COP on the Hill: Stories from the week of November 24, 2017

COP on the Hill:

Stories from the week of November 24, 2017

“We were waiting for the cowboy hat to come thru the door!” Making the rounds in the House, I stopped in at the new Congressman from SC. Two aides got all excited, to say the least. I had met them in other offices. They had been advising the boss since day one to apply the 10th Amendment to MJ policy. And the boss was still skeptical….what about the ‘Gateway” problem, etc?

They put me in contact with the scheduler and I should shortly have a 15-minute sit down with the Congressman. May I say that, their opening exclamation will be long remembered by me. At my age, am I just an odd fellow with a giant hat and belt buckle? Or am I an effective voice for my profession to end the War on Drugs. The affirmation of these millennials was overwhelming and will make me smile for years to come.

Such a privilege: At Grover’s this week not many attended, due to the holiday the next day. I attended to express my thanks to him for the privilege of attendance and I said I hoped I was worthy of a chair at the big table. He agreed I was and he thanked me for what I bring to the meeting.

This week’s stats:

2648 Presentations to Congressional staffers… 22 this week

Meetings – 2

COP stats since inception: August 2009

243 personal chats with a Member of Congress… this week

223 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs, etc. this week
80 Radio Interviews. this week

149 interviews and reports in minor media = 0 this week.
84 published letters to the editor (value per MAPINC in free publicity: $83,000) 0 this week
42 published interviews/foto in major (daily) newspapers or magazine… 0 this week
72 Appearances/Interviews on major TV/Radio/Print media..This week (Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, BBC, CNN, NPR, German, Swiss. French TV and radio) 00 this week
27 major conferences attended – (United Nations drug conference, CPAC, LULAC, NRA, CBC, ASA, DPA, Dem & Repub. Presidential conventions., National Review, Republican Annual Retreat etc) 00 this week
Weekly attendance at Grover Norquist’s Wednesday brunch attended by 150 conservative leaders. Named the “Grand Central Station of the Conservative Movement.”
* 2 editorials in daily papers mentioning Howard’s efforts & in support of COP position

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