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A few of my articles get published in various online newsletters, all of which have the same format. I get notifications that X Daily is out, with a few writers mentioned. The mentioned writers will often retweet or favorite them.  When they do, I send them an introductory tweet: “ I’ve stopped being a   # Twitterpig ! :   http://current-news-you-can-use.blogspot.com/2014/11/ive-stopped-being-twitter-pig.html   # writer ,   # SocialMediaMarketing ”  I got one on December 29 th from Jason Sullock @UK_Marketer:   The   # Social Media Marketing Daily is out! http:// paper.li/UK_Marketer/13 01340937 … Stories via @ instaliker_us @ AnRycke @ sharkwebpteltd I was pretty sure it was my #TwitterPig article, and it was.  I sent him my standard follow-up of “Thanks for publishing #TwitterPig!  Would you rather read about: #water; #gardening; #litter; #homeremedies or #marijuana?” And I continued up my e-mail list. It was followed almost immediately by a block of 34 Twitter

12/14/14 Honorable Representatives, Reading the Oregonian, I found an article regarding OLCC’s request for emergency funding to hire regulators, and the following opinions of the reporter and one legislator: “Monday’s vote was a sign that some lawmakers have reservations about the state’s new marijuana policy. “Sen. Fred Girod, R-Stayton, highlighted what he sees as excessive possession and home cultivation limits in the law.  Households can have up to four marijuana plants, and individuals 21 and older can possess up to 8 ounces at home and one ounce away from home. “’There are some major, major, problems in this ballot measure,’ he said.” There are major problems with this measure, though not that the possession limits are excessive.  On the contrary, they are so limited, and the law so misunderstood, that people may lose their homes just for trying to keep enough weed to supply their own households. To start with, that 8 ounces of dried pot, a mere half-

Put This Event On Your Calendar! Giant Kick-Off Gathering and Rally LAUNCHING the Citizen-Led Petition Drive   to Put a   Public Safety Ballot Measure on the May 2015 Josephine County Election Ballot When:            Tuesday, December 16, 5:00 to 7:00 PM Where:           Wild River PUB, Grants Pass 533 NE “F” Street   (Across F Street from the Wild River Brewing & Pizza Co.) What:            ·     Overview of the Petition Drive   by citizens leading this action ·     Answers   about how your neighbors are taking action to solve         the public safety crisis here in Josephine County ·     Food   (no cost) Pizza, Salad, and Fruit ·     Drink   Sodas (no cost) & Cash Bar (you pay) Learn:            What’s the Latest   and   How You Can Be a Part of the Solution ! Brief Remarks by: ·          Scott Draper ,   Co-Founder,   Community United for Safety and Owner/Manager,   Club Northwest   in Grants Pass ·          Jim Goodwin ,   Executive Director