Author: Jim

I get it. I know we’re all busy and trying to save time by reaching out to our elected officials through some mostly impersonal methods, but those paths are full, literally full to the breaking point, with content feeders.

Is it any wonder your messages aren’t getting through?

So try this, instead.

Find a local government meeting, take your message and make it really personal and relevant to the elected officials at that meeting, and read your letter to them.

When you are done, ask them how they are acting to correct the issues you raise.

Record that speech, if you can.

I have these steps written out in more detail here, but if we all do this at every meeting and at all levels of government, your messages will get through.

They have to.

You are a voter, probably representing many other voters. Voters change elections when officials don’t act on their constituents’ wishes. They know that.

The people are the government and the officials only our representatives. We’re in charge, and sometimes we have to remind them of that.

There’s an idea that your vote is your voice, and this may sound very scary, but that’s not going to be true if the coup continues. Your vote won’t matter if the ability to vote is taken away.

Our VOICE is our voice, and we need to let the entire political structure know what you think.

That’s where engaging the community and government through 1000s of open mics can be used to get action against bigotry, lies, and illegal acts; and that’s where operationsunshine.info can help.

The people have a voice! We cannot be muzzled!

In every community, there is a need for a small number of people to gather the issues that are most impacting your local residents and to build the messages that need to be delivered to the local, county, district, or state officials.

Messages need to be delivered to every level of government, especially to Republicans, so that they carry the message further up their network that these illegal or unauthorized actions by the federal government are having a real impact on their constituents and will have a even greater impact in future elections.

Every small community can have one or two people who are looking for the issues that most impact their community and who can connect those people and issues with the local elected officials that need to understand and can act on the impacts.

If you need help to figure out how to find issues or find people impacted by those issues, please comment anywhere and we can find help.

Together, we can fight back!

Every elected official needs to be asked the same or similar basic questions:

How are you connecting with the local residents who are most directly affected by these new Executive Orders and the actions of unlawful organizations like DOGE?

Are you attending and promoting attendance at area public meetings to speak out about these issues and their direct impact on our community, district, and state?

What are the recent issues that you see having the greatest impact on our community or across the state, and what is the message you want us to send to Republican elected officials so that they will drive responsibility, transparency, and accountability back into our system of federal government?

Are you aware of our Sunshine laws and how they can be used to support public engagement in the legislative process, including speaking out at local events and driving transparency into government oversight?

What is your staff doing to facilitate public awareness of the impacts of these Executive Orders and other unlawful acts?

What are YOU doing to educate your constituents on the workings of government and how to ensure that their rights and the rule of law is protected in America?

Got other questions? Add them to the comments!