Once this thing is assigned to a committee, we need to consider ways to get our position infront of that committee BEFORE the public hearing date(s) and try to insure that we are not the 'defensive outsiders' that we appeared to be at the public hearing in 2007.
I think Brian did a great job at the hearing and preparing material last go around (and we did dodge the bullet), I just don't think that they are really listening much at those hearings. Often, their minds are made up by the time it gets that far.
One of the committee members mentioned (on the record, in a hearing) last go around that they had spent some time with "those crossbow people that came to see us"...we need to get a package to them and maybe find a way to get our foot in the door for a little early face-to-face too.
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"Today there is no need to battle with the beasts of prey and little necessity to kill wild animals for food; but still the instinct persists. The love of the chase still thrills us and all the misty past echoes with the hunters call."
Saxton Pope
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