Whatever good the petition will do, I don't know… But here's the link.

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/OpposeHB119…

Please contact all the reps. in the state and let them know your displeasure with this going into law.

Jonathan

Does it make sense now after the vote to email again to the same and to express the disappointment and to reiterate the possible impact to the local economy? Or wait for more direction from PMA (I am registered on the support list)?

And the mid-term elections impact everything, especially since the governor, who is a democrat, is not running again.

That being said, being involved makes a huge impact. Our hearing was the only one with such a huge turnout from the business community.

There are 2 more steps this bill has to go through, but the process changed a bit last night. I’m waiting to hear some next steps. We have a team of lobbyists helping us navigate this.

One last thing: the bill language in a state doesn’t necessarily indicate the outcome. The political situation gives much bigger indication of the likelihood of passing.

I'm still at the capitol to meet with legislators this afternoon. We were supposed to have meetings this morning, but the finance committee session lasted until 2:30AM, and they didn't finish hearing all the bills. So the legislators weren't up to meetings this morning.

This long session was unprecedented, especially this early in the session. It has changed their schedule on everything so we're waiting to hear what is what.

Our lobbyist told me this: every comment they made last night has something to do with some other higher goal. So more than ever, we need to be strategic and coordinated, so we can continue to be heard, and hit the points important to them. Stay tuned, if you're on the Colorado team, we'll share next steps to that team.

Does anyone, anywhere have an idea of how many affiliate marketing companies and individual businesses we have in Colorado? I don't think there is a category for us to specifically our industry in the material we submit to the state each year for our annual reports. How can we prove the real economic impact of our industry?

There is a real possibility that Colorado will end up with a net loss revenue if this passes, but proving it is the answer. If lawmakers can be shown the real numbers they might back off this proposal.

My blog article here:
http://affiliates-make-money-online.blogspot.com/…

I have to admit that I did not see this coming here in Colorado. I imagined our state to be more forward thinking, but the revenue shortfalls have made people desperate. The proposal in Mississippi is even worse than ours.

Apparently many want to return to the dark ages. This is going on in a lot of state right now.