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Long-Islander News project the following Huntington Primary Races:

Supervisor:
Republican: Ed Smyth
Conservative: Ed Smyth
Working Families: Maria Delgado

Superintendent of Highways:
Working Families: Chris Haines

Council Member:
Republican: David P Bennardo
Republican: Gregory Grizopoulos
Working Families: Erick B Greene
Working Families: George B Bergbuchler

Crickets from the Councilwoman

By Jim Kelly

   On June 4th, Councilwoman Brooke Lupinacci was contacted by email to ask for an interview with the Long Islander Newspaper. Councilwoman Lupinacci has an automated reply set for her e-mail. She did not respond to the e-mail or subsequent calls.

   An email was also sent to other Council-people. We received prompt e-mail replies as well as a follow-up phone call from their offices.

   The Resolution 2025-71 the Councilwomen's email referred to removed all of the positions assigned seperately to each council member and centralized the function into a pooled resourced. All eight positions were eliminated, not just Lupinacci’s two staff. Both of Luppinacci’s staff were offered positions in the centralized function and both turned the positions down.

   The central resource center is structured to give quicker responses and a pooled resource is better at busier times. Organizatonally, it is better use of esources. Each Councilperson has a primary person to handle their responses and calendars, acting like a Chief of Staff. Three out of the four Council people operate this way. Lupinacci turned down the assistance.