WHY BLOOMBERG
By Tom Lynch
The Rockaway Republican Club held it's first meeting in March 2004, our single goal being to bring
a Republican presence to our community where none currently existed for the purpose of getting
President Bush reelected in 2004. It was a pretty high bar but one we feel was met when President
Bush got close to 48 percent of the vote in our State Assembly district (the 23rd). Then the fun
began (for details see our club's history), especially 01/01/2005 article titled "Leadership Blues").
First it was getting a state charter, second filling county committee positions with persons who lived
closer to the election districts they served, third there was the drive to replace our past
non-responsive district leaders with Eric Ulrich and Jane Deacy, fourth and most important for any
club, it was to run folks for office which we did: Stu Mirsky and Jerry Sullivan both ran for State
Assembly (in 2005 and 2007 respectively). Read More>
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