1985-05-10
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CORBALLY, GARTLAND AND RAPPLEYEA
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CHARLES J. CORBALLY (1966)
JOHN J. GARTLAND, JR
ALLAN E. RAPPLEYEA
DANIEL F CURTIN'
FRED W SCHAEFFER
JON HOLDEN ADAMS
MICHAEL G. GARTLAND
VINCENT L. D<BIASE
PAUL O. SULLIVAN +
WILLIAM F. BOGLE, JR.
BAROAVON BUILDING
3S MARKET STREET
FLORIDA OFFICE:
309 BELLEVIEW BOULEVARD
BELLEAIR, FLORIDA 33516
813-461-3144
POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK 12601
914'454-1110
STEPHEN G. WATTS. OF COUNSEL"
... .MEMBER OF FLORIDA BAR ONLY
MILTON M. HAVEN
JOSEPH F HAWKINS +
COUNSEL
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BRANCH OFFICE:
BANK OF MILLBROOK BUILDING
FRANKLIN AVENUE. P. O. BOX 874
MILLBROOK, NEW YORK 12545
914-677-5539
'" MEMBER N. Y. AND FLORIDA BAR
Councilman Joseph Incoronato
Wappingers Town Hall
Mill Street
Wappingers Falls, New York 12590
RECEIVED
MAYIl3 1985
ELAINE H. SIOWDEI
Re: Capolino Family
Dear Sir:
Kindly be advised that this law firm represents the Capolino
family against whom you made a disparaging remark at the Wappinger
Town Board Meeting held on May 6, 1985.
We are advised and have further seen reported in the May 8,
1985 edition of the Southern Dutchess News, that at the May 6th
meeting you stated: "Now we can finally deal with the scofflaws
who violate our ordinances, such as, the property owners across
from Datsun Auto on Route 9, who have been filling without a permit
and Capolino's illegal wood-working business on Route 9D."
We find that your charge of illegal conduct against this family
is not only erroneous, but also actionable. The Town has been in-
formed on previous occasions that there does not exist now, nor has
there ever existed any wood-working business at the Capolino property
on Route 9D in the Town of Wappinger. It is indeed unfortunate that
you saw fit to make a public statement disparaging the Capolino family
by referring to them as habitual law breakers when you knew full well
the statement was unfounded.
On behalf of the Capolino family, you are hereby requested to
retract this statement at the next meeting of the Town Board in a
manner insuring that the retraction is recorded in the Minutes of
said meeting and to further issue a press release to the Southern
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COR8ALLY. GARTLAND AND RAPPLEYEA
Dutchess News retracting this statement.
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cc: Mr. Richard Capolino
Clerk of the Town Board
Bernard Kessler, Esq.
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Very truly yours,
& RAPPLEYEA