Yamar, great news. Alex was the first to testify last Saturday on behalf of the fishing community and the first to testify against the Bill. The fact that Alex came all the way from Monroe to speak his mind impressed our local politicians. The panel paid very close attention to everything he said.
Afterwards Big Lee and me testified and when the hearing was over the three of us stayed behind to smooze with the politicians and do some more lobbying while all of the other attendees and speakers vanished. I believe the politicians became very concerned about the issues of elitism and exclusion. Later, we saw them again when we were having lunch at The Grill, a local restaurant here in town and we smoozed some more.
Yamar proved a single person can make a difference. Rep. Clark Chapin is from New Milford and does not represent Yamar's district in Monroe but Chapin took the time to send him a note and an update. That is impressive just like the individual efforts to stop the Housy dumping were impressive last year and all of the site volunteers who do public service work, etc. etc. People do make a difference.