Open Left

I'm Glad You're Willing To Take Me Up On That

I'll get back to you on this by email tomorrow, and we talk about details.

One thought I have is that it really helps democracy to rise from local circumstances.  That's where it's easiest for the largest number of ordinary citizens to become engaged.  Obviously, the greatest long-term benefit is at the national level.  But winning a few more immediate battles is a great way of building enthusiasm.

For example, Los Angeles has a system of Neighborhood Councils that usually work only on local issues, but occasionally band together on city-wide issues.  Your tool might very well help them work more cooperatively together, and that, in turn, could be a real boost for it. But it would have to have content specially tailored for the appropriate sorts of issues.  I know some of the local activists involved in several of these councils, and I think they'd probably be quite open to it.


"Senate passes expanded GI bill despite Bush, McCain opposition"

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by: Paul Rosenberg @ Sun Jul 05, 2009 at 13:58:01 PM CDT