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June 13, 2006
Your Ideological Position
Ever wonder where you fit on the political scale?
OK Cupid has put together a political test for you.
As a New York Young Republican, where do you fit on the political scale?
The Test: http://www.okcupid.com/politics
Posted by Daniel Peterson at 06:59 PM | Comments (3)
June 12, 2006
Petition Party at Met Club Wednesday June 14th
The Metropolitan Republican Club is sponsoring a Petitioning Party open to all registered Republican voters in Manhattan from 6:30 to 9 pm.
This is an opportunity to help all our local candidates get on the ballot by signing a legally required petition on their behalf.
Refreshments will be served and a number of the candidates will be present.
The Met Club is located at 122 East 83rd Street, just west of Lexington.
Posted by Daniel Peterson at 06:38 PM | Comments (0)
June 09, 2006
Democrats don't get it.
Democrat State Chairman, Denny Farrell, shows he doesn't understand supply-side economics.
Posted by Daniel Peterson at 01:41 PM | Comments (0)
NYYRC July Political Forum
Thursday July 13, 2006
John Fund writes the weekly "Political Diary" column for the Wall Street Journal's OpinionJournal.com. He is the author of "Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy", recently published on paperback.
Mr. Fund joined the Wall Street Journal in April 1984 as deputy editorial features editor. He became an editorial page writer specializing in politics and government in October 1986 and was named a member of the Journal's editorial board in December 1995.
He and former Pennsylvania Rep. James K. Coyne are co-authors of the book "Cleaning House: America's Campaign for Term Limits" (Regnery Gateway, 1992). Mr. Fund attended California State University where he studied journalism and economics.
Hon. Charles Millard was twice elected to the New York City Council. He has also served as an associate attorney with Davis Polk and Wardwell and as a Managing Director with Prudential Securities and with Cambridge Partners.
He was a senior Cabinet official in the administration of New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani administration as President of the NY City Economic Development Corp. and Chairman of the NY City Industrial Development Agency.
Charles Millard is currently the Managing Director/President of BP Direct Securities, LLC. He holds a B.A. Honors Degree from Holy Cross College where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. with Honors from Columbia Law School
The club meets the second Thursday of every month.
Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmens Club
283 Lexington Ave (bet 36th & 37th St), 2nd Floor
7:30 - 9:30 PM
Business casual attire is requested
Members - FREE, Non Members - $5, F/T Students - $2
Posted by Daniel Peterson at 01:39 PM | Comments (0)
June 05, 2006
Spitzer and Small Business
Last December, your humble online editor had a chance to hear Eliot Spitzer give his view for New York. In a nutshell, his prescription for the state's economic woes--particularly upstate--was to increase government intervention in education and regulation. Pouring gasoline on a flame is generally a bad firefighting strategy.
Indeed, if small business owners across the state want a sneak preview into their future under a Spitzer regime, the ghost of Spitzer future would like to show you his current "price gouging" witchhunt:
When gasoline prices spiked in Katrina's wake, Spitzer invoked the ['70s price gouging] statute against stations across the state.Last September, the AG's office subpoenaed sales information from dozens of gas stations across the state, subsequently offering settlements to those it determined had gouged. Most chose to pay a fine rather than fight. But three refused; Spitzer is now pursuing civil cases against all three.
"[Spitzer's] ruined my reputation in [Oswego County] forever," fumes Joe Wiedenbeck Jr., who owned the Penn-Can Truck Stop Mobil in Center Square (Oswego County) at the time of the alleged gouging (he's since sold his business and retired to Florida). "We were in business for 31 years; we donated to every cause in the area.
"Why is he coming after me?" asks Danny Cianciulli, owner and manager of My Service Center in New Rochelle - who says that his station lost money in the post-Katrina weeks, and on the year. In fact, he put up $50,000 of his savings just to keep the station afloat.
"Price gouging?" asks Cianciulli. "I haven't taken a vacation since 1985. I work from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m., six days a week. . . . It's my obligation to sell as low as I can. When gas prices go up, I lose money. If people think they're being mistreated, they go elsewhere."
That's Spitzer's regulatory framework: if you are in business, you will be tied to a heavy chair and thrown into a lake. If you sink, you were an honest businessman. If you float, you're a profiteer and will be burned at the stake.
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