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Eyes on disgraced pol's Suffolk union role

April 28, 2012 10:03 PM By RICK BRAND rick.brand@newsday.com

A file photo of Fred Towle at court

Photo credit: Newsday/Alan Raia | A file photo of Fred Towle at court in Riverhead. (April 20, 2006)

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The New York State Capitol at Albany Blog: The Spin Cycle

He's back.

For the first time since his conviction in a political corruption probe in 2003, ex-Suffolk Legis. Fred Towle last week visited County Executive Steve Bellone's office. Towle's role was unofficial, as an adviser to the new leadership of Suffolk's biggest union, the 6,500-member Suffolk County Association of Municipal Employees.

He and union executive vice president-elect Michael...

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