Major party switch in race for highway post
Photo credit: Joseph D. Sullivan, 2009 | Brookhaven Town Councilwoman Kathleen Walsh at town hall. (Jan. 15, 2009)
Brookhaven Town Board member Kathleen Walsh, who has long given her own Republican Party agita, went to a Democratic screening for highway superintendent last week -- but pointedly said she did not come to seek the party's nomination, just to thank them for past support.
Despite her protestations, Walsh underwent a grilling Wednesday night -- part of a political Kabuki dance that led her to...