The Resistance

I'm officially actively part of the so called resistance again. It was nice having a decent president for four years, but the time has come once more to fight for our democracy. So today I (along with a clutch of other concerned citizens) went to the offices of Republican congressman Jeff Crank, recently elected to replace the useless Doug Lamborn, who unfortunately held the seat for something like 18 years. Alas, Mr. Crank was not around, but we did have a lengthy conversation with former state representative Dennis Hisey, who is now serving as Crank's state director. He did appear to be listening to our concerns, writing them on a notepad in order to bring them to Mr. Crank's attention. I have no idea if he actually did, but that's the impression he gave us. I asked him directly if we were simply shouting into the proverbial void and he assured us that our positions would be duly logged. I wonder, though.

Each of us had a specific thing we wanted to discuss, and for me that thing was the US Postal Service. Here's a photo of the people sitting opposite me, reflected in the glossy surface of Crank's large conference table. Every one of them had important points and salient questions. We plan to visit Mr. Crank's office again next week. In the meantime, I have postcards to write and emails to send. After all, our democracy is at stake.