[colordrops]

> Unfortunately this advocacy frequently took unproductive directions, being abusive to elected officials and staff at the local and state levels

Coddling the egos of these "authorities" should be low priority considering the dire nature of the situation. If they drive us off a cliff because the constituents weren't "nice", it's still their fault.

[kevinburke]

He was rude to legislators on constituent calls in a way that made them not want to support the bills that he was supposed to be advocating for. Fortunately, since those bills would not have helped reduce climate change, this was probably a good thing on net.

He was also removed from occasionally appearing on Berkeley Zoning and Advisory Board because he couldn't get along with the elected official for his district.

[shadowgovt]

It doesn't matter whose fault it is if we all go off the cliff. You can work better with coddled egos then with people in an antagonistic position.