North Tonawanda Patriots Revive ‘Niagara County Young Republicans’
A group of young adults who reside in North Tonawanda held their first Niagara County Young Republican Meeting on April 23rd at the North Tonawanda Public Library.
The meeting was a “great success” consisting of nearly 40 people attending from various locations ranging from Lockport, North Tonawanda, Wilson, Niagara Wheatfield, and Niagara Falls.
They had two representatives from Senator Ortt’s office there, countless city officials from North Tonawanda including Mayor Pappas and County Legislator Rich Andres who was also recently appointed to “Niagara County GOP Chairman” Andres spoke at the meeting.
Andres stated “The skill set I learned while participating in the Young Republicans was something that I was able to carry throughout my life and still utilize to this day as Niagara County GOP Chair”.
Throughout the meeting it was stressed that getting involved in this group is great way to get involved with the republican party in general.
Many things were discussed throughout the meeting, including Alex Quinn NCYGOP President stating that “This group is here for a common goal, making Niagara County as great as it can and should be”.
Alex also said “ This group is not about political dominance in the county, it’s about like minded people coming together to make the city and the county a better place” Alex concluded saying if they know anyone interested in going to please reach out.
Kiel Davignon talked about the importance of voting and voter turnout through the past 10 years, he is also out marketing/social media specialist.
Jacob Quinn, the Chief VP, gave a brief summary on a project they started. The project consists of putting 30 3×5 American flags on Oliver street for memorial day.
Joe Marranca the Executive VP discussed what it meant for him to be a republican. He concluding his introduction with a quote from Ronald Reagan that states “we can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone”.
Erik Doman the Spokesperson for them spoke a lot about the potential he sees in Niagara County and all the endless possibilities and opportunities.
The meeting ended with a interactive session.
They asked the crowd “what are the biggest issues this country faces?” Their were many responses, but most centered on illegal immigration, free speech, fake news/biased media and attacks on 2nd amendment rights.
The NCYGOP is currently looking for members and would love any conservative minded people to come out to their next meeting to check it out.
Next Meeting:
When-May 14th
Where-2578 Niagara Falls BLVD, Niagara Falls, NY Time- 7pm-8:30pm
Find them on:
Twitter- @ncygop
Facebook- Niagara County Young Republicans Email-ncygop@yahoo.com
Alex Quinn NCYGOP President 716-866-2772
Led by NT Youth, Niagara County Young Republicans Have Strong Showing at Second Meeting
MAY 15, 2018
The Niagara County Young Republicans had another very successful meeting on Monday night. The topic was immigration.
The council members started the meeting off by talking about where the organization would be heading and future plans for member growth.
President Alex Quinn and Vice President Jake Quinn talked about the “Raising the Flags” event that the Young Republicans will be putting on for Sunday May 27th. On this day the Young Republicans will be visiting various businesses on Oliver Street in North Tonawanda and hanging beautiful, hand stitched American Flags for Memorial Day in honor of all of America’s fallen heroes.
The Marketing Director Kiel Davignon spoke about the organizations 100 member goal that would like to be achieved by the end of the calendar year. He also announced that they will be taking part of the annual Canal Fest Parade with a decorated truck and parade float.
The organization’s Spokesman Erik Domin wrote a wonderful speech about his Mexican heritage and what it means to him being a Mexican-American. Secretary Joe Marranca spoke briefly on future fundraising ideas the organization is pondering such as dinners, banquets and other activities.
Frank Panasuk, a fire arm consultant and Niagara County 2nd Amendment forum member spoke briefly on a political action committee he is currently forming called “The 1791 Society.” The PAC will be based in Niagara County and Erie County but they are looking to gain membership state wide. The purpose of this PAC is to support and defend the United States Bill of Rights in its entirety and will fight to preserve Second Amendment Rights in the State of New York.
Niagara Falls Councilmen Christopher Voccio was also in attendance on Monday. He spoke briefly on immigration and gave the organization advice on how to grow as a group collectively.
Special thanks to the head of the Niagara County Republican Council Rich Andres for letting the NCYGOP use his headquarters for the meeting. Mr. Andres is the mentor of the organization and has been giving his advice to all the members on how to successfully run the organization as he is a former Young Republican himself.
For more information on upcoming events and meeting please contact NCYGOP@yahoo.com.