COP on the Hill: Stories from the week of July 3, 2015
Posted July 3rd, 2015 by hiwayhowie
Stories from the week of July 3, 2015
Limited Window — I was sitting at the Chipotle’s at Union Station, sitting where every customer would be able to read the shirt, when the young lady said, “10 seconds. GO!”
“We can arrest more pedophiles, if we don’t waste time on a green plant. Kids should not have a job selling, which gets them shot.” (my standard response). Hearing that she engaged me in a 1 minute of chat, before she had to order her food.
TV Producer calls: COP was honored on Monday with email from the associate producer of an HBO TV program now in its xth season. She liked the website, made contact – asking for names and contacts of current LE who had changed their minds on the Drug War and were still carrying a badge, are a judge, a prosecutor etc.
I carved out some time to send her 4 names with brief CVs and will provide the rest this weekend. I was crazy busy this week.
Forgot he was black, oops: Making a point with an Ohio staffer, my dialog is: ‘During the time when the speed limit was 55, I enforced that. The feds provided my dept. with many thousands of dollars for the OT pay. Bad law, as 20 years of kids doing this: “Daddy, what is that on the dash?” It is a radar detector son and tells me when the cops are around (with the voice inflection of anger). Daddy, I thought the police were our friends {at this point I stopped, realized the staffer was black and I said, “this story probably won’t work for you,..can you pretend? sure]…the cops are our friends except for this stupid speed limit.’
I make the point that when the law is really bad, citizens find a way to go around the law or simply break the law (MJ laws). Either way, such laws are not good for society.
The awkwardness of the moment was just that ‘a moment.’ We had a solid chat after my presentation. What my profession has been doing the last 12 months makes me want to cry.
On the radio: Tomorrow, July 4th at 1 PM EDT and again 7 EDT my interview with Bill be aired.
REAL CLEAR Radio Hour with Bill Frezza
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Tune in Saturday for our Fourth of July Special!
Not sure if I posted this earlier this year: newspaper article w/ foto:
1874 Presentations to Congressional staffers.. 20 this week
02 meetings this week
COP stats since inception: August 2009
16 Conversations (five minutes or longer) with Member of Congress.. this week
72 brief chats with Members of Congress.. 00 this week
38 published interviews in major (daily) newspapers or magazine… 00 this week
59 Radio Interviews.. 0 this week
145 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs, etc. 00 this week
88 interviews and reports in minor media = blogs, cable TV, weekly papers, etc.. this week
22 major conferences attended.. (United Nations drug conf, CPAC, LULAC, NRA, CBC, ASA, DPA, Dem & Repub. Presidential conventions., National Review, etc) 0 this week
38 Appearances on major TV networks..this week (Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, BBC)…0 this week (BBC)
81 published letters to the editor (value per MAPINC in free publicity: $80,000).. 0 this week
* 2 editorials in daily papers mentioning Howard’s efforts & in support of COP position
Weekly attendance at Grover Norquist’s Wednesday brunch attended by 150 conservative leaders. Named the “Grand Central Station of the Conservative Movement.”
* Consider being a member of COP at $30.00 or more per year. All contributions are tax-deductible. 30 dollars buys all the copy paper COP uses in one year. Law Enforcement’s voice in opposition to current policy is vital on the Hill to achieve a repeal of federal prohibition. COP provides that voice. www.citizensopposingprohibition.org
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