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Dawn Bucholtz
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm pretty sure I heard Kathleen this morning on NPR's Morning Edition. Here's the link to the CPSIA piece.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100326124
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh yeah. Hey everybody, I was on NPR this morning, lol. Two sentences worth.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sarah R wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/b5unuh

This is our local Des Moines IA paper. I'm pleased with the article, particuarly considering that they assigned the story (after numerous emails from me suggesting they do a story!) to a reporter who called me first, and didn't do a whole lot of research on his own. I spent several hours on the phone with him just catching him up on the basics and explaining over and over what the testing requirements were, ways that the law could be changed that would still achieve the goal but without the stupidness, etc.

The other woman quoted in the story, of course, pulled out exempting all small businesses, erg.

That hasbro quote has me cringing, though. I was trying to get him to understand the scale of economy on large runs vs small runs and I pulled Hasbro and Tickle Me Elmo out of thin air... and Hasbro doesn't make Tickle Me Elmo. *eek*


Don't feel bad, each time I was interviewd the article made me sound like a moron. They would take portions of quotes for the article that made it seem like I couldn't string 2 sentences together. I just laughed because I use to work in PR and actually would coach executives in a large corp. before they went on air with CNN, etc. or before large print interviews. I was the one sitting there telling them to rephrase their answer. And here I am sounding like a ding dong in print. Oh well. At least the articles are out there. We can focus on that victory :) LOL.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

MSN Green article on 2/14: "CPSIA is a good idea in spirit, but is it practical?"
http://green.msn.com/Shopping/consumer-product-safety-improvement-act-powered-by-greenzer/
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:42 am    Post subject: Activism CPSIA: MEDIA Reply with quote

Here's a story in USAtoday about the youth motorcycle industry...all of the major manufacturers sent notices to all of their dealers telling them to pull the cycles...yet another industry that is a casualty of this ill written law.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-02-16-motorcycleban_N.htm

what is also interesting is that they point out, probably correctly, that some parents will buy a bigger cycle for their kid...one that is NOT the correct size for them, therefore making it more dangerous...and Congress thinks we're protecting our kids with this law? hmmmmm.....
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Got some airtime on Rush today. He came at it from the motorbike angle.

Also admitted that he didn't have a good handle on what it all means.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another motorcycle article: http://www.sltrib.com/Business/ci_11734591

<P>Sounds like they don't even dare service existing motorcycles. What about kids bicycles, they would have lead in the valve stems as well....
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/blog

scroll down to Sunday....he is a 'righty', that's the angle he's coming from, but I'm in the middle of the podcast and it sounds really good.

Tracy
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 12:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://dealernewsblog.wordpress.com/2009/03/14/top-dealer-to-challenge-cpsc-lead-content-rule/

This motor cycle legend and small dealer plans civil disobedience kids motor cycle sale this thursday
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:28 pm    Post subject: Earnshaw's - Today's Email Blast Reply with quote

Here is a link to today's email blast from Earnshaw's Magazine:


CPSC Responds to Questions Regarding the CPSIA

http://www.earnshaws.com/ME2/Audiences/dirmod.asp?sid=A0BA40EC7EF84CAC82BAE5A3C9F05634&nm=About+Us&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=166BB1537D89453D9968D3D573AD5E7F&AudID=A519CD24E28A48389AE435FDAF6C411D
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Toys R Congress http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123872361943185291.html
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:52 am    Post subject: I have an opportunity to speak to my congressman today Reply with quote

I want to know the most current and urgent information to share with him. I have spoken to two of his aides in the past, but they were clueless.

1. I will be able to speak, briefly.
2. I will be able to give him a succinct, one-page information sheet.

What would be most effective in this limited opportunity?
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