Activism has its rewards. This is pretty cool.

[proud2BlibKansan]

I posted in June about the bill I lobbied for.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5878134

Yesterday I was given a framed copy, signed by the governor!



A brief summary - two of my students' families were renters who lost their homes when the landlord didn't pay the mortgage and the bank foreclosed. They were given no warning; one family came home from work one afternoon to find their belongings in the front yard. I was shocked to find this was perfectly legal and renters who don't pay their rent and are evicted have more legal protection than those who do pay their rent but the landlord doesn't pay the mortgage.

So I emailed the state rep who serves the district where my school is and she wrote a bill and it passed. Renters will now get 10 days' notice when their home is a foreclosure.

Knowing that bill passed was enough of a reward so this framed copy is just icing on the cake.

Lesson here: keep on writing, calling and bugging the you know what out of your elected officials. I figured I started contacting mine about 40 years ago and it sure feels good to know they DO listen once in awhile. LOL

:patriot: :woohoo: :patriot: :bounce: :patriot: :woohoo: :patriot: :bounce:

[alsame]

1. Good for you!!

[DearAbby]

2. Congrats, proud moment indeed

and you have an heirloom to pass down to your family. :patriot:

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. Unless I am buried with it!

LOL

[DearAbby]

7. lol...you wouldn't do that...hahahahha

or would you? :evilgrin:

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. Depends on how mad I am at my family when I go

:evilgrin:

LOL

[Capn Sunshine]

4. Rock ON!

That's a good thing you've done.

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. Feels pretty good.

:)

[bigtree]

5. so cool

. . . the framed copy too

[proud2BlibKansan]

17. Thanks

[Forkboy]

6. That's awesome.

Congrats to you! :toast:

If people can find the time, I suggest hand written letters to their reps. If for no other reason than to remind us how to actually write instead of type. :)

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. I am going to have the kids do that!

I am figuring if a bunch of young constituents write this rep, who knows what other laws we may be able to see passed.

[RoccoR5955]

8. Thank You for serving our democracy

and participating in it! More people should do the same thing. I know that I do, and my only reward is that we have good a good local government in town and an adequate one in the County. The State (New York) is a different story, as is the Federal, though my district has outstanding representation there, with the exception of the State Senate.

I keep doing what I do, because I know that it is what the Founding Fathers wanted from us all... Participation!

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. Amen!

:toast:

[flvegan]

13. How does this thread have only 14 Recs? Fantastic work by a DUer

and only 14 recs? Come on folks, jeez.

Nice job, and you got something nice to show for it.

[proud2BlibKansan]

16. You are too kind

:hug:

[prolesunited]

14. Great job

Sick of the bitching here. Way to get something done! YOU ROCK!

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. Thanks

[TexasObserver]

18. Recommend

[proud2BlibKansan]

23. Thank you

That means a lot :)

[Heidi]

19. proud2BlibKansan, you rock! Recommended!

:kick:

[PeaceNikki]

20. That is awesome, BUT

is 10 days enough? In some cases that's not even enough time to get another paycheck. :(

You should write again and ask for 30. ;)

In any case, something is certainly better than nothing and kudos for your work in making progress to protect the working class! :toast:

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. No it's not enough but it's more than they got before I wrote the state rep

Everything's a process.

[PeaceNikki]

22. Indeed. Again, nice work!

[Blue_Tires]

24. kick

[Naturyl]

25. Nice work, grats.

That was a blatantly unfair situation and you can be proud of having helped to correct it.