[johnnyanmac]

Dismissing the action of local politics is exactly how we fall to the wayside in larger elections. Most politicians start somewhere, and actions like this should be shamed early on.

Secondly, singular emotional appeals work a lot better on convincing a populace than broad statistics. Stories like this will likely be better to push if your goal is changing the mind of the common citizen. People relate more to people than numbers.

[tptacek]

I do local politics work.

[happytoexplain]

Me too (town of seven-hundred something). What are you implying in the context of the comment you're replying to? It sounds like everything they said is more or less valid regardless of your experience.

[tptacek]

I'm saying that I'm not dismissive of local politics. It's the politics I take most seriously and am most engaged with.