codegeek wrote: > No one is looking at this problem objectively... I know it appears that way. But there are 100s of orgs working every single issue from all

codegeek wrote: > No one is looking at this problem objectively... I know it appears that way. But there are 100s of orgs working every single issue from all sides. It's very, very challenging for these elites (experts) to get any attention. Death of journalism. Everyone's already overwhelmed. There's a zillion issues to care about. Consequently, most issue central orgs now focus on direct lobbying. FWIW, I was a serious activist (2004-2012). Media was a huge time sink. In retrospect, I wish we'd just focused on lobbying. Paul Houle wrote: > Democrats refuse to see the [housing] problem... I have friends working on housing issues. Policy people absolutely understand the shape and scope. And the developers I've spoken with (casually, not policy work) do too and have been clear eyed about the situation. My local party org does dozens of endorsement interviews every year. Housing has long been a hot issue. The sad truth is that NIMBY has been the norm. It's a mistake to think "Democrats" are left-wing, or are as "progressive" as we'd hope. Being "progressive" is usually on just 1 or 2 issues. Like a candidate who has been awesome on LBGTQ issues being utterly opposed to upzoning. (Further, my town now only elects "Democrats". So all the competitive candidates label themselves "Democrat", which has very low predictive power what their actual positions are.)