Brooklyn GOP leaders Craig Eaton and Russell Gallo deliver speeches urging Republican officeholders be true to legitimate Republican principles, and not to what an officeholder might think would be expedient to get re-elected or aggrandize himself
On Thursday, May 9th, John Catsimatidis, who describes himself as an independent Republican candidate for Mayor as well as a successful businessman, was honored as the Brooklyn GOP’s "Man of the Year" at its annual Lincoln Dinner held at El Caribe in Mill Basin.
John Catsimatidis had been endorsed by the leadership of Brooklyn Republican Party.
According to one of my Baker Street Irregulars, Catsimatidis said in his speech that it is his commitment to keep NYC safe and secure, and to create jobs in all neighborhoods throughout the city as Mayor. He also pointed out that has unique ability to build a winning coalition in November by gaining the support of Independents, and Reagan Democrats, as well as the rank and file Republicans who are so well represented by the Brooklyn GOP leadership at that dinner.
Michael Reagan, the eldest son of former President Ronald Reagan, appeared as the keynote speaker for the Brooklyn GOP’s annual banner gala. Michael Reagan serves as chairman and president of The Reagan Legacy Foundation. As president of that organization, Michael Reagan seeks to advance several of the causes President Reagan held dear during his life and to memorialize the accomplishments of his presidency. He told those gathered that, like most good Republicans and other Americans who respected his father, they all knew his father as a actor, governor and President of the United States, by contrast Michael Reagan said he knew Ronald Reagan as a father. He emphasized how important it is for him to be Ronald Reagan’s son and to keep the Reagan name in its place of honor before the nation.
Another of my operatives reported that both Kings County Republican Chairman Craig Eaton, and Dinner Honoree Russell Gallo, a war veteran and Brooklyn GOP Executive Member each delivered modulated speeches that did not avoid making comparisons between good GOP candidates and GOP office holders and those that could not be relied upon to properly stand up for their constituents or to the pressures of their offices, or against the counsel of those outside the party, who have interests unrelated to the elected official’s core principles or those of his constituents.
4 comments:
What's with the flip-flop Gale? You're pro-Eaton now?
Not at all...
Just reporting what a couple of the Baker Street Irregulars told me...
Got it. You call the dinner "successful", was it really a success, or was it astroturfing compliments of John Catsimatidis? Notably the Cats campaign hq is apparently going to be the Brooklyn GOP office. Cats is just bailing Eaton out left, right, and center.
Anonymous must be a Golden plant.......I wasnt at the Dinner due to a conflict but have been at Eaton's other 5 dinners and they were all huge successes as was this one.. To say it is because of Cats is disingenous and obviously not an independent idea....I think that Golden is really making a mistake here....when a young no-name greek kid, with no $$ and no experience gets 43% of the vote against a 15 yr incumbent, and beats the old man in his own district.....that tells you where the problem lies......
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