GOP uses 'Crookhaven' term to its advantage
Photo credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara | Candidate for the the Town of Brookhaven Highway Department Superintendent position, Kathy Walsh, debates her opponent Dan Losqadro during a meeting of the Brookhaven Affiliated Civic Organization at the Longwood Public Library. (Feb. 18, 2013)
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Brookhaven Republicans, branded for years by local Democrats as politicians from "Crookhaven," returned fire last week.
In the lead-up to last Tuesday's special election for town highway superintendent, thousands of Democrats received repeated automated calls from a woman purporting to be a Democrat who said, "I'm not planning to vote for Crookhaven Republican Kathy Walsh."
The call...