My Thoughts - Citizen Involvement

I don't have a solution for the problem I'm about to gripe about, but naturally, being me, I'll gripe anyway. Public meetings on local issues are a necessity, but I feel only the folks on the extreme can afford to attend. I work full time, go to law school, and have four kids. I can't spend an evening refuting the frenzied obsessions of some of the people who leave flyers on my door calling for "action!" on nonexistent problems. Install a speed bump on a busy thoroughfare because of "hot rodders"? Jezus Kochanie, Ike ain't President anymore. Go watch Wheel of Fortune at the home and be quiet.