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YR Kickoff Event. On to 2012!!
We hope to see you this Wednesday, February 9th, as the RI Young Republicans host their 2011 Kickoff Event at Fatbelly’s Pub in Downtown Providence (7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, 125 Canal Street).
Guest Speakers:
RIGOP Candidate for Chair, Patrick Sweeney (YR Board of Directors)
RIGOP Candidate for 2nd Vice Chair, Brian Buongiovanni (YR Board of Directors)
As always, No Charge and All Are Welcome. Except Democrats.
RIYR Board
REPUBLICANS!!
Tonight’s YR Kickoff Event is Postponed!
Due to the weather that’s rolling in, and the fact that many people have told us that they’ll probably still be showering tonight after yesterday’s State of the Union address, the RIYRs have decided to reschedule our event at FatBelly’s Pub.
We’ll see you NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT at our 2011 Kickoff Event!
WHERE/WHEN? – Fatbelly’s Pub Downtown Prov (7-9pm, 125 Canal St).
GUEST SPEAKERS?
RIGOP Candidate for Chair, Patrick Sweeney
RIGOP Candidate for 2nd Vice Chair, Brian Buongiovanni
Conservatively,
The RIYR Board
YR Kickoff Event. On to 2012!!
We hope to see you this Wednesday, January 26th, as the RI Young Republicans host their 2011 Kickoff Event at Fatbelly’s Pub in Downtown Providence (7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, 125 Canal Street).
Guest Speakers:
RIGOP Candidate for Chair, Patrick Sweeney (YR Board of Directors)
RIGOP Candidate for 2nd Vice Chair, Brian Buongiovanni (YR Board of Directors)
As always, No Charge and All Are Welcome. Except Democrats.
RIYR Board
Republicans!!!
Due to some very liberal weather, we were forced to reschedule the RIGOP Golf Tourney. Call your golfing buddies and join Mayor Allan Fung at the RIGOP’s 1st Annual Golf Tournament.
Sponsored by the RI Young Republicans, and being held at the Cranston Country Club on Sunday, October 3rd from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm. This is a great opportunity to strut your stuff, support the RIGOP, and meet current Republican officials and candidates. All proceeds will directly benefit the RIGOP, and directly hurt RI Democrats. Yes!
Contacts: Kyle Morse ( kyle [dot] morse [at] gmail [dot] com ) or 368.1790 or Pat Sweeney ( patricksweeneyesq [at] gmail [dot] com )
$100 per person / $400 per foursome / Includes Green Fees and Cart / Prizes, Lunch, and More! | 18 holes. | Shotgun – 4 Person Scramble | Long Drive, Long Putt, Closest-to-the-Pin Contests | $2 Mulligans!
On September 14th, we head to the polls to cast our ballots in the Republican Primary. That night, we come together to watch as the results come in (all polls in RI close at 9:00 PM).
After the polls close, join the Rhode Island Young Republicans at McFadden’s in downtown Providence for food, fun, and a tasty beverage. The Young Republicans will once again set the bar (and close it) for the best party in town!
Tuesday, September 14th, from 9:00pm to 11:30pm
McFadden’s
52 Pine Street
Providence, RI
Rhode Islanders,
By now, you may have heard of the “Cloward-Piven Strategy,” a purposeful plot drafted by Marxist Ivy League professors that was designed for one purpose – to collapse and overthrow America’s capitalist system. To eradicate the American Dream.
This sinister plot instructed leftist agitators to purposely expand the entitlement mindset by overwhelming government welfare rolls with impossible obligations. The result would be a “profound financial and political crisis” that would unleash “powerful forces…for major economic reform at the national level.” Largely adopted by the Democrat Party upon its proposal in 1966, the Cloward-Piven Strategy became one of the most overt attempts by the Left to drastically change the landscape of American Life.
Rhode Islanders may be less aware, however, that this portion of the Left’s radical heritage was spawned right here in the Ocean State. And the “strategy for forcing political change through orchestrated crisis” still operates with precision within the RI Democrat Party. Elected Democrats – buttressed by groups such as the Poverty Institute, the George Wiley Center, union organizers, and other progressive organizations – have been actively shepherding Rhode Island toward statewide bankruptcy for years. And it has all been by design.
You can now read all about the Cloward-Piven Strategy, and the Ocean State radicals behind its implementation, by clicking on Excerpt of the Week on TravisRowley.com.
News Release: Travis Rowley, Author of “The Rhode Island Republican”
RIYRs ANNOUNCE ENDORSEMENTS!!
The Rhode Island Young Republicans are pleased to announce endorsements for the following candidates:
Congress, District 1: John Loughlin
Congress, District 2: Mark Zaccaria
Governor: John Robitaille
Lt. Governor: Heidi Rogers
Attorney General: Erik Wallin
Gen. Treasurer: Kerry King
Sec. of State: Catherine Taylor
After much discussion, the Executive Board agreed that the above candidates are best suited to promote the principles of the RI Republican Party and succeed this November. We strongly encourage everyone to get active and help propel these candidates, as well as all of the other state and local Republican candidates, to victory on November 2nd.
RIYR NEWPORT COUNTRY KICKOFF!!!
This week, we will be hosting an event in Newport to kickoff the Newport County chapter of the Rhode Island Young Republicans.
Where: Gas Lamp Grille, Newport
When: Thursday, July 29, 7-9pm
Who: Anyone (except Democrats)
Why: Because we’re not Democrats…
NEW ELECTION YEAR BOOK!
Have you purchased your copy of The RI Republican yet? Did you know that every $20 purchase helps get 20 books distributed to the state’s registered independent voters? Help get copies of this powerful election book into circulation by visiting http://www.TravisRowley.com/ !!
Rhode Islanders may never look at Democrats the same way again.
With the release of his second book, Travis Rowley reveals the radical actors operating within the RI Democrat Party, the far-left ideology guiding the party in power, and precisely why blame for the Ocean State’s desperate economic scenario should be placed entirely at the Democratic doorstep.
Today, a state well-known for corruption and governmental allegiance to special interests is now also known for its atrocious economy – and most notably, its inability to rectify the situation.
“Travis Rowley will have everyone debating about Rhode Island politics with his provocative writing. Agree or disagree, he will shake things up in a state that has been Democrat controlled for too long.”
RI Governor Donald L. Carcieri
The Rhode Island Republican takes its readers through a dissection of the leftist mind and morals, exposing not only the true Democratic agenda, but the political gall and prowess that have enabled Democrats to dupe Rhode Islanders into supporting candidates who actually aim to destroy individualism, redistribute wealth, and bankrupt the state – politicians with no allegiance to liberty, or any reverence for the nation’s founding principles.
Pulling no punches from those who deserve the harshest reprimand, Rowley informs his readers that through the purposeful implementation of an expansive welfare state, the steady establishment of public sector unions, and the shameless manipulation of the minority community, Democrats have been incrementally socializing Ocean State industry for decades – denigrating Republicans and achieving widespread voter loyalty along the way.
Then he offers his readers the only remedy to their state’s dire economic conditions – uplift a team of conservative Republicans into higher office to undo what the Democrats have done. According to Rowley, nothing short of the wholesale defeat of the Democrat Party can lead Rhode Island out of economic ruin.
In the wake of a far-left takeover of Washington, and in a period of enhanced political attention, The RI Republican also serves as a case study and a warning to the rest of the nation – This is what happens when you elect Democrats.
“I can’t imagine a more concise, coherent, and hard-hitting synopsis of Rhode Island politics. This should be required reading for every Rhode Island voter.”
Helen Glover, 920 WHJJ
Republicans and Patriots!!
The Republican surge currently developing is nothing like Rhode Island has ever seen before, and our brave candidates need your help. This weekend, please join Rep. John Loughlin in helping to prepare for the Bristol Parade on Monday, July 5th. If you have even ONE HOUR to spare, please contact John’s Campaign Manager, Cara Cromwell, at cara [at] johnloughlin [dot] org. Any and all help will be greatly appreciated!!!
Happy Independence Day!
Travis Rowley and the RIYR Board
Next YR Event!!! – Thursday, July 8th at McFadden’s! Perhaps the most important election season of our lifetime is underway, and the Young Republicans are looking for a core group of activists to step up. We have four months to locate our most committed members, and get to work. 15 Young Republicans have declared for candidacy. Let’s do our part, and support them, and every other candidate bold enough to wear the Republican badge here in Rhode Island. See you next week at McFadden’s!
RI Republicans,
Please join us on Wednesday night at the Westin Hotel, as we take a stand against the Democrats’ hostility toward free-market capitalism. Once and for all, let’s get the government out of private business, and bring jobs back to Rhode Island.
RI Young Republicans
Board of Directors
Rhode Island Republicans Boycott the Boycott, and Support Procaccianti Group by Hosting Two Events at Westin Hotel This Week!
For several weeks, union activists and elected Democrats have been orchestrating a boycott of the Westin Hotel in downtown Providence. Progressive activists and the hotel workers union, Unite Here Local 217, have cited pay cuts and increases to healthcare co-pays as the reason for the boycott.
The boycott has garnered a lot of media attention, and has been supported by Brown University activists and Netroots Nation, a high profile progressive organization currently threatening to suspend its plans to hold their 2011 convention in Providence unless the Procaccianti Group caves to union demands.
In response, members of the RIGOP and the RI Young Republicans will be making a statement of opposition to the boycott by hosting two events at the Westin Hotel this Wednesday night: The RIGOP State Central Committee meeting, and a Young Republican Night Out at the Westin. Hundreds of RIGOP members will be in attendance for the State Central Committee meeting Wednesday evening. When the meeting is adjourned, they will join the RI Young Republicans as they visit several restaurants and bars located throughout the hotel.
“As usual, there’s a whole other side to the story that nobody is hearing,” says RIGOP Chairman Giovanni Cicione. “The Procaccianti Group is a world class employer. If Democrats continue to torture every local business with threats of strikes and boycotts, especially in the midst of this recession, Rhode Island will soon find itself with no employers left.”
“We hope the Procaccianti Group will come to understand that there are many Rhode Islanders who realize the horrible business climate Democrats have created for them, and that they can count on the RIGOP to fight for more of a free market economy here in Rhode Island,” said chairman of the RI Young Republicans Travis Rowley. “And we hope that the Westin employees come to understand that the policies initiated by Democrats and their labor bosses will ultimately result in the loss of their jobs. They are the same policies that have caused Rhode Island to have one of the highest unemployment rates in the country right now.”
The two Republican spokesmen also have a lot to say regarding the Providence City Council’s recent moves to impose its will on private companies, particularly the hospitality and tourism industries. Regarding the City Council’s recent ordinance, that forces new hotel employers to retain employees for at least six months, Rowley stated, “Democrats will never learn to keep their hands out of people’s private affairs, and put their faith in the free market. They’re just not comfortable unless they’re controlling every facet of the economy.”
Chairman Cicione said, “What’s going on at the Westin right now, including the ordinances that the City Council continues to levy, are exactly the types of things that have delivered Rhode Island to the brink of economic collapse. This is why Rhode Island ranks at the bottom of every business ranking in the country.”
“The worst possible scenario for Rhode Island workers is for their jobs to disappear. We’re trying to prevent that from happening. That’s the message we’re trying to get across,” Rowley added.
Press Release: Rhode Island Young Republicans
