Mike Ross reports: "In the last week, we received 37 requests for our booklet, The Dummies Guide To Understanding Secondary Effects Reports. The "Guide" answers questions about secondary effects and the political process that creates and uses them against us while helping to produce your own report. nnWritten for laymen, the Guide answers questions while providing cabaret owners with a game plan to organize and fight back. The Guide also educates owners about the political process that develops the reports and how to refute the reports themselves. By using the Guide, we hope that cabaret owners will be able to sit down with legal and government professionals and understand what's happening and how they can help speed up the process, while saving money. The Guide also urges you to immediately start working a secondary effects report, and shows you how to gather information using the Freedom Of Information Act, how to corollate the information, how to find a professional to certify and present it. nnAdditionally, the material provides owners with key arguments that will extend the negotiating process, sample letters, and basic report outlines that will help you present your case while stalling the opposition's, as well as insights on how to handle the media. nnThe Guide is available to adult business owners, and is free to NCA Members upon request. NCA Membership costs $350. The Guide purchased separately, is $100.00 nnThis document is designed to be used as a guide only. As with any political situation, there are other interpretations that can be made. We suggest that you use this document with an organized game plan that includes political and legal expertise. nnThe Guide contains chapters/information about: What is a secondary effects report; What is a lobbyist and what is their role in the process; how to follow local issues and find out when your city is moving against you; How to participate and gather information; Community organizing and reaching your neighbors; Political paperwork; How a Bill or Ordinance becomes law; Legislative terms; Political publications; Legislator and staff rapport, with a focus on making appointments, preparing for meetings, reviewing proposals and writing letters and reports; Conducting media campaigns on a shoe string; Responding to the opposition; Committee operations and testimony; Responses to frequently asked questions; How to create a secondary effects report; How to read a Secondary Effects Report; How to respond to your city's secondary effects report; Looking for experts; Example statistics; and Using those statistics; nnFor more information about Guide Please contact us at (916) 923 2215
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