COP on the Hill: Stories from the week of July 1 & 8, 2016

COP on the Hill

Stories from the week of July 1 & 8, 2016

HAT in Geneva: I have arranged a 3 hour meeting in Geneva, Switzerland on August 31 at the city’s Heroin Assisted Treatment clinic.. I will meet and chat with a govt official, the doctor who runs the clinic & they have arranged for me to meet with some patients. Yes, I am spending at least an hour a day on my French. No, COP is not paying for the trip…this is just one day of a planned, European vacation with Karen.

NORML in Baltimore & Townhall meeting in Baltimore: At the request of LEAP I was on evening panels on Saturday and on Thursday. The NORML event was fairly standard stuff. The Townhall meeting was 100 people who vented their rage at the police shooting and harassing them. It was an eye-opener for this white boy. You could cut the anger and frustration with a knife.

I will spend the week of the 8th in Michigan, finishing up family stuff.

This week’s stats:

201 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs, etc. 01 this week
5 meetings/conferences

COP stats since inception: August 2009
132 personal chats with a Member of Congress.. 00 this week
2183 Presentations to Congressional staffers.. 00 this week
132 interviews and reports in minor media = 00 this week.
67 Radio Interviews.. 00 this week
42 published interviews/foto in major (daily) newspapers or magazine… 0 this week
62 Appearances/Interviews on major TV/Radio/Print media..This week (Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, BBC, CNN, NPR)…02 this week (NBC twice)

24 major conferences attended – (United Nations drug conf, CPAC, LULAC, NRA, CBC, ASA, DPA, Dem & Repub. Presidential conventions., National Review, etc) 0this week
83 published letters to the editor (value per MAPINC in free publicity: $83,000).. 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.”
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