fox_whisper85 said:
So you're saying it's not all doom and gloom to make our voices heard in letters, phone calls, etc?

It might work? Maybe? Most likely not, but possibly? You still run into the issue of party voters and single-issue voters. Sure, you can tell an elected politician "I won't like it if you make this decision!" but that has no bite unless there's a valid threat of them losing the next election because of this issue. It's STILL effectively meaningless if they then lose to another candidate of the same party who would make the same decision. In areas that consistently vote one way or another because their constituents are party voters or single-issue voters, there's no incentive for them to change their decision.