Until we can manage that, which would be the ideal, we have to get ourselves positioned to make those changes. Otherwise, we are just dreaming. You are right, this has to be taken back on the local and state levels - then some pressure can be exerted on the national level. We may be late to the party, but we are still here to dance. Once we can get this machine going, they are not going to be able to stop it and they are terrified.
Until we can manage that, which would be the ideal, we have to get ourselves positioned to make those changes. Otherwise, we are just dreaming. You are right, this has to be taken back on the local and state levels - then some pressure can be exerted on the national level. We may be late to the party, but we are still here to dance. Once we can get this machine going, they are not going to be able to stop it and they are terrified.