vmbrown
04-22-2009, 01:53 PM
Please remember to call Fort Worth Rep. Charlie Geren. (Fort Worth). Mr. Geren sits on two critical committees in the legislature that a bill important to Texas brewers is currently in front of. We very much need his vote on both committees for the bill to advance.
The bill is HB 2094. If passed, it will allow Texas breweries to sell tours at their breweries that include packaged beer to take home. The extra revenue this measure will produce for local brewers will help Texas brewers compete and market their products here at home.
The bill seeks no special treatment, just parity with other brewers in the US who can sell their beer at their breweries in their home states and who ship their beer into other markets. See the Fort Worth weekly for more information on the issue www.fwweekly.com
Rep. Geren may still be is uncommitted. This is because there are powerful forces lined up on the opposing side of this bill.
Please call Mr. Geren’s office in Austin and voice your support for HB 2094. His phone number is (512) 463-0610. If you are from Fort Worth please mention that as well.
I called just now and said I wanted to urge Mr.Geren to move the bill out of committee ASAP. The response was "Allright, I'll tell him". Which did not give me any comfort I was being taken seriously. When I treid to expand on the discussion the guy hung up on me, cannot tell if intentional or not. But I tell you this to say, plan your comment to inlcude everything you have to say, as clearly and succinctly as possible.
I think many of us need to call to make sure they do listen.
The bill is HB 2094. If passed, it will allow Texas breweries to sell tours at their breweries that include packaged beer to take home. The extra revenue this measure will produce for local brewers will help Texas brewers compete and market their products here at home.
The bill seeks no special treatment, just parity with other brewers in the US who can sell their beer at their breweries in their home states and who ship their beer into other markets. See the Fort Worth weekly for more information on the issue www.fwweekly.com
Rep. Geren may still be is uncommitted. This is because there are powerful forces lined up on the opposing side of this bill.
Please call Mr. Geren’s office in Austin and voice your support for HB 2094. His phone number is (512) 463-0610. If you are from Fort Worth please mention that as well.
I called just now and said I wanted to urge Mr.Geren to move the bill out of committee ASAP. The response was "Allright, I'll tell him". Which did not give me any comfort I was being taken seriously. When I treid to expand on the discussion the guy hung up on me, cannot tell if intentional or not. But I tell you this to say, plan your comment to inlcude everything you have to say, as clearly and succinctly as possible.
I think many of us need to call to make sure they do listen.