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Sen. Hobson: Sometime back I was scheduled to have a bill up
on a Thursday afternoon. The legislature usually winds down on a
Thursday, people go home. I had my votes, I was going to pass a
bill. I’m on the agenda. The Floor Leader announces we’re going
to adjourn a little early. I go to him and tell him you said I could
have my bill up today. And he says, it’ll be just as good a bill on
Monday as it is on Thursday. You’ll be first up on Monday.  

OK, you do what the floor leader says. Monday I come back, bill is
in the same form, same information, I have the same tally of votes
to pass the bill. I get up and explain my bill and I lose. So I go to
the back of the chamber to one of the members who had been for
me on Thursday and voted against me on Monday.

“Charlie,” I said, “you were for this bill on Thursday and you voted
against me today. What happened?”

He said, “Oh, Cal, you just can’t imagine. I was overwhelmed over
the weekend with people opposed to this legislation. I had to
change my vote.”

So I said, “Tell me about this opposition.”

“It was terrible," he said. "I got five phone calls.”

He represented 30,000 people. He got five phone calls and
changed his vote. Phone calls really do make a difference. If done
right. If you are that legislator’s constituents. If you are courteous
and know what you’re talking about. If you say their name
properly. Know the bill number. Know what’s in the bill. Phone
calls can make a big difference.
Advice and techniques for lobbying and grassroots advocacy from politicians



I had interviewed Cal Hobson once, years
ago, for a video for one client and was
impressed by his candor. So when I was
working in Oklahoma again and got another
chance, I jumped at it. This one took place
at his home in Norman Oklahoma with his
wife standing off camera. At the first
interview, he was a state senator. At the
second, he was President Pro-Tem of the
Senate, probably the second- or third-most
powerful officer in the state.
Sen. Cal Hobson
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