COP on the Hill: Stories from the week of April 5, 2013

COP on the Hill

Stories from the week of April 5, 2013

See Karen shaking her head:  I made the mistake of whining to Karen I had 11 appointments on Wednesday….7 is my usual maximum, since it become very difficult to make all my points and not say the same thing twice…after 7.  Oh well. I was able to speak clearly the whole day and survived a week of 33 appointments.  I had a splash of Crown this week, as I was able to meet and chat with two Members of the House.

I was wrong:  During my first year on the Hill a staffer informed me that his office was against my proposal for several reasons; one was that the marijuana industry would eventually want subsidies for their crops of hemp and MJ.  I disagreed with him. He was right. I was wrong.

Recently an enthusiastic supporter of industrial hemp said we in reform should ask for cash supports for the hemp crop, until it could make a profit on its own.  Oops.  Right.  Borrow more money from China to support sugar, cotton and HEMP growing.. Yikes!

COP stats since inception: August 2009

• 1193 Presentations to Congressional staffers..33 this week
• 33 Appearances on major TV networks..0 this week(Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision)
• 22 published interviews in major (daily)newspapers or magazine … 0 this week
• 54 interviews and reports in minor media = blogs, cable TV, weekly papers, etc.. 0 this week
• 71 published letters to the editor (value per MAPINC in free publicity: $70,000) =  this week
• 2 editorials in daily papers mentioning my efforts & in support of COP position
• 28 Radio Interviews..0 this week
• 36 brief chats with Members of Congress..2 this week
• 38 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs, etc.   0 this week
• 12 major conferences attended (CPAC, LULAC, NRA, etc)
• Permanent invitation to Grover Norquist’s Wednesday brunch attended by 150 conservative leaders.   Named the “Grand Central Station of the Conservative Movement.”

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