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Come out and support our GOP candidates on Sunday March 14, 2010
12 noon step off

The 7th Annual Northwest Side St. Patrick's Day parade starts at noon and runs from Raven & Neola to Northwest Highway & Harlem. (Public Trans: Take the Metra Union Pacific Northwest Line to Norwood Park and head .4 mile northeast.)

The DePaul College Republicans (DCRs) present Hannah Giles, the 20 year-old journalist who played the prostitute in the recent ACORN scandal.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 from 7-9pm at the DePaul University Arthur J. Schmitt Academic Center (SAC) #154 (2320 N. Kenmore Ave., Chicago)

CYR Members should RSVP to Eric DiSilvestro at edisilvestro@chicagoyrs.com if you would like a guaranteed seat at this DCRs Event. Their events usually generate a standing room-only crowd.

CPAC HAPPENINGS FOR CYRS IN WASHINGTON DC

If you will be in Washington, D.C. this week for the Conservative Political Action Conference, join the CYRs and friends at these two exciting events happening at the host hotel: The Washington Marriott Wardman Park (2660 Woodley Road NW, Washington, D.C.)

Join America's Future Foundation- Chicago for a fun and engaging evening on Wed. March 3, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at Hunt Club (1100 N. State Street, Chicago) featuring author and CYR member John O'Hara for a cocktail hour and signing of his new book: A New American Tea Party: The Counterrevolution Against Bailouts, Handouts, Reckless Spending, and More Taxes.

Every time the government gets bigger, someone's getting rich...but it certainly isn't taxpayers, entrepreneurs, and consumers. Goldman Sachs, GE, Pfizer, the United Auto Workers—the same "special interests" Barack Obama lambasted on the campaign trail—are profiting handsomely from the big government policies now dominating Washington.

See the latest CYR Video Debut at the IL GOP Unity Breakfast!

On Wednesday, February 3 (the day after the Illinois Republican Primary), the Illinois Republican Party will host a Unity Breakfast from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Union League Club, 65 W. Jackson Blvd., in Chicago.

CYR / COOK COUNTY GOP PRIMARY ELECTION NIGHT PARTY  - TUES. FEB. 2, 2010

Join the CYRs & Cook County Republican Party as we watch the 2010 Illinois Primary Election returns come in on Tuesday, February 2nd.

The Stretch Bar and Grill, 3485 N. Clark St. will host the event starting after work and lasting until we know the winners.

Congregation Kesser Maariv in Skokie, Illinois will host nationally-known radio talk show host Michael Medved on Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 7:30pm.

Michael Medved will speak about his newest book
The 5 Big Lies About American Business: Combating Smears Against the Free Market Economy
and other hot issues.

Meet Angel Garcia, CYR Political Director and Candidate for Cook County Clerk. 

To see his address to the 2009 Cook County GOP Convention, click here.

In case you missed this excellent article in the Wall Street Journal / Opinion Journal the other day embracing what it means to be an urban Republican.
 

Whole Foods Republicans
The GOP needs to enlist voters who embrace a progressive lifestyle but not progressive politics.

By MICHAEL J. PETRILLI
WALL STREET JOURNAL