{"id":636,"date":"2011-02-24T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2011\/02\/24\/advocacy-through-fresh-eyes\/"},"modified":"2014-02-10T15:48:11","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T23:48:11","slug":"advocacy-through-fresh-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2011\/02\/24\/advocacy-through-fresh-eyes\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocacy Through Fresh Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bicycle Alliance member Kristi Moen attended her first Transportation Advocacy Day this year.\u00a0 She shares her impressions of the event in this guest blog post. <\/i><\/div>\n
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Be pleasant, be friendly, smile. That was the number one tip for successfully advocating in Olympia. The advice was offered to those who converged at the state\u2019s capitol on February 10 in support of Transportation Advocacy Day. As it turned out, the advice was excellent. Being kind helps lawmakers better understand our viewpoints and relate to the issues on the table. <\/p><\/div>\n

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And as it turns out, you also have to be fast. The meetings with our legislators and our senator were only 15 minutes long. But that was long enough to understand where they stand on the bills in work this session and to explain why supporting them is good for the constituents. <\/div>\n
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Key issues were:<\/div>\n