On another Vape Forum which shall not be named, the question of "where are all the groups that everyone paid in to? Why are vape shops bringing cases during this crisis and not one of the dozens of groups that have taken thousands of $$ from people in this industry .. ??" ..
That other forum is full of folks that live to complain about everyone and everything while making no effort to help the situation themselves. In fact, that's the only thing they do well over there and while I think that's fine for like minded folks to have a group that they can enjoy themselves that way it hasn't improved the outcome of the vaping fight at all.
CASAA is a charitable organization 501(c)(4) and has always been to my knowledge. As such, you can examine their finances yourself to see what they have done with the funds they have gotten. But even though this is clear to anyone, the folks on the other forum were too lazy and disinterested to do even that before spouting nonsense. They just just want to argue and demean. It's their jam.
CASAA was started to be a focal point and strategic think tank for the best way for the grassroots effort to battle the threats to our right to vape and to provide clear information on the legal challenges in terms we could understand. It wasn't started or structured or has the funds to be the sole combatant in this fight. This was a fight for the vapers to prosecute.
What happened? The vapers didn't care in enough numbers to make a difference. Anyone who has been a CASAA member for a few years has received well in excess of 100 calls to action. This included Federal, state, and local actions where vaping was threatened. It was up to vapers to take up the well planned call and fight for their rights. They didn't. Time and time again.
Occasionally, there were minor stalling tactics that were achieved, mostly in state committee hearings that did little more than delay the inevitable later down the road and further calls to action were ignored and actions passed. And yet CASAA has been steadfast in providing guidance for what WE can do, that was never done. At least not to the level that made a difference.
So no... they are way off base and are just doing what they always do over there and argue, accuse, demean, swear, and put on childish vitriolic displays. None of which has ever helped the vaping cause at all.
If folks want to vape they have to either become self sufficient or fight for their right tooth and nail and not sit back and wait for others to do the fighting for them. The vast majority of vapers have never cared enough to fight, so I would expect the best course of action is to be self sufficient and learn to vape in private because the next level after retail flavor bans and total retail bans will be your right to vape in public anywhere I would expect.
