Dealers' Choice - Fall 2019

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of the group even got to see special guests in the Capitol that day, including Smokey the Bear. †ese young dealers made up the biggest TADA lobby contingent on any day this session, and they did a great job telling the dealer story and emphasizing the most important issues for franchised dealers. And they got results. For example, the Valley contingent, with representatives from the Boggus, Tipton, and Payne families, were able to gain a commitment fromHouse Insurance Committee Chairman Eddie Lucio III (Brownsville) to move the TADA loaner

insurance bill through his committee. Chairman Lucio did just what he told the Valley contingent he would do the following week. †at commitment was critical to the timing of getting the loaner insurance bill through the legislative process. TDA has now had two Texas Capitol Days in Austin (2017 and 2019), and next year the group plans a return to Washington, DC where they last had a National Capitol Day in DC in 2013. TADA is extremely blessed to have these young leaders actively participating in this group.

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