1) Since we have Gallego (apparently) on our side (a no vote) I don't think letters to other representatives citing dollars lost to businesses in Gallego's district are going to carry much weight



2) to the general, urban Representative (you know, the one who's idea of "roughing it" is a night spent in a bed-and-breakfast) the convincing will be based on "commercialization=bad" . . . I think this is where we have to emphasize the contributions of hobbyists to the body of knowledge, anecdotes about kids catching lizards (if you don't have kids, anecdotes about how your fond family memories are about herping, etc), etc. Screaming "my rights are being taken away" makes us look selfish (even though they are being taken away - government these days is all about controlling people - so what?)



3) For Freer (Ryan Guillen) and Sweetwater (Susan King) focus on the round-up angle



4) I think that "bombarding" Isett's office (or the offices of the committee for Culture, Recreation, and Tourism) with emails/phone calls/etc beyond what they've already been sent is counter-productive - makes us look like tin-foil-hat wearing loonies. Folks, I'm fairly confident that ship has sailed. Please focus your efforts on more productive correspondence with other representatives. Every minute spent contacting Isett's office is a minute spent that could have been spent convincing someone else to counter Isett's vote!



5) Representatives listen most to their own constituency - if you know people from Houston, contact them to make sure that they've contacted their own representatives. If you know some one from Texarkana, Texline, or Tehuacana, contact them to make sure that they've contacted their own representatives. Go ye therefore teaching the word to all legislative districts . . .



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