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Activist continues challenge of GOP methods

January 14, 2012 9:27 PM By RICK BRAND rick.brand@newsday.com

Martin Dekom, a senior reverse mortgage specialist for

Photo credit: Newsday/Ari Mintz | Martin Dekom, a senior reverse mortgage specialist for Jacob Dean Mortgage. (Aug. 28, 2008)

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Martin Dekom sees himself as a good conservative Republican, who has organized local GOP clubs since he was in college, and more recently in Manhasset, where he grew up. He even carries a treasured wallet photo taken with former President Ronald Reagan.

But a lawyer for the Nassau Republican Committee sees Dekom differently. In court papers, attorney John Ryan says Dekom has "malicious motives"...

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