Smithtown Conservative Chairman Jimmy Tsunis has filed a $2-million lawsuit to block Suffolk Conservative officials from ousting him as town party boss.
The action comes after the Suffolk Conservative committee in late November found Tsunis guilty of disloyalty to the party and ordered him to “cease and desist” acting as a party official.
Party officials said his disloyalty consisted of backing candidates who were not party nominees and undermining party fundraising efforts — charges Tsunis denies.
Tsunis claims in state Supreme Court that Suffolk Conservative chairman Edward Walsh and other party officials failed to to give him proper notice, a copy of charges, or due process. The suit calls the party's action illegal and says it held him up to “public contempt, scorn and shame.”
Walsh called Tsunis' suit without merit and said the party’s position will be upheld in court. Walsh said a special internal hearing will be held in within weeks to determine if Tsunis should be removed from the party.
Rick Brand
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and into the breach will come John Andrew Kay,know it all, lawyer for five minutes, member of the executive committee, on whose advise this debacle has begun.
and how can one remove a person's enrollment for not selling tickets ?