Letter writer and Queens Village Republican Club member, Fred Bedell wrote the following poignant letter to our local Queens weekly newspapers:
Mayor de Blasio has said after the Eric Garner decision that, he and First Lady Chirlane McCray had trained their biracial son Dante, about the dangers posed by cops. That to me is a clear insult to every man and woman in the NYPD who risk their lives everyday protecting every man, woman and child. Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolman’s Benevolent Association police union is very angry, as well as every officer who tries to do the right thing. Furthermore Patrick Lynch accuses the mayor of throwing the NYPD under the bus. Well that truly is no lie. Now for the NYPD to be effective in fighting crime and establishing a working relationship in the community for which they serve with honor and diligence, they need the mayor to have their back and to support them wholeheartedly. Mayor de Blasio needs to wake up and smell the coffee. He also needs to remember that,”United we stand, divided we fall!”
Frederick R. Bedell Jr.
Glen Oaks Village, N.Y.
Who Speaks for US?
We are deeply saddened to learn the news of the passing of our beloved Harvey Moder, husband of Mary. Harvey was born on September 7, 1926 and passed away on Monday, December 1, 2014. As a past president of the Queens Village Republican Club, Harvey was the human dynamo responsible for our Club’s revival over 20 years ago. He has been active and attending board meetings up until the present time.
Try taking a guess where Ed Cox, the Republican Party Committee chairman for New York state, got his first job after graduating from Princeton University in 1968. If you guessed that this scion of centuries-old American families with names sounding like they came from the encyclopedia of the American aristocracy—the Finches, Coxes, Livingstons, and Delafields—began his professional career as a financier in a large pedigreed titled Wall Street financial firm, you would have offered a reasonable guess. But you’d be wrong.
We hope everyone enjoys a Happy Thanksgiving. The Christmas season is now upon us and we wish each of you the merriest of holiday tidings, joyous family gatherings and religious celebrations.
The Queens Village Republican Club is supporting the NYPD 104th Precinct annual Toy Drive. On behalf of P.O. Lenny O’Toole and Captain Manson of the 104 Pct., we are collecting new toys for orphans and children of domestic violence in the Ridgewood/Glendale area. Our new QVGOP board member, Janet Maderik is voluntarily coordinating the effort.
New York State Republican Party Chairman
“….his “radical proposal” to wake our neighbors and send an army of Mr. Smiths to Washington to cut programs and close agencies may be the only way to save our country.”