Our objective in Washington DC was to convey the importance of keeping a part of Alaska Natural and untamed for not only the animals living in Northern Alaska but for the millions that travel to Alaska. We feel every state should do their part and that's what Northern Alaska is doing by staying untamed, their part for all of us.
Our list of staffers to see was full for the three days of lobbying, but our group had a two hour open timeslot so Penny felt we should go to Sen. Dan Coat's office. Our group leader laughed and said that man would not help, but it's your time, feel free, so we did. Our very first experience working as a lobbyist was walking through the door of Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana. The first word spoken was " Sadie, Mrs. Gay, I can't believe your here." Sadie was a student of Penny's and the whole experience was wonderful. We made a real connection with the Staffer of Sen. Coats, and we were given several fast track passes to the Senate and House Chambers. We were able to convey later to the whole Alaska Wilderness League that speaking to the Republicans has advantages. In fact a couple of the fast track passes went to leadership of the League who were thankful to a Republican
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