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[Edward Wesolowski <ids AT idisplay.com>]

Rob Christensen mentions email to legislators today in the N&O:
"The Legislature: How things really work on W. Jones St."
http://newsobserver.com/front/digest/story/2138644p-2031980c.html
I'm not sure it's the whole story, but I like it...
-------------HOW CAN AN AVERAGE PERSON GET THE LEGISLATURE TO PASS A 
LAW?------------
...Consider the growth of e-mail. The legislature receives an average of 
180,000 pieces of e-mail from outside the building per month, in session or 
out. Some lawmakers can be seen answering mail on their laptops on the 
floor of the House or the Senate. That is a case where the average citizen 
has more access than a lobbyist.

Ed Wesolowski

"Our Political system was designed when the total U.S. population was 8.9 
million,  horseback was fastest way to travel, and shouting was about as 
far as a person could be heard."