July Forum

On Thursday, July 13, John Fund addressed the New York Young Republican Club and spoke about issues such as border security and how to improve America's current situation with illegal immigrants. He also said that on the State level, we need to reform the process for Initiative and Referenda, the petitioning process and the statewide seats (such as governor and attorney general) should be limited to two terms.

(From Left to Right: Raquel Walker (Project Coordinator), John Fund (Featured Speaker), Owen Hesln (Law & Policy Committee).

Hon. Charles Millard had advice to Republicans candidates running for local office. Don't run on a "Me Too!" campaign. He recalled campaigning in 1991 with former Senator Roy Goodman where a voter asked what party he was registered to. He awkwardly told his constituent, "Well, I'm the Republican candidate, but I also am running on the Liberal Party line". When the voter walked away, Sen. Goodman pulled Millard aside and explained that if someone asks what party you're running under, if it is a registered Republican, he just wants to know that you're the Republican. If it's a Democrat or a liberal, they won't vote for you no matter what, so you might as well be who you are.

Running in Sen. Goodman's former seat is Philip Pidot. Flip, as he's most commonly referred as, addressed the club on expanding New York City's economic growth and how important it is for this city, the financial capital of the world, to start returning to friendly tax and business policies that will grow the economy and create jobs in the private sector. Flip Pidot is petitioning for an independent line he's calling, The Growth Party of New York.

(From Left to Right: Philip Pidot (26 Senate District candidate) and Paul Rodriguez (Club President)

Websites of interest that were discussed at the meeting were:
Free Republic
Lucianne
Urban Elephants

by Daniel Peterson, Friday, Jul. 14 | Permalink