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
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