COP on the Hill: Stories from the week of February 21, 2020

COP on the Hill
Stories from the week of February 21, 2020

Good Moments: A congressional staffer I met at CPAC last year saw me eating at the House Subway with the heroin shirt on. In front of the line of 15 waiting to order, he told me about how his boss, the Congressman, lost his son to a heroin overdose. The staffer advised him, that if that son had had access to pure heroin, like the Swiss Addicts do, he would be alive. ( he and I had had a solid chat on the Swiss treatment approach )

I thanked him for his courage to speak truth to power.

While making the rounds in the House, another staffer recognized the hat from last week in New Hampshire. He said hello and we had a solid chat on the issue.

Next week is CPAC 2020 (Conservative Political Action Conference) …12,000 rabid conservatives for four days…always productive for media, fotos with the shirt and I simply enjoy it.

This week’s stats:

3339 Presentations to Congressional staffers… 09 this week
86 Radio Interviews… 01 this week
198 interviews and reports in minor media = 01 this week

COP stats since inception: August 2009

107 Appearances/Interviews on major TV/Radio/Print media. 0 This week
324 personal chats with a Member of Congress… 0 this week:
395 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs, etc.: 0 this week –
44 published interviews/foto in major (daily) newspapers or magazine… 0 this week
Blaze TV {new, popular right-wing}, (Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, BBC, CNN, NPR, German, Swiss, French, Spanish TV and radio) Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Grand Rapids Press + 9 other MI papers. Chicago Tribute, Honolulu Star Advertiser {foto and caption}, Reason Magazine, Reuters
31 major conferences attended – (UN drug conference, CPAC, LULAC, NRA, CBC, ASA, DPA, Dem & Repub. Presidential conventions., National Review, Republican Annual Retreat etc.) 0 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
84 published letters to the editor (value per MAPINC in free publicity: $83,000) 0 this week
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