UPDATE: Full review of my day posted at Raising Kaine.
The Green Miles is live in Richmond today at the General Assembly building! A friend and I are lobbying in conjunction with the Chesapeake Climate Action Network.
If I could sum up the day so far in a word, it would be: Whew. Was up at 6am, on the road by 7am, getting briefed on lobbying by 9am, and in Sen. George Barker's office by 11am. We said a quick hello to Sen. Chap Peterson's legislative assistant and now we're waiting outside Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple's office. We're asking members to support Chap's Clean Energy Future Act.
There were about 150 people at this morning's lobby planning session, so we're bumping into lots of fellow conservationists as we wander the halls. The other most noticeable group? People wearing bright orange "GUNS Save Lives" stickers. Yes, "guns" gets the caps lock while "lives" is lower case. Definitely shows the priorities.
Thanks for the report! And thanks for being there. I attended last year and had every intent to be there again this year, but poverty and car problems got in the way. Boo hoo! Be sure to also visit the less than conservation friendly legislators as well. Especially, Senator Frank "Offshore Drilling, Uranium Mining" Wagner.
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