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Originally Posted by Willravel
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I feel fairly powerless after reading this. You lobbied on behalf of a public interest group which featured mayors, and even you ended up having difficulties?
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We didnt wine and dine or have big budgets but were fairly successful when it came to issues where we could demonstrate a direct impact...housing/community development, public safety, transportation....by getting the key players involved.
Not as successful in broader issues of national interest, even those with local implications, like environmental polities or tax policies. We would have had no impact on policies like the Patriot Act.
The system is what it is....too big for any one individual to make a difference.
IMO, the only way to change it would be to take the money out of politics...not any easy thing to do, but I would start with total public funding for all congressional elections.