VCDL Lobby Day 2021

[Craig_AR]

VCDL Lobby Day 2021 Caravan is ON

CBS News incorrectly reported that the event has been canceled.
From a special VA-Alert, Jan 13:
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CBS 6 news said, "Permits for the annual 'Lobby Day' on the Capitol grounds, set for Monday, have been canceled because of the potential for civil unrest."
That is totally misleading.
VCDL's Lobby Day IS happening on Monday. NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
What CBS was referring to was that the gun-control groups who were going to hold a rally at the Bell Tower have had their permits canceled. As you know, VCDL did not get a permit for the Bell Tower this year and we are having a rolling caravan instead.
And because those rallies are canceled, any of the "no guns" signs on the streets around the Capitol are now not applicable!
Here's the story: https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-new...civil-unrest-richmond-is-going-to-be-prepared
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Also, the business mailer service MailChimp has suspended VA-Alert mailings (can you say deplatform, girls and boys?). From a separate Jan 13 VA-Alert:
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Yesterday, Mailchimp suspended VCDL's VA-ALERT account claiming possible policy violation, but with no explanation of what policy was possibly violated and no warning. After careful review, we can't find any policy that was broken (other than being pro-rights).
The good news is that we were already in the process of moving to a new system (this one) and dropping Mailchimp. The bad news is we weren't quite ready yet. So we had to finish the move yesterday and today.
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Craig

 

[Corpral_Agarn]

Good luck, fellas!

I'm a VCDL member from CA

 

[hso]

A rolling protest needs to identify the cause, so the caravan vehicles need to identify them as VCDL and from a distance.

It would be helpful if the local LE that have been so helpful in the past were to hold the intersections open for the VCDL caravan as well. This can keep the cars together as a group and differentiate them from some traffic jam. A parade permit would be useful as well.

 

[Craig_AR]

Lobby Day 2021 (1/18/21) Speakers are on YouTube, pre-recorded.
Here is the playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCCAcn0JqYFv-XAC41A_lFcDRXPk20WFq
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How to get breaking information and updates during Lobby Day
You can get breaking information on your smart phone while you are in your vehicles by subscribing to VCDL on
Twitter (https://twitter.com/VCDL_ORG),
Mewe (https://mewe.com/p/virginiacitizensdefenseleague-mewepage)
Instragram (https://www.instagram.com/vcdl_official/)
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Radio frequencies for connecting with Lobby Day main-caravans and sub-caravans
Anyone wishing to contact the VCDL Lobby Day Caravans to wish them well on their trip, or to coordinated joining in, may contact them via FRS CH3/3 (462.6125 MHz /PL Tone 74.4 Hz).

Licensed amateur operators (Hams) may utilize
147.555 MHZ with no PL Tone or
445.9625 PL Tone of 167.9 for both transmit and receive.
You may also track the location of the main and sub caravans on the APRS.fi website by looking for stations with the comment “VCDL CARAVAN TO LOBBY DAY!” Please understand that not every caravan will be capable of communicating on every listed frequency.
Trap Canterbury
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