This was really a valiant effort, reasonable, right, articulate,and just, and so it was shock that I saw the final vote. The total effort, which I admire and respect, failed. Our message is not respected politically. And, our efforts remain with ourselves, preaching to the choir. We have diffuculty getting beyond our circle.
Many editors now publish their email addresses.
They do that because they want communication. I have established online relationships with editors by forwarding interesting posts which they find useful for opinion and editorial pieces. I do this two or three times a week, and they thank me for the input, correspondence, and ideas. I think we failed also because the act and the issue are so difficult to understand. Refute that idea in twenty-five words or less.