We gained ground this year because the Capital Building was open to visitors for our annual visit to Tallahassee on February 8, 2022. (Last year we did it in the rain and weren’t allowed into the Capitol buildings, at all.) Our aim is to educate all Legislators on Article V and the Convention of States Resolution passed in FL in 2014.
And a Journalist attended the Rally from the Epoch Times to report on the Team progress.
We started the trip by gathering the night before then in the morning we all met to pray for our legislators on the 22nd floor. We wandered the halls, greeting the gate-keepers for our legislators and even some of the legislators, themselves, as we delivered packets to each legislator's office.
Denah Butts said "I enjoyed support from a random IT gentleman working on the computer of a legislative assistant who knew exactly who we were, said it was passed time, and wished us luck; I was greeted with smiles by random people in hallways and elevators who recognized our COS shirts and buttons and offered looks of pride and hope and words of encouragement.
I appreciated the legislators who recognized us as well as the many staff members who we had the opportunity to educate."
In addition to connecting with the legislators and their gatekeepers, a few of us made our way to the Veteran Affairs office where we were invited to sit for a few minutes and share about who we are and what we are doing. To receive so much respect from people to whom we owe so much was truly moving.
Finally, looking forward to next year, we will be striving to get ahead of the game. As COS has crossed the half-way mark and media attention continues to grow, we grow ever closer to the day of our convention and therefore to the day when we will look to our state legislators to ratify the amendments, we all pray for every day. It becomes increasingly important for us to be heard.
We will strive to get on the calendar as quickly as possible for the 4th week of session, next year and every year thereafter. The feedback, thus far, is that can be considered once this session has ended.
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