Meet with your state legislators at a town hall this Saturday

Has the bad economy got you down? What about slow progress on improving our schools or regulating climate pollution? Or does the prospect of massive cuts to social services and universities have you up in arms?

Take your concerns to your local community meeting place this weekend and share them with your legislators. Find your legislative district town hall meeting here (PDF).
Whether they like to or not, the people who represent us see lobbyists all the time, but the people they would really like to see more of are folks like you and me. We care about the future of Washington, and we have opinions.

We can't expect the Legislature to do what we want if we don't let them know exactly what that is, can we? Of course not.

A good way to let your legislator know that you're paying attention is to thank them for supporting an issue you care about. They are wrestling with unprecedented problems facing the state and will be glad to know that they did something that was appreciated by the people back home.

As my own Representatives Larry Springer and Roger Goodman recently said, "We are in extraordinary times." If you care about our future, it probably won't take you too long to think of an issue that matters to you.

The Legislature is making life-changing decisions this year and lawmakers need to hear how those changes could affect their constituents.

Let them know what's going on in your world.