It’s all hands on deck for the next 90 days.

If someone can help pass my bill, I need their assistance now – not to commiserate afterwards on what could have happened.

“I know the next 90 days will be crazy for you,” one friend wrote me, “but I hope we can connect afterwards.”

“Perhaps there will be an issue this session where we can connect during the next 90 days,” I responded.

It’s up to me now to suggest the issue where he can get involved.

After I wrote about my SLAPP bill last week, I heard from a friend who’s a journalist in another state.

“Our SLAPP protection is very good,” he wrote. “We have employed it successfully.”

“Appropriate for you to nudge your Maryland counterparts to get involved?” I suggested.

He did.

A third friend thought my bill “would be great. Keep me posted.”

“You should write [the key player] as well,” I urged him.

Gaining the necessary votes for a bill is cumulative.  Every positive contact helps.