If I asked you to name the mayor of your hometown, could you do it? Sure.
What about the town council? Most of them, right?
Governor of your state? Easy. Legislators? Maybe.
The further we get away from where we pick up our mail – and the further down the chain of command we go – the less we pay attention to the details, espe- cially in politics.
We know full-well when President Obama signs or kills a bill, but very few of us follow the details to that point. And at that point it’s too late to do anything about it.
I found myself Googling the name of the state representative that serves my hometown recently. I was ashamed.
To be clear, I live in a seriously gerrymandered district where you could hit a golf ball from my district into about three others. But that’s no excuse.
