A letter to the Senate about H.R. 258 and coins

Hoot

Hi All - I have just written a letter to my State's U.S. Senator regarding the redesign of U.S. coinage and the proposed bill before the House to make the designs of the 5 cent piece follow a static theme. I posted the letter Across the Street, and I hope you'll have a look.

Thanks, Hoot

baccaruda

i think that letter may just work, as long as you attached a check for $10mil.

Twowood

Hi Hoot; I just sent you a PM from across the street. Your letter looks good over here too. Twowood

GDJMSP

Sorry Hoot - the battle will be in the Senate. The bill passed the House and the Senate has it now.

But never fear - the fight goes on and the campaign for redesign is about to get stepped up a notch

sinin1

Hoot - what does the 5 cent continuity bill try to do? and in 1 sentence why don't you like it?(not a 4 paragraph sentence either)

Hoot

You'll have to read the Coin World articles if you want an adequate explanation of the bill and my letter if you want my sufficient explanation of why it is an abhorrent idea. One sentence? In essence, the bill requires that a portrait of Jefferson be on the obverse of the 5 cent piece and Monticello on the reverse in perpetuity. This is foundationally contrary to the impetus our nation's coinage.

Hoot

satootoko

Just a quick comment from a (retired) part-time lobbyist.

Someone who made it into Bartlet's Quotations, but I don't remember who, said something to the effect of "Forgive the length of this letter. I didn't have time to write a short one."

Senators (more accurately Senators' aides) need to have the condensed version, which is very difficult to write without oversimplification.

And GDJMSP is right - forget your Representative, the fight is in the Senate.

chrisfuccione

ttt

jom

He wrote the letter to his Senator so if the "battle" is in the Senate this letter was sent to the appropriate place.

jom

coinrookie

I hope the design does change even though the Jeff is one of my favorites. Maybe this will take the focus off the current design and let prices cool. But my luck is that everybodywill be trying to gobble up these because it is the end of the design.
There is one fear I have on a design change. Not to offend anyone, but some state quarters are horrid. Hopefully a nice design will win out. Got my fingers crossed.
Although it is good to exercise your constitutional rights, in my cynical opinion the die is already cast so to speak. I truly believe that most of the decisions are madewith little attention paid to what constituents actually want.