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Okay, I received a call from Deidre again this afternoon. She said that magically my license was approved, printed, and in her hand at that point in time! She is over-nighting it to me so that I will have it for tomorrow! Ask me if I am amazed! Wait, I think it is obvious.

It looks like this journey is finally reaching a conclusion, and now the responsibility of carrying concealed falls squarely on my shoulders. I don't take this responsibility lightly. I will be the first to run from a bad situation, and the last to start any trouble. 911 is my friend. A gun is the LAST, LAST, LAST resort to any problem. I will pray every night that the time will never come that I will have to use a weapon to defend myself, my family, or anyone else.

Have a great night everyone!

Holy Crap Batman! I went to lunch and when I got back I had a message from Deidre @ DPS!

I called back and left message on her voice mail. I will post back what happens after I finally get in touch with her.

Kay is a go-getter! I wonder what I can do to thank her for her help in this matter. She has done in one day what I could not get DPS to do in almost 300!

I'll post back!

297 as of Today.

I called DPS this morning. Spoke to Keelee. She said that Maryanne is handling my file. Said she would send Maryanne an e-mail, and that she would have to xfr me to her voice mail. Of course I left a message in the "black hole". I don't expect a return phone call.

I called Ted Poe's office this morning. Female there said I should "just stop calling as I am probably bothering them and that they will never issue my license if I bother them".. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. After that, I asked her-well what would you do if the state was in violation of processing an application within the time frame allotted? She said, she would just wait. I almost asked her what she would do if her government check just stopped coming, would she just sit and wait it out? I doubt it! You'd hear her voice on capital hill she'd scream so loud.

Anyway, I did make some progress. I called Kay over at Dwayne Bohac's office and she said she would make a call on my behalf to see what kind of progress she could make for me. She was very professional. Very matter of fact. She told me that she had received several calls just like mine and that she would do her best to help me. Said she would call me back in the next day or so. I'll post back after she & I speak again. I feel strongly that she will do what she says she will and that I'll hear back from her. The difference between these 2 calls to these 2 offices was night and day.

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Letters sent to:
House District 126--Representative Patricia Harless
Senate District 15--Senator John Whitmire
Congressional District 2--Congressman Ted Poe
US Senator John Cornyn
US Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
Governor Rick Perry

In case anyone else finds themselves in a letter writing campaign, here is a great link:
http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Just type in your address in the boxes, and it will give you the names and contact information for those in a position to help from your district.

It appears I am now the record holder! Anyone going to buy me a beer? How about a virtual beer?

I've started calling the DPS hot line and leaving messages everyday. They keep putting me through to a voice mail for a Marianne, but I never hear back from anyone. I think they probably just delete the messages without review.

If you have any suggestions-I would sincerely appreciate hearing them. I'll be on a letter writing campaign later this week if nothing changes in the next day or so.


Though I have been lax on my part for not getting after them up to this point, is it really my responsibility to ride them? When I call-NO ONE will give me the status of my application, they all just transfer me to the "girl that is handling my file"-which is the recording I mentioned above.

+2=280

+1=278

+1=277

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+1 day=275

If I were going to get a CWP from another state, it would have been from my home state of Florida, and yes, I would have had it LONG ago...

Since I am a resident of Texas, I wanted to do things the right way..

I'll keep this updated daily.

Okay,
I bet I'll beat your record... I am currently at 274 days.. I check the status daily, and as of this morning it still says "Processing Application". I live in Harris County and I have heard that this may be a big part of the problem as to why it is taking so long...

I also had my application come back once for a missing date on one of the addresses, and most recently it came back a 2nd time where they requested a Criminal History report from the last state I lived in... I forwarded the report on to them as soon as I received it, and now I am in the waiting line again.

At this point, I will be pleased if I see my plastic before April of this year (the one year mark).

I am thinking about starting to write some letters at this point just to insure that I actually have plastic in my hand BEFORE the 1 year mark passes.

Anybody know who my state representatives are for Houston, TX? Or can you recommend anyone else that I should be sending a letter to?