All Utah Craze Agency talent please read below and if you agree contact your senators and Representatives below. We are almost there! Craze 100% supports this bill, it will really help all of us in the industry and our economy.


The Executive Appropriations Committee consisting of both Senators and Representatives has begun consideration of funding for HB99. Charlie Evans, our representative at the Capitol, wants every one of us to immediately e-mail the 12 Senators and Representatives listed below. We should indicate the importance of funding for HB99. Some talking points might include the fact that this incentive brings immediate cash into the State. This cash creates high paying employment right away. This is a post performance incentive. Production Companies do not receive a dollar until they have spent their money and this expenditure has been verified. Funds are spent in all geographic areas of the State as evidenced by "John Carter of Mars" and "127 Hours". Any number of businesses benefit from our incentive ranging from Hotels to Lumberyards. Under the terms of HB99 we would have an ROI of between 4 or 5 to 1. 
 
Your e-mail should definitely include the fact that, while we recognize these are tough economic times we need as much of the funding as possible to be ongoing. Only in this way can we attract another series such as "Touched by an Angel" which needs the certainty in the event the series is a hit. 
 
Please feel free to add anything else that has merit. Whatever you do however, please communicate with the following people immediately.
 
Please e-mail each individually as it has a far greater impact.. 
 
Representative Becky Lockhart (Speaker of the House)   blockhart@utah.gov
Senator Michael Waddoups (President of the Senate)     waddoups@utahsenate.org
Senator Lyle Hillyard                  lhillyard@utahsenate.org
Representative Mel Brown          melbrown@utah.gov                   
Senator Dennis Stowell              dstowell@utahsenate.org
Representative John Dougall     jdougall@utah.gov
Representative Brad Dee           bdee@utah.gov
Representative Greg Hughes      greghughes@utah.gov
Senator Scott Jenkins               sjenkins@utahsenate.org
Senator Pete Knudson               pknudson@utahsenate.org
Representative Ronda Menlove  rmenlove@utah.gov
Senator Wayne Niederhauser     wniederhauser@utahsenate.org
 
Sincerely,
 
Don Schain
President MPAU
 
Craze Agency