On the Road with the Chairman

Stop #1: White Plains, NY
On Wednesday, February 6th, Chris traveled to White Plains, New York to drop in on the Westchester Young Republicans monthly meeting. Under new chair Rob Biagi, the Westchester YRs are looking to rebuild their chapter into one of the long established bedrocks of the state. The monthly meeting was held at Westchester GOP headquarters on Mamaroneck Avenue at 8:00 PM. Joseph Acocella, Harrison Town Clerk, was the guest speaker.

Stop #2: Oswego, NY
On the weekend of February 8th and 9th, Chris was up in Oswego, New York along with many other YRs for a targeted campaign effort – this one in Senate District 48, to help Will Barclay in that well publicized special election. YRs from Albany, Broome, New York, Onondaga, Oswego, Saratoga and Washington Counties traveled out to pitch in. You can see some photos of the effort on http://www.newzjunky.com/news/0210barclay3.htm

Stop #3: Albany, NY
Chris traveled out to Albany on the weekend of February 29th to March 2nd. That weekend was the NYSYR Leadership Conference and Spring Board Meeting at the Hilton Garden Inn. The focus was on a fundraising school put together by the Leadership Institute. The annual Teddy Roosevelt Dinner was highlighted by Wheeler Milmoe Award winner Assemblyman Lou Tobacco. On Sunday, the board meeting had three congressional candidates, Lee Zeldin (CD 1), Sandy Treadwell (CD 20), and Mike Rocque (CD 20), address the assembled YRs.