COP on the Hill: Stories from the week of December 27, 2019 & Jan 3, 2020
Posted January 3rd, 2020 by hiwayhowie COP on the Hill
Stories from the week of December 27, 2019 & Jan 3, 2020
I’ve seen your message for years: While having dinner at the bar at a restaurant, the woman next to me remarked she had seen my car and motorcycle for years with the message of Legalize MJ, heroin. Okay, why? And we had an excellent 10-minute chat. Marketing, marketing.
Where do I send the consulting bill?: the phone rang this week and the Republican candidate for the US House needed some help with marijuana questions. We had met at the Grover Norquist meeting. At the end of our 10 minutes, I asked him how to bill for the quarter hour of consultation. ! Just Kidding!
Worth Repeating:
Meeting in Bern, Switzerland in September with chief administrator of the Swiss heroin treatment program. Later, working lunch in Bern with a doctor and former director of a heroin clinic. The Swiss reconfirmed their willingness to send a team to the Congress, if invited.
George Will sent a note, thanking me for my advice on prohibition policy.
Continue to be Grover Norquist’s “go-to-guy” for drug war issues.
2019 COP by the Numbers:
Chats with Members of Congress: 36
Presentations to Congressional Staff: 337
34 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs, etc.
3 Appearances/Interviews on major TV/Radio/Print media
12 interviews and reports in minor media
Conferences attended: One – CPAC ( Conservative Political Action Conference ) 4 days with 10,000 rabid conservatives near DC
Weekly attendance at Grover Norquist’s Wednesday brunch attended by 150 conservative leaders. Named the “Grand Central Station of the Conservative Movement.”
Audentes Fortuna Iuvat / Fortuna Eruditis Favet
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