValle may win in Nov, and his nemesis Hennessey may win also, but as for the rest, they'd better be wondering what kind of deal was made with the dems to weaken thr "incumbent" position

[RWB]

IDEAS WELL TAKEN,I BELIEVE WE WILL SEE A NEW TOWN BOARD BUT STILL A REPUBLICAN ONE,ITS NOT TOO LATE TO SAVE WHAT WE HAVE.AS FAR AS I KNOW THERE IS NO MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH MR HENNESSY AND MR LAVALLE ONLY SQUABBLES ON PETTY ISSUES,SAME WITH OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THE BIG QUESTION WILL BE WILL THESE INCUMBENTS LAY DOWN FOR THE GOOD OF THE PARTY OR LOSE TRYING?

[CSR]

Seems like the Reps are putting the final nails in that coffin. Heard that they are not going to renominate an incumbent Brookhaven Republican judge. She happens to be a 40+ hispanic woman and they want to replace her with a white male in his 30's who happens to be related to a very powerful Brookhaven politician. Tsk, tsk, tsk......These guys really know how to win friends and influence people! Heard she's got the C and I lines too. Richie and Marcia will bury them with this race alone!!!!

[Destiny]

Theres A Republican DieHard if I ever heard one.There are so many things on the back burner its impossible to say, so dont give up a ship that has nt left dock yet.

[CSR]

No one is jumping ship yet. It's just hard to keep an open mind or a hopeful heart when there are so many in our party who prefer to fight with each other than to keep thr eye on the real competition, the Democrats. When are those in power going to remove thr blinding egos and open thr eyes to what we stand to lose as a Party. And that goes for the zone leaders and committee people who don't do thr jobs. And for those in appointed positions/patronage jobs who believe they no longer have to do any work for the party. The Dems have already gained so much ground in Suffolk Cty and Brookhaven town (PO office which we handed them, and Ward Districts). They're like a snowball rolling downhill. We've cut more deals with them, which was fine when we held this county FIRMLY, but now that they've gained momentum, we shouldn't be throwing more snow onto them, we should be dousing them with hot water. We stand to lose everything this November if everyone doesn't get off thr duffs NOW, put thr differences aside and unite behind Tom Neppell and whomever our Republican candidates are for this years offices. And make no mistake about it. If they win, they will not HESTITATE to fire all of our people. They will not be willing to deal once THEY are in power. We have to stop the dealing now. NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD MEN TO COME TO THE AID OF THE PARTY.