Anthony Manetta

Anthony Manetta is the Vice Chairman of the Suffolk County Independence Party of New York in which he was selected in December 2007. Mr. Manetta also holds the position as Senior Advisor to the New York State and National Independence Party Chairman Frank MacKay, the proponent of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to run for President of the United States as a third party candidate. The Independence Party of New York is the largest 3rd Party in America with over 340,000 registered members in the State.

Anthony Manetta is also President of the Roosevelt Strategy Group, a Public Affairs and Public Relations consulting firm, where he was a senior advisor to Jeanine Pirro for New York State Attorney General and managed the campaign for Suffolk County Sheriff Vincent DeMarco, to which he also served as the director of the Sheriff's Transition Team in 2006. In 2005

In 2005 Anthony Manetta was selected by the Long Island Press as the best political puppet master along with Suffolk County and Nassau County Democratic Chairmen Jay Jacobs and Richard Schaffer.

Known also as a political internet pioneer, Anthony Manetta was the founder of Long Island's first online political community, LI Politics.com in 2001, serving Long Island New York’s 7 million residents.

ources and Press Coverages

* [http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/blog/2007/12/potential_bloomberg_platform_a.html - Newsday Top LI consultant joins Indies' national push (for Mike?)]
* [http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/monday/news/ny-5486176dec03,0,7507992.story - Newsday Spincycle Manetta Jumps Ship]
* [http://www.allbusiness.com/north-america/united-states-new-york/981504-1.html - Long Island Business News - Web site aims to be portal for Long Island politics]
* [http://www.allbusiness.com/north-america/united-states-new-york/1025068-1.html - Long Island Business News - Cash from political campaigns to benefit Long Island companies]
* [http://www.longislandpress.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=14077&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&S=1 - Long Island Press - Signs Of The Times]
* [http://www.longislandpress.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=49&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&S=1 - Long Island Press - You Fool]
* [http://www.longislandpress.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=7258&SectionID=23&SubSectionID=72&S=1 - Long Island Press - Best of Long Island 2005]

External links

* [http://readme.readmedia.com/news/show/Manetta-Joins-Independence-Leadership/17727 Official Independence Party Press Release - Manetta Joins Independence]
* [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1Y1-99731915.html Anthony Manetta commentary in Long Island Business News]
* [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,110300,00.html Fox News; First District Seat in New York Pitts Freshman Against Revenge-Seekers]
* [http://www.LIpolitics.com; Long Island's Political Network]