McTiernan Hosts NYCRSC Executive Board Meeting in Albany

Friday, March 31--Albany, NY-McTiernan will be hosting the first New York College Republican Executive Board Meeting in months this Sunday at her loft apartment in Albany. The meeting is being held to reorganize the College Republicans as they move toward the April Convention. The eboard will be confirming new appointments following the wave of resignations that has recently taken place. They will also be reviewing a proposed constitution and discussing the update on the incorporation of the organization.

McTiernan will also be hosting a gathering at the University at Albany welcoming the Executive Board to Albany on Saturday evening.

McTiernan Speaks at New York University; Brownlow Endorses

New York City--Thursday, March 30, McTiernan was once again on the campaign trail talking to College Republicans about her vision for the future of the NYCRSC. McTiernan was invited to speak at the New York University College Republican Meeting tonight. She was excited to see the energy that the NYU chapter has moving into the November.

Following the meeting at NYU, McTiernan attended dinner with well-known New York Law School College Republican Chairman Winston Brownlow. Brownlow offered his assistance to help transform the New York College Republicans in an effort to make McTiernan's vision a reality.

McTiernan Stays True to Campaign Promises; Endorses Long Island Vice Chair

From the start of her campaign McTiernan stated that she would not endorse anyone for positions within the New York College Republicans until they provide a platform or vision for the office they were seeking. Robert Romano from the Stonybrook College Republicans has provided McTiernan with a letter outlining his vision for the Long Island Region. Please see letter below.

To the Southern State Region:

I believe that one of the greatest issues facing Republicans in New York State is a growing corruption of principle, wherein Republicans in office are not adhering the ideals and values set forth by the Republican philosophy, and it is incumbent upon the College Republicans in the southern region to renew the faith of the people in our party. I have been a volunteer on more than one campaign in the Suffolk County area, and things have been very rough for us in the past few years. I've watched as we've lost our Congressional seat, the Suffolk County Executive Seat, and then more recently the Town of Brookhaven council and supervisors seats, and the majority of the Suffolk County Legislature. No party can stay in power without the people's trust, and certainly, the number one issue that has brought us down is this loss of faith in Republicans.

While some have argued that Republicans in the area need to be less conservative, and to put distance between NY Republicans and national Republicans, I have seen this strategy fall apart at the seams. The difference between Republicans in the area and those conservative Republicans nationally, is that the conservatives are winning election after election, and we are losing election after election. This, coupled with corruption scandal after corruption scandal of Republican officials, and the inherent lack of backbone that has seemed to have taken hold of our politicians in office, compels me to seek a leadership position in the NY College Republican State Committee as the Southern Trustee.

We need to draw a line in the sand, and only support Republicans which truly adhere to our ideals of limited government, personal responsibility, low taxation, fiscal accountability, and love and respect for the rule of law. Just as we share views on a national scene, and Republican ideals are very readily recognizable, I fear that the people of New York State are hard-pressed to see what issues on the State-level identify Republicans. It has gotten to the point where it is hard to distinguish between elected Republicans and elected Democrats. Our counterparts in the Midwest, and in the South, have a name for these types of Republicans. They are RINO's.

We have to let our leadership know in the State that we will no longer tolerate corrupt behavior that runs contrary to our views and principles of the party that once abolished slavery, and stood up against the evils of communism, and now of terrorism and all tyranny. Just as the President will not have peace without freedom, we will not have true leadership without principle. Power at the service of principle is the order of the day, and we must unite as the southern region to enforce the ideas that make the Republican Party great. At a State level, we must reconstruct the platform that identifies Republican ideals and interests, and as your elected Southern Trustee, I will go directly to elected officials and let them know where we stand, and that we will not go away, and that our cause will only grow.

We must not stand for a party whose apparent interests are maintaining power and offering patronage to friends. This corruption of principle cannot stand, and we must not be complacent to let it stand. We cannot look the other way for much longer. Though we have the governorship, have we adhered to conservative principles? Will we hold on to the State Senate for that much longer? Cannot we do better? I say that we can, we must, and we will.

The party must be rebuilt from the grassroots upward, and we must identify leaders who can take us back to power for the right reasons. As the Chairman of the Suffolk County Republican Committee has recently stated, the best politics is good government, and we must stick with and help those good Republicans, not tolerate RINO's in office, and get back to our roots of reform. The Republican Party is the party of ideas, and at the State level, that is the message we need to take to our elected officials and to candidates, that our services will not be taken for granted, and that we, as the future of the party, if they fail, we will not.

Thank you, and please pray today and everyday for the safety of our troops, and the security of our nation.

Most Sincerely,

Robert J. Romano

President of the College Republicans of Stony Brook University
229 Pointe Circle
NorthCoram, NY 11727(239)207-4347
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McTiernan Speaks Before the Stonybrook College Republicans

Stonybrook-- This evening McTiernan will speak to the Stonybrook College Republicans about her plan to transform the New York College Republicans. She will also assure the chapter that once she is elected Chair, they will no longer be ignored by the NYCRSC.

Following the meeting she will meet up with Robert Romano, a member of the Stonybrook College Republicans, to go over his platform for the Long Island Region. McTiernan is expected to endorse Romano following the meeting.

McTiernan Visits Iona College Republicans

New Rochelle--McTiernan will be meeting with the Iona College Republicans this afternoon to discuss her vision for the future of the New York College Republicans. Iona is located in the Hudson Valley Region of New York State. One topic she will be briefly going over is the idea of breaking the Eastern Region into two sections--Capital Region and Hudson Valley Region--and getting a feeling of how Iona would benefit from the plan.

McTiernan Announces Statewide Tour

Saturday, March 25--McTiernan announces the kick off of her statewide tour of the Empire State. McTiernan vows to visit as many College Republican Chapters in New York as possible leading up to the convention.

SPECIAL ELECTION MAY 2--BUFFALO AREA

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ A special election will take place May 2 to fill the state Assembly seat held by Sandra Lee Wirth, who died of cancer earlier this month, Gov. George Pataki said Thursday.

Wirth died March 11 at her western New York home after a two-year struggle with the disease. She was 60. Wirth, a Republican, won the 1994 race to succeed longtime State Legislator Vincent G. Graber and was elected every two years after that.

She represented the 142nd District which includes part of Erie and Niagara counties.