The Chairman's Corner
(Please click here for Vincent Reda's Bio)

May 2010

My fellow Republicans,

Our annual Lincoln Victory Ball, was held on Saturday, April 17th.  As always it was a very well attended event and our dinner journal was another winner.  This is a compliment to our honoree, Denis Hughes who drew a large audience that came to pay homage to him as our Business Leader of the Year for 2010. Denis received special awards and congratulations from the State Senate, Assembly, County Legislature and County Executive.   

In all, some 567 guests came from all over the State and even from outside New York to attend.  Dignitaries included State Chairman Ed Cox, State Executive Director Tom Basile and Secretary Rebecca Marino. We were also honored to have the County Chairmen from Putnam Anthony Scannapieco, Westchester, Doug Colety, Bronx Jay Savino, Queens, Phil Ragusa along with US Senate Candidates Bruce Blakeman, Ed Diana, David Malpasso and Joe DioGuardi. Our opening ceremonies featured the Sheriff’s Honor Guard and East Ramapo Marching Band.  

Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Levy was our Keynote speaker. He outlined his 10 point plan for New York State. During his speech the guests were so engaged that you could hear a pin drop and afterward he received a standing ovation.  

We were later entertained by the Big Smoothies and the very convincing female impersonation of Tina Turner. (photos inside) 

I want to express my appreciation for all who bought ads and tickets this year.  My thanks also go out to our dinner chairman Jack Thorpe for his hard work as well as to the Chairman’s Key Club who helped make the event so successful.  A special word of appreciation goes to my executive assistant, Georgia Gentile who spent countless hours on making run flawlessly as always. Finally let me thank the Town Chairs for their efforts in making sure all towns were well represented.  

Our county nominating convention is set for Monday, May 17, 2010 at the Comfort Inn in Nanuet. (see back page) Also our State Convention will take place in NYC at the Sheraton Hotel on June 1, 2, & 3.  Guest tickets are available. Call County Headquarters 634-7100. 

Stay informed by tuning in to our Republican Update Cable TV Show on Cablevision Every Tuesday 7:00 pm. In Ramapo on Channel 75, the rest of Rockland County on  Channel 78 and on Wednesday s in Orange County on Channel 77. To join our newsletter mailing list, send us an e-mail to our new email address - info@rocklandcountygop.org. 

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Sincerely,

Vincent D. Reda
Chairman