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Obviously any group that has to have funding also needs to get attention to their issues.

People underestimate the impact they can have on the process through contact with legislators. By being part of an organized group in an area that you have an interest in, you can multiply the impact of your own ideas.

I think any advocate who is effective has fully acquainted himself or herself with the legislator they are going to meet. Know what committees they are on, what issues they are interested in, all in an effort to build a bridge for communicating with them.

I have no idea what goes on in another person's mind. As a legislator, I need to be good at persuading people, counting votes and getting to 50 percent plus one. I don't go back and say, 'Why did this person get to the right position?' It's only, 'Are you yes or are you no?'

If you push down that pyramid of power and spread out the base, every member gets a chance to file their bill and have it heard and file their amendment and have it heard, as opposed to the system that we have now, which closes out, closes down bills, limits debate, and so forth.

It seems the only way to gain attention today is to organize a march and protest something.

The state of our state needs serious attention.

There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better.

When you're a performer, you have to please a large audience. And when you're in politics, you have to please a large audience, too.

People look for their leadership to lead.