Dear Editor:
As the Chairwoman of the Smithtown Conservative Party for the last two years, I felt it was incumbent upon me to respond to the letter by John A. Malloy of Kings Park regarding his letter about the Political Action Committee recently established in Smithtown.
Though I have never met Mr. Malloy it is apparent he is a political outsider since he not only failed to mention my name as Conservative Party leader in Smithtown but instead brought up names of passed leadership that no longer reign in this Town and haven't in many years. Mr.. Malloy then proceeds to make allegations and assumptions inventing crazy motives and innuendos causing anyone who is active in politics in Smithtown to chuckle.
Mr. Malloy allow me to enlighten you.
The leaders of the Republican Party in Smithtown and the leaders of the Conservative Party in Smithtown are not at odds but are completely in alliance with one another. This is the reason both parties chose to develop the PAC which you discuss in your letter. Apparently you missed the article in Newsday wherein I was quoted as explaining that the PAC was formed by both members of the Republican and Conservative Parties to develop a "farm team" of qualified candidates to run in local elections here in Smithtown. The PAC was not started to benefit any one candidate or group, it is open to the public of Smithtown at large and those who join will get to screen individuals who desire to run for local office. Those individuals who screen will then be voted upon by the membership of the PAC and then the PAC will recommend certain candidates to the leadership of the Parties in Smithtown and promote and back these individuals in upcoming elections.
There is nothing sneaky, or nefarious about this Committee and as one of the founding members I find it insulting and surprising that instead of inquiring about the Committee Mr. Malloy chooses to malign it without any proper knowledge or foundation.
As the Conservative leader in Smithtown I am proud to be a part of a committee that opens its doors to all party affiliations and vows to listen to the consensus of the group. Mr.. Malloy's facts are wrong on all counts including the fact that indeed we DO have democrats as members already in the PAC and will entertain the membership of any Smithtown resident who wishes to join. We however are NOT interested in dissidents and have established rules regarding membership in that we will not allow the PAC to be used as a vehicle for any one individual or group to enforce its own agenda.
Mr. Malloy is not a part of the local political landscape and his comments clearly show that he is a creature of the distant past. We here in Smithtown are proud to be the last bastion of the Conservative Republican base in the County albeit all of Long Island. We are proud to align ourselves with the Republican leadership in Smithtown and anyone who attends any Republican or Conservative functions in town can attest to the alliance we have forged.
Mr.Wehrheim and Mr Creighton are two shining examples of the Republican and Conservative alliance. For Mr. Malloy to infer that either of these candidates will not get the backing of their own parties in the next election just shows how little he knows about Smithtown politics. To use his own words.... Mr.John Malloy and I have two things in common, we are both Smithtown residents and we both wish that more people in Smithtown would participate in local politics. If they did we would have less of these uninformed letters being written by purported individuals in the know, who really know very little.
Janine A. Barbera
From the Desk of Janine A. Barbera
Chairwoman of the Conservative Party of Smithtown
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