Word has come in that Council Member Elizabeth Crowley, who was given a tough time by Republican candidate Craig Caruana in last year's general election, has removed 2 of his supporters from Queens Community Board 5. Manuel Caruana, a long-time board member, Maspeth activist and uncle to Craig Caruana, and Vernon McDermott, a Caruana campaign supporter who owns a Ridgewood business and donates heavily to Ridgewood charities, were unceremoniously dumped by the sore winner. And of course, Queens Machine darling Melinda Katz went along with the bloodletting.
This is why you should never admire anyone seen receiving accolades from the borough president for having served on a community board for 20 or 30 years. If you've survived that long, you've more than likely been dead weight or a faithful defender of the Democratic Machine.
UPDATE: Also found out that Crowley dumped her own relative, Rose Johnson, off the board for no specific reason. Johnson has been the community board member most outspoken against the Knockdown Center.
