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This again sounds like national politics and not local. They really are totally different. In local politics the electeds are your neighbors. They serve part ti

This again sounds like national politics and not local. They really are totally different. In local politics the electeds are your neighbors. They serve part time. All of them have full-time jobs (except sometimes the mayor). You don't communicate with them by making time with their staff --- none of the have staff. Instead you generally just text them or meet them for coffee. I've never met Tara Stamps, my county commissioner, but I could be face-to-face with her inside a couple days if I wanted. And that's Cook County, one of the largest densest counties in the country.

wredcoll 3d ago
> I've never met Tara Stamps, my county commissioner, but I could be face-to-face with her inside a couple days if I wanted. And that's Cook County, one of the largest densest counties in the country. This was literally my point about "public comment". We vote for representatives. They then make decisions based on all sorts of things like ancient holy texts and whoever they spoke to most recently. How is this formal meeting to give opinions antidemocratic but you setting up a personal meeting to influence someone is just fine?