The Ripple Effect Podcast #259 (Glynn Loope | The Politics of Cigars: The FDA & Government Overreach)

The Ripple Effect Podcast

Ricky Varandas

Bryan, Society & Culture, Callen, Philosophy, Carlin, Bill, 6, Dave

4.6 • 603 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

J. Glynn Loope is an Executive Director of the Cigar Rights of America. An avid cigar enthusiast, Glynn brings over twenty years of government relations and public arena involvement to CRA.

Prior to assuming his role as CRA's executive director, Glynn was the founder and president of Commonwealth Advance, LLC in Virginia - a leading government relations and business development consulting firm.

Although Glynn had carved out a niche in raising government funds for worthwhile public and private sector projects, it was working for the Cigar Association of Virginia that brought him to the world of "the politics of cigars." From 2006 to 2008, Glynn represented the Cigar Association of Virginia, working with the state's professional tobacconists in amassing a pro-business coalition to fight intrusive smoking ban legislation.

Glynn also worked as a Legislative Assistant to former members of the Virginia House and Senate, for the University of Virginia's Center for Public Service, as well as, local and regional government organizations.

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0:00.0	believe in the ripple effect.
0:25.6	The ripple fact. I'm I'm I'm
0:38.3	I'm
0:39.3	I'm
0:40.3	I'm your host,
1:12.7	Riccato Verandis. It's also known as Ricky Vran. It's a great episode for you today.
1:16.3	We have a show that you're going to assume is all about cigars, but it really isn't and it really is at the same time.
1:22.9	It's about a issue that has been dear to my heart of late because with the government overreach and getting
1:29.2	in our personal lives and affecting the way we live our lives, the way we enjoy our lives,
1:34.4	these type of conversations and podcasts have become more and more important to me.
1:38.1	Today we have Glenn Lupe from the Cigar Rights of America and we talk about the politics
1:42.4	of Cigars, premium cigars. We talk about how
1:45.5	this isn't just a cigar issue. This is a freedom issue. And I've had people on like Brian Festa
1:53.8	recently on a second time, he is one of the founders of We the Patriots, USA, which is a
1:59.9	organization fighting back against mandatory masks.
2:02.8	He also has another one called CT Freedom Alliance, which is a organization fighting back
2:07.5	against mandatory vaccines. So these type of issues have become more and more important in today's
2:13.4	world because we're seeing more and more opportunities for the government to overreach and get
2:19.5	involved in our personal lives. So even though this is an episode about cigars, it's more about
2:25.0	freedoms and it's about this premium cigar issue being another example of how the government
2:31.9	gets involved in your personal life and prevents you from
2:34.7	enjoying your life the way you want and we get more into the details uh with glen during the show is a
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