I like this attitude:
"I let him know I'm here as a resource, I'm not an activist, I'm not trying to be a pain in his ass," Petersen added. "I think it's a feature that government moves slowly; you don't want them to do rash things with taxpayer money. But it's a problem in the middle of a crisis."
Most people see potholes on their street and publicly complain that the government is terrible and works too slowly, instead of helping their local government become less terrible by working with them.
Most people see potholes on their street and publicly complain that the government is terrible and works too slowly, instead of helping their local government become less terrible by working with them.