How to Pour on the Pressure!

A Step-by-Step Plan To Go After Your Targeted Legislators During Legislative Season or During Election Season! If you’ve been following the articles here for any length of time, then you know that we’re all about mobilizing our members to confront politicians. We’re not trying to make politicians – – be they city council members, county Read more about How to Pour on the Pressure![…]

It’s Not Over Until It’s Over — When They Threaten Your Bill, It’s Time to Fight Back

Use these tactics to jump in the legislative mud-pit and start swinging! “It’s hopeless, the whip count shows us down 11 votes and we’re just a week out from the vote.” This was the text message I received last year from our bill sponsor in the legislature in Missouri, eight days before the one-day veto Read more about It’s Not Over Until It’s Over — When They Threaten Your Bill, It’s Time to Fight Back[…]

Robocalls: When You Have to Act Fast!

Cheap and effective ways to mobilize people to action, fast If you work for a fairly established grassroots non-profit political organization, you hopefully have the budget to mobilize your members using direct mail, mass emails, social media, radio ads, and more. And during a protracted legislative project you are hopefully doing all of that. But Read more about Robocalls: When You Have to Act Fast![…]