LCYR Mixer/Meet the Candidates!

Join the Lawrence County Young Republicans for our mixer/meet the candidates event.  Mixer is on May 13th, Monday at 7 pm at the Crane Room at 3009 Wilmington Rd. New Castle, PA 16105.  Tickets cost $15.  You can contact Carrie Messner for tickets.  You can call for tickets at 724.301.9927.  All Republican candidates running in the primary in Lawrence County are invited.  All candidates will be able to speak to the crowd.  It's a great opportunity to learn about the candidates, help a campaign, network, and to have a good time!

You can rsvp on our Facebook event.  Or our Freedomworks event.

If you cannot make the event, please Facebook share, tweet, or email our event to your friends!

April business meeting Thursday!

Join the Lawrence County Young Republicans on Thursday, April 25th for our monthly business meeting at 7 pm at the New Castle Public Library for an hour.  The meeting is open to the public.  Anyone interested in joining our group is welcome to attend! Bring a friend.

Facebook event

Obama deporting Boston Marathon Saudi?

Last night on the "Hannity" show, Steve Emerson reported that President Obama met with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal.  Now the Saudi national student, Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi is being deported.  You can find all the latest updates on this story at The Blaze.

NY teacher quits over failing education system

Teacher Gerald Conti quit from Westhill High School after 27 years due to a failing education system and Common Core.  Common Core has been passed by the PA Board of Education completely bypassing the state legislature.  The Blaze has an interview with Conti along with a screencap of his resigning letter.

New York confiscating guns

New York is violating HIPAA laws and confiscating guns of law abiding citizens who have ever used a psychotropic drug including sleep aids like Ambien.  Glenn Beck reported on this during his radio show this morning.  You can find the article at The Blaze.

Kids being taught that the Americans don't have the right to bear arms

It should come to no surprise to anyone that schools are being used to indoctrinate students against guns.  In Connecticut, a father read in his 8th grade son's worksheet that Americans do not have the right to bear arms.  You can read the entire story at Fox News Radio.

Students forced to input eating data on govt website

A St. Louis school district ditched plans to have their students wear $40,000 bracelets 24/7.  Now the students are being made to input their eating habits on a government website.  You can read the entire article at The Gateway Pundit.

Pro Gun Control Ad Supports Toomey

US Senator Pat Toomey (PA) is working on a bipartisan deal on background checks for guns.  Mike Bloomberg's PAC is now running favorable ads about Toomey.  You can see the ad and read the article at PoliticsPA.com

Here's some places to tell Sen. Toomey how you feel about his deals:

His Twitter

His website

His Facebook page

Beaver Co Young Republicans mixer

The Beaver County Young Republicans are having their quarterly mixer on April 18th at 7 pm at the 1810 Tavern, Bridgewater, PA. Guest speaker is Frank Schiefer from Westmoreland County recorder. You can find out more information here.

Rest in Peace Margaret Thatcher

Pennsylvanians Against Common Core

Common Core is a federally mandated education standards from kindergarten to graduation.  Many states are already fighting against its implementation. The standards are an unfunded mandate by the federal government which would actually lower education standards already in place in PA.  The creepiest part of Common Core is the student tracking system.  Your kids will also be wired at school with eye-trackers, wrist bands, posture seats, and a mood meter.

Saturday's edition of the New Castle News featured several articles about schools not teaching cursive writing and are instead putting more emphasis on typing.  Common Core got the ball rolling with not requiring cursive writing standards.

Here are some resources about Common Core:

Pennsylvanians Against Common Core

Their Facebook page

Their resources page includes links from the Commonwealth Foundation, Michelle Malkin, and Glenn Beck.

Welcome!

 

Welcome to the Lawrence County, PA Young Republicans blog!  The purpose of this blog is to express the views of young republicans about local and national politics.  We encourage discussion, so please feel free to leave comments in our comments section.

What is the LCYR?  We're a political action committee consisting of regular and associate members.  Regular members are defined as being a Lawrence County registered republican from the age of 18 to under 41.  We have quite a few associate members which are Lawrence County registered republicans aged 41 and over.  We also welcome any high school students who are under the age of 18 who are politically minded.

We meet every third Thursday at 7 pm for an hour at the New Castle Public Library's Copernicus Room.  This month, we will be meeting on the fourth Thursday, April 24th due to a scheduling conflict.  You can find us on our Facebook page, Facebook group, and our twitter page. We are currently planning a mixer "meet the candidates" before the May 21st primary.  More details to come!

Our mission is to encourage more young Republicans to be more active in local politics.  Our members have years of experience in elections. We are always looking for volunteers and candidates for office.  Interested in being a candidate for office?  We can tell what you need to know to make being a candidate an easier experience including circulating petitions, campaigning, fund raising, etc. 

Last year, we donated thousands of dollars to local candidates.  We have an "open book" policy regarding our financial records.  We file all required campaign finance forms.  Officers do not receive any money for their work other than legitimate YR expenses with receipts.

Have any questions for us?  Leave a comment, email us, or contact us on Facebook and Twitter.  Thanks for reading. We are looking forward to hearing from you.

Interested in becoming a YR?  You can email us.