Suffolk GOP hardly obeying Reagan dictate
Photo credit: Ed Betz | Smithtown Supervisor Patrick Vecchio listens during a town board meeting. (Feb. 7, 2012)
Even Suffolk's staunchest Republicans acknowledge it's bad for their brand when the party's longest-serving elected official calls his county chairman a failure, prompting the chairman to dismiss the attack as "practically incoherent."
"You don't go public with that kind of stuff," said county Legis. Tom Barraga (R-West Islip), who has also held posts at the town and state levels in more than...
