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Old 02-05-2010, 11:37 AM   #81
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Originally Posted by Doublerunner View Post
I don't think a few letters is going to do much more than make us feel better. I'd think that a thousand person or more demonstration at the NC and/or VA state house would bring a lot of media attention...
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There is one way to get people to act *and* get people outraged - try to get news coverage of what's going on down there. Fox loves stories where the government isn't enforcing the law and it's costing taxpayers money.

There's nothing quite like a reporter looking for their next big break to get their head poking around and doing investigations.
BINGO!

Media attention and a bright light shining on the abuses could be extremely effective if you can find someone to pick it up and run with it nationally

Investigative reporting is the way to go to bring it to the attention of John Q Public - if memory serves, doesn't Brian Williams, the NBC news anchor, occasionally fish for bass on the Block?

Maybe he's the guy you want to shoot emails to...

"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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