Mike Tregle

#girldad, dual-mil, soldier, scheister, #govcon, #natsec, music & #guitar geek. @LSUFootball @Saints. Views mine, not Army, DoD, USG. Blogs at @shockandlawblog

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Honored to have my article published by The Government Contractor. “These Boots Are Made for Buying: Buyer Incentives and The Agency Problem in the Commercial Platforms Initiative.” #govcon #procurement #governmentcontractor #gsa #cpi

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@DuplessisBrad Sunday?

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@DuplessisBrad @KirkpatrickMike Drakkar all the way.

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@DuplessisBrad This has been going on for months. I’ve had him scan my ID at least three times, as well as the HQBN commander and SGM, and various other Captains and above. I think they’re having trouble keeping civilian gate guards.

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@DuplessisBrad Not for nothing, but the world’s greatest kabob truck is across the street from my office.

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@DuplessisBrad Lunch!

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Ba…ba, ba, ba, …baby

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@KeraRolsen Allegedly, word in the building is they are expecting 30 days. Total rumint. Can’t speak to reliability, but that’s what I’ve heard.

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@GingerDad_ I did it at 39. Wasn’t as easy as it would have been at 29, but if I could, surely you can too.

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When the NFL negotiated the deal to merge with the upstart American Football League in 1966, their proposed agreement ran afoul of existing anti-trust laws. With no legal alternative, the only way the two leagues could join was if Congress passed a special exemption for them.

When the House Judiciary Committee’s powerful Chairman, Emanuel Celler of New York, declared his intent to kill the NFL’s bill, Commissioner Pete Rozelle starting lobbying members, desperately trying to win their support in order to salvage the merger.

Sensing an opportunity, the House Majority Whip, Hale Boggs of Louisiana, offered Rozelle a deal — he could ensure that the exemption legislation passed the House, and enlist his Bayou State colleague, Senate Majority Whip Russell Long, to successfully move the bill through the upper chamber. But in return, he wanted the NFL to award an expansion team to New Orleans.

Knowing that his league had millions on the table, Commissioner Rozelle agreed to the terms put forward by the influential Louisiana lawmaker.

But when Boggs and Rozelle were walking through the Capitol Rotunda right before the House’s vote, the Commissioner remarked that he didn’t know how to thank the Majority Whip for all his work.

Somewhat incredulous, Boggs said — “What do you mean you don’t know how to thank me? New Orleans gets an immediate franchise.”

Backtracking, Rozelle responded that awarding a new team takes time, the NFL had a standard process, and besides, he would have to still get final approval from all the league’s owners.

Frustrated, Boggs cut him off and said that he would then just delay the House’s vote on the exemption bill until the Commissioner had everything worked out on his end.

Faced with the prospect of the exemption legislation being delayed indefinitely or dying without the Majority Whip’s support, Rozelle agreed on the spot to put a expansion team in New Orleans.

Less than two weeks after the bill passed, Pete Rozelle was in New Orleans announcing that the city would be home to an NFL team for the next season. Standing right next to the Commissioner at the press conference — Hale Boggs. #LaGov #LaLege

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Who is a legend within your community that the average person would recognize right away?

[Puff, a lightsaber retiree ⚔️ @KeraRolsen]

Who is a legend within your community that the average person would recognize right away?

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@mikejason73 Technically it’s just plain old vanilla murder. We’re not at war with Mexico or migrants.

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@DuplessisBrad @thinkingbayonet Came here to say this.

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@DuplessisBrad Or a Barq’s Rootbeer

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@DuplessisBrad IYKYK

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@AllThingsCivil Thanks!

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I have officially been admitted to the DC Bar. One step closer to making NoVA our forever home.

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@DuplessisBrad We’re on our way there!

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New Instagram is up! Follow my band @ thefringeva 🤘🏼

https://t.co/Ut8NnMNS7D

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@UncleRedLeg Sir, props to the one guy who replied all to the deluge of “remove me from this distro” reply-alls with “I’ll stay.” That kid is going places.