Politics & Government
Judge: A Brookfield Party Can Keep Previous Leadership
A Brookfield resident claimed the party's bylaws called for a caucus to be held to elect new leadership.
A Superior Judge denied the request of a third-party group to force a caucus to appoint new leadership of A Brookfield Party, according to the News Times.
The judge, Anthony D. Truglia Jr., said that the plaintiffs, Mark Ferry and Daniel Devorsetz, not provide enough evidence to prove their case. The plaintiffs filed a temporary injunction against the party’s chairman, Robert Gianazza, Secretary Eve Sturdevant and Treasurer Robert Iacobello claiming what they were doing was illegal.
A Brookfield Party was formed in 2011 by Town of Brookfield Republican leaders. Ferry joined the party in May and claimed the party’s bylaws said a caucus must be held to elect new leadership once the party reached more than 50 members. The party’s leaders recently changed the bylaws to set the threshold of 500 members.
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Ferry is collecting donations to cover the cost of $5,600 in legal fees associated with the lawsuit.
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