If their trash isn't picked up, well, the mayor's office isn't that far. Talk to the man. A governor can be a little more insulated. The state's a big place. There are plenty of state agencies to be referred to before an audience is granted, and if you get the governor's ear, he's just going to send you back to the bureaucracy anyway.
Legislators can always flee into session.
Senators and members of Congress are usually hundreds of miles away in Washington. The president is the most insulated of all, and he couldn't do much about your trash pickup anyway. Sometimes, as Archer did, he's even picking up the trash. In a big city, the job is relentless. You can be somewhere 24 hours a day, and still people will expect to see more of you.