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Twitter Your Governor

by , May 10, 2009 | 3:40 pm

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From the PPA:

Hi all,

Texas Gov. Perry is blocking the vote on HB222 (the bill that legalized land-based poker in Texas).  Let’s all amp up the pressure!

Contact info:
Phone: (800) 252-9600
Twitter: @GovernorPerry

I believe we should hit with calls and Twitters.  This was effective at getting us heard in Minn., so let’s try it here.  I wrote up some Tweets to Twitter.  It takes just seconds to send these out, so let’s all pitch in!

Click here to send Tweet #1: RT @PPApoker: PLZ tell TX @GovernorPerry at (800) 252-9600 to stop blocking a vote on HB 222, a bill that allows poker in Texas. PLS RT!”

Click here to send Tweet #2: “RT @PPApoker: PLZ tell TX @GovernorPerry at (800) 252-9600 that poker is a game of skill that should be legal in Texas. PLS RT.”

Also, if Perry follows you on Twitter, you can send him a direct message:

Click here to send the direct message: “D GovernorPerry: Texas Hold’em is a game of skill that should be legal in Texas. Can you end your HB222 vote block? THX! http://is.gd/uNvv”

I posted this to P5s at http://www.pocketfives.com/poker-forums/7/new-letter-to-congress-please-send-4240404 and http://www.pocketfives.com/poker-forums/8/texas-poker-legalization-people-living-in-texas-plz-read-4204172 .  If you get a chance, please consider posting a message of encouragement there to get others to pitch in.  After all, 2+2 responded to this by giving me a warning; P5s responded by stickying my thread for the day (I didn’t ask them to).

Thanks!

Rich


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4 Comments to “Twitter Your Governor”


  1. Kevin Mathers     says:
    May 10th, 2009 at 4:22pm

    Reading the Gov’s Twitter page, the chances that he’s going to relent seem remote.


  2. pokerpolitics     says:
    May 10th, 2009 at 8:28pm

    Methinks thou dost protest too much

    At this point Dan, it looks like this ship has sailed. 🙁


  3. DanM     says:
    May 10th, 2009 at 11:36pm

    Fair enough, PP … and I’m not expecting anything tomorrow, really. But at this point do we have anything to lose?

    Personally, I think Perry’s “loyalty” to his base could well cost him the governorship to Kay Bailey … but it’s possible I’m wrong here, too.


  4. GarryM     says:
    May 12th, 2009 at 9:55am

    Rick Perry has seemed to forgotten that a majority of the voters did not want him in office during the last Gubernatorial election.