Take the Time

As I sit and contemplate a topic for tonight, one thing from the meeting this past week comes to mind as I think it is one of the single most effective things we can do collectively and the only thing it requires is a little time on your part.

Taking the time to contact our elected officials and voice our concerns and displeasure over this proposed project.

  One of my very first blog entries talked about this so I'm going to plagarize myself and repost most of it right here:

"it is imperative that we start NOW in contacting them through email, letters (yes old fashioned type/write snail mail letter) and phone calls to express our displeasure and objections to this project.

This HAS to be done. If all you do is join a page and hope somebody else makes the call, writes the letter or sends the email then we may as well grab a shovel as start digging that hole ourselves.

There is strength in numbers! Why do you think Vulcan wants to meet one on one? The same reason predators in the wild target one lone prey away from the pack!

The more each one of those ELECTED officials realize how many of us there are, the more attention we get. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. Start writing, calling (leave a message, call back) and sending emails!!! Everyone! Not just on a petition. They MUST hear our voices and they must start hearing them now."

I will add this, I think actually writing a letter or taking the time to call is the most important.  So much so that I've update the page with all of the contact information for our elected officials.

But why?  Electronic Mail or zipping off one of those contact forms is so much easier.

The answer itself lies in that statement.  Because it is so easy and so convenient in today's world anyone can fire off a "I don't like this or that" email left and right. I'm sure they are used to receiving those.  But when you take the time to write a letter, address an envelope, buy a stamp and mail it; it means something.  Same thing when you take the time out of your busy day to call or even meet one of the elected officials.  It means something.

I'm not taking away from the electronic means of communication but it is impersonal. I hope you, like myself, take this very personal.