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Thursday, April 23, 2026
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TIME: 6:00 PM EST
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LOCATION: In Person | Kloc's Grove
1245 Seneca Creek Road
West Seneca New York 14224
Presented by:
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Project Civica
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Danielle Cassase
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716-309-5062
About this event
Live and Uncensored: No scripts. No filters. No apologies. Hear bold Western New York voices confront free speech, civic action, and real civic dialogue, because a free society depends on informed citizens willing to speak the truth and defend liberty in their own communities.
Community Reception will include Heavy Appetizers, a cash bar, a 50/50 raffle, a basket raffle, and a silent auction.
Music by Excelsior Entertainment
Support Project Civica and join us for this fundraiser event. Register online or mail a check to secure your tickets!
Project Civica Inc.
7954 Transit Road #129
Williamsville, NY 14221
Guest Speakers
Glenn Wiggle
The Financial Guys Radio Show
Business Leader, Conservative Political Commentator & Financial Advisor
Glenn Wiggle is a co-founder and co-owner of The Financial Guys LLC, and Independent Solutions Wealth Management LLC, an SEC Registered Investment Advisor. Glenn is also a co-founder and co-owner of Neiman Funds Management LLC, which advises the Neiman family of funds. Glenn serves as the Chief Compliance Officer for both Independent Solutions and Neiman Funds. Glenn also founded The Financial Guys Insurance Agency, which handles Medicare Supplement Insurance and group health for small- to medium-sized businesses. Glenn is a registered representative with Peak Brokerage Services, and a co-founder of its holding company, Peak Reps LLC. He also served as a managing partner and co-founder of both Peak Brokerage Services and Peak Reps LLC.
Media Relations
Glenn is the co-host of the Financial Guys Radio Program, which has run continuously on AM 930 WBEN for 25 years. The show has also aired on KXNT in Las Vegas, WJNO in Florida, and WFTL in Florida, was syndicated in over a dozen markets, and is now aired on WHAM 1180 in Rochester, NY. On air since 1999, the show is the longest-running and number one rated financial and business talk show in Western New York. Glenn also co-hosts The Financial Guys Podcast with his business partner Mike Lomas. Special Guests have included US Congressmen Chris Lee, Brian Higgins, Chris Collins, Alan West, State Representative Jim Hayes, State Senator Byron Brown, County Executives Joel Giambra and Chris Collins, as well as several candidates for various offices, including Governor. They've also had influential political figures on the show such as advisors to President Trump, Carl Palladino, Michael Caputo, and Rodger Stone. He's been quoted in national publications such as The Wall Street Journal and Financial Advisor Magazine. Glenn and his partner Mike cohosted the tv show Money Talks, which aired on WKBW Channel 7 and WGRZ Channel 2.
Early Career and Education
Glenn's degree is in Finance from Michigan State University. He graduated in 1995 and has been involved with the securities industry, managing client assets since 1996. He spent time at Financial Network Investment Corporation, Paine Webber, and NEXT before joining Peak Brokerage Services. In 2008, Glenn co-founded Independent Solutions Wealth Management, LLC, a Registered Investment Advisor. This money management arm runs in tandem with The Financial Guys, LLC, and provides fee-based asset management services. After founding Peak Reps LLC, the holding company for Peak Brokerage Services, Glenn serves as a managing member for both the holding company and the BD since its founding in 2015. Glenn helped form and launch another RIA under the holding company in September of 2015, where he served as a CCO through July 1st of 2018. Glenn is also a partner of The Financial Guys Home & Auto, launched in 2020.
Family
Glenn lives in Jupiter, Florida, with his wife Marcy and 3 children.
Stefan Mychajliw
Big Dog Strategies
The Hon. Stefan I. Mychajliw Jr. is a public servant, communicator, and national political strategist from Western New York.
A graduate of Syracuse University with a degree in broadcast journalism from the prestigious S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, he began his career as an investigative reporter, working for television news outlets including WSTM in Syracuse, and WGRZ and WKBW in Buffalo, where his work focused on accountability and holding politicians in power accountable.
Mychajliw served as Erie County Comptroller, the Taxpayers’ Watchdog, from 2012 until the end of 2021, after first being elected in a closely contested special election.
He later won reelection and led the county’s fiscal office, earning national recognition for excellence in financial reporting and transparency during his tenure.
In addition to his work in county government, Mychajliw has been active in political campaigns at the state and national levels.
He was a spokesman and rapid-response communicator for Vivek Ramaswamy’s 2024 presidential campaign, bringing his media and public affairs experience to the national stage.
Mychajliw has worked on political campaigns for House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, United States Senator Bernie Moreno, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette, and numerous gubernatorial U.S. Senate and Congressional campaigns across the country.
After leaving the county office, Mychajliw continued to work as a political operative and commentator, including writing and analysis for regional news outlets, including his current role as radio host on News Radio 930 WBEN.
Mychajliw works collaboratively with the national Republican political consulting firm “Big Dog Strategies,” the same agency that ran what is considered President Trump’s main Super PAC in his successful 2024 presidential race, MAGA Inc.
A native of the East Side of Buffalo, New York, Stefan Mychajliw now calls Elma, New York, home, where he resides with his much better half, his wife Ashley, and their three children, Maksym, Emeryk, and Victoria.
Domenic Cortese
Hammertime
Domenic is the President of Cortese Construction Service Corp. The business was founded by Domenic’s dad and uncle in 1951 and is owned and operated as a third-generation business, celebrating their 75th Anniversary in 2026. Domenic is best known for his radio call-in show on WBEN 930 AM, HAMMERTIME-RADIO™ with Domenic Cortese. His radio show has been on the air since April 1989 and can be heard each Saturday at 10:00 am. Domenic is also a host of the TV show HAMMERTIME-TV™ which airs Sunday mornings at 10:30 am on YouTube.
Domenic is a graduate of Canisius College ’78 with a BA in Political Science and International Relations. He is a past-president of the Alumni Association. Domenic has completed the Center for Entrepreneurial program from the University of Buffalo School of Management (2006). He is also a Leadership Buffalo graduate (’92), a Forty Under Forty recipient (’96).
He lives in Clarence, NY, where he is active in the Clarence Rotary Club, where he has served as club president and as a District Assistant Governor. He has served as a mentor for a seventh grader at the Clarence Middle School mentoring program through Clarence Rotary. He is also a board member for the Brothers of Mercy Foundation Board and is active in his parish, Our Lady of Peace, where he has served as Parish Council President. He and his wife, Diane, along with his three children, Philip, Nicholas, and Michelle, were honored as the Rotary Family of the Year (2001). Domenic and Diane are very proud grandparents of 8, four boys and four girls. Domenic was named Clarence Rotarian of the Year for 2007. Domenic and Diane were also honored in January 2003 by the Clarence Chamber of Commerce as their Citizens of the Year, and in 2010 as family of the year from the National Conference of Just Communities. Domenic was inducted into the Williamsville South High School Wall of Fame in November 2011. Domenic and Cortese Construction Service Corp. were also the proud recipients of the 2012 Buffalo Niagara Business Ethics Award for outstanding business ethics! Cortese Construction has also been awarded Top Workplaces for the past three years, along with the Best Large Business in Clarence, NY.