Thursday, March 20Current Events

Issues

Joe Biden’s definition of a patriot

The President has a very bizarre and incorrect understanding of what constitutes patriotism. To him, you are performing your patriotic responsibilities when you wear a mask and receive a covid vaccine. So those who do so but show contempt for our country's founders and the constitution are to him patriotic Americans. Alan Fenster
Issues

A thought on how NY is helping unemployed

A bipartisan bill sponsored by NY State Senator Jim Tedisco to match federal exemption of $10,200 of taxable income for 2020 was soundly defeated.  At the same time the State legislature authorized payments for unemployed illegals in the sum of $15,600 per person. What an outrage but not surprising as the progressive wing of the Democratic party is now in control of the State legislature. By Alan Fenster
Issues

Reports of biased attacks on Asian American

Erosion of support of those in the Asian community for the Democratic party are attributable due to the following reasons. The push by progressive Democrats to end testing for admission to the city's specialized schools. Which would place Asian students who make up a significant segment of those who have been admitted to these schools at a disadvantage in the future. By moving to a non merit system of selecting eligible students. Some major Ivy league University's such as Yale, Harvard etc. have instituted admission quotas based on social engineering rather than merit which means less slots for students who merit admission to a ivy league university and disproportionately leaves out Asian students who work hard and academically deserve to be admitted.The Asian community perceive th...
Candidates

Ariola/Haggerty demanded cease and desist carrying “County endorsed” candidates

Saturday, March 13th, I received a certified letter on an envelope handwritten by John Haggerty from Queens County GOP chairwoman Joann Ariola who demanded that we cease and desist carrying petitions supporting candidates who appeared before our club. Ariola CeaseDesist In the same letter, she states that "(Central Queens is) an illegal and unauthorized Republican Club."
Welcome

What is a County Committee?

The Executive Committee of the Queens County Republican Committee certified on February 27, 2021 postponing election of County Committee members by one year until March 1, 2022. QNRep2021AmendedRulesCoC (more…)
Outreach

Trump increased Republican registration in Queens by 10%

When candidate Joe Biden secured the nomination for president on the Democratic Party line in June 2020, the number of registered Republicans active in Queens was about 126,972. Four months later, that total was increased to 139,556 right before the General Election.  President Trump single-handedly increased voter registration of Republicans by 10%.
Issues, Outreach

Is the Be Counted NYC campaign legal?

Be Counted NYC, funded by the Related Company, sent text messages, did phone calls and a mailing to convert Republicans and other non-Democrats to Democrat by the February 14 deadline. The pre-printed ballot has "Democratic party" pre-checked together with a pre-paid envelope to the Board of Elections.  According to NYS Board of Elections, Lisa J. Blau in the name of Be Counted NYC (Filer ID 22572), personally contributed $1,519,500 as of January 14, 2021. Our Republican response is Vote 2 Party.  Comment? It failed. Number of active voters in Queens went up for ALL parties: October 2020 vs. February 2021 Total registered:  1,260,126 vs. 1,268,878 Democrats:  802,922 vs. 807,229 Republican:  139,556 vs. 139,968 Conservatives: 5,474 vs 5,516 Working Families:3,237 vs. 3,412...
Issues

The Awful Truth

Rav Arora, an independent young journalist, wrote an article in the Post today. I think some of the numbers he gave, in trying to explain why some black lives didn't seem to matter in 2020, is telling. Less than half a percent of black lives died in conflicts with the police. In 2020, the homicide rate in 34 cities was 30% higher than the previous year. Those victims were disproportionately African American. More than 1,000 African American lost their lives than in the previous year to homicides. "Violent crime is concentrated in primarily low-income, marginalized black communities where the police are underresourced and Democratic leadership has abysmally failed." Additionally, 90% of black homicide victims are killed by black offenders! A Gallup poll found that 81 percent of black Americ...