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Originally Posted by bnsfmachinist
Signed, sealed and delivered. Passed it on as well.
Actually got a response today from Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) which is nice I suppose. She (or someone from her office) said she'd "keep my views in mind". Guess we'll see about that!
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I'd say most folks don't trust their elected and appointed officials. We had an issue here locally about a huge zoning change and building variances. Many residents turned out for multiple meetings. The most telling comment was the head of the board said "You didn't elect me to do what you want, you elected me to do what I want." Politicians only listen to voters if they think they might not get re-elected. The site of course turned out to be a major nuisance as all the changes were done for K-Mart (remember them?) with semis now parked overnight and weekends in the middle of a residential area and folks dumping whole sacks of feed on the ground for huge flocks of birds and vermin.