Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Writing County Councilmen

A great suggestion I received for the YCLA is that we pick an issue of common concern, such as eminent domain or illegal immigration, and find at least one young person in each County Council District who will write/lobby their Councilman on this issue, all at the same time. This would be a good start for a more politically-themed network, which would I guess start in Greenville County and then spread to other neighboring ones, such as Anderson or Transylvania. We would in essence have a YCLA "representative" for each County Council District for as far as it would go.

The big question is, does this plan really advance the kind of goals we are established to advance? Would we become caught up in it, would it confuse people, etc.? Is it even doable?

Pretty much the thing is that what you win people with is what you win them to. If we eventually do take on this project, we will have to be sure that we have a moral argument for the issues we choose. Then I believe this will be a wonderful operation.

Have ideas? Please comment below. Thanks!


From Josiah

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