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I hate to sound so bitter, but I am convinced the only things informal letters do is make the person who wrote them feel better. They are basically dismissed. They have been written in mass for years and the regulations either don't change or actually get worse. More formal registered letters on a lawyers stationary will get more notice and be logged in.
I have found the best way to persuade a board who already has their mind made up regardless what you say is to have an overwhelming turn out at a meeting, and demand a hand-raising (for/against) on the issue at hand. They will never agree on a minor moderate change to the law. Propose the right thing to do and vote on that with the mob rasing their hand. Have cameras and video the event. Post it on you-tube. They do not want to be on video as seen voting against the masses. This works. Lawmakers are scared to death of seeing them selves on the Internet going against the crowd. They will change their vote right then and there just to avoid this, I have seen it.
BTW, expect strong resistance when you ask for a raise of hands.... but insist on it anyway
IMO most letters hit the trash and emails go into the junk folder and are not even read. If they get logged it is in place where no one will read them. They do what THEY want UNLESS you can put them in an awkward situation and force them to do the right thing for the fish and not their wallet.
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