COP on the Hill – Stories from the week of Sept 19, 2025

Way above average week:

Old Friends:  I was headed to my next appointment, when I heard a voice in the hallway, “Hey Cowboy.  Hold up..It’s Bill from Texas.”  Sure enough it was a Legislative Director I had known for 10 years.  We caught up on personal and political matters.  We agreed that we both love our work and will keep going till they drag us out of the building.

New Friend:  Introducing myself and COPs to the receptionist, a gentleman in the large office came out, introduced himself as the Chief of Staff and asked for a few minutes of my time.  In the next 10-12 minutes he spoke of his years as the chief prosecutor of a western state, drug task force.  He had been a zealot.  Then, he became a defense attorney and saw the other side of the issue.  He told me to consider him and ally in making drugs a medical versus criminal issue.

Given the cooler temps this week, I wore my jacket with the lettering, “COPS SAY LEGALIZE HEROIN, ask me why.’  This generated numerous spontaneous chats all day.

Meetings this week:  1- Grover Norquist right of center

7170 Presentations to Congressional staffers…  16 this week

COP stats since inception: August 2009

403 personal chats with a Member of Congress… 0 this week

486 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs,   … 04 this week. Nice chats with the former Speaker of the Missouri House and 3 MO Senators.

117 Appearances/Interviews on major TV/Radio/Print media. 0 this week

245 interviews and reports in minor media … 0 this week –

102 Radio Interviews:  0 this week

34 major conferences attended – CPAC 2024, (3 UN drug conferences in Vienna, Austria),  LULAC, NRA, CBC, ASA, DPA, Dem & Repub. Presidential conventions., National Review, Republican Annual Retreat etc.) 0 this week

Media:  Blaze TV {new, popular right-wing}, (Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, BBC, CNN, NPR, OAN, German, Swiss, French, Spanish TV and radio) Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Grand Rapids Press + 9 other MI papers. Chicago Tribune, Honolulu Star Advertiser {foto and caption}, Reason Magazine, Reuters, Stern

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