The following piece was published in Times Ledger in response to the letter by Robert LaRosa, “Why Queens has far more Democrats than GOPers.” We thank the Editor of the Times Ledger newspapers for the opportunities to share our views with their readership!
Queens GOPers unite under a diverse tent
By Phil Orenstein
I write in response to a recent liberal flamethrower who brought up the question, why does Queens have far more Democrats than Republicans. He answers by arguing side issues on climate change, evolution, religious freedom legislation in Indiana, and illegal immigration enforcement in Arizona, in order to distinguish Republican from Democratic views. We can eternally debate these issues, which although important to some, are relatively far down the totem pole on the list of relevance to the vast majority of citizens of Queens, and issues on which not all Republicans concur.
On Sunday March 22, 2015, Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan, the Republican and Conservative candidate for the May 5th Special Election for Congress in New York’s 11th District, will have a busy day. He will be coming from the Grand Openings of both his Staten Island and Brooklyn Campaign Headquarters that morning and travelling up to Queens to deliver the Abraham Lincoln Address in front of a large crowd at the 140th Anniversary Lincoln Dinner at Antun’s of Queens Village.
William Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standardand our nation’s leading defender of US, Israel and the West will be the keynote speaker at the 140th Anniversary Lincoln Dinner hosted by America’s oldest GOP Club, the Queens Village Republican Club. The gala dinner party will be held on Sunday, March 22, at 3 PM at the famous Antun’s of Queens Village, where almost every New York Governor, New York City Mayor, and President of the United States has been in attendance since the 1950s.
