Local office positions are incredibly important, and I think a lot of people overlook that importance.

Just this morning, I saw a post about how some Texas county was going to implement an abortion “travel ban” but Amarillo’s city council was not going to (https://beehaw.org/post/9016863).

They are both in Texas, they are both governed by the same state laws, but just having a different city council made a significant difference.

This is why every time there’s an election, I never skip the local election portion, it might make an even bigger difference in my day to day than my district representative (this is doubly so for school board positions if you have kids).

All this to say that if you have the mental bandwidth, energy, and time, to hold a local office position, you can absolutely make a huge difference.

Don’t give in to the ambient cynicism. All levels of government matter and public service is meaningful and commendable. As for fixing things long term… nothing is fixed forever unfortunately, but that’s no reason not to strive for solidarity and sustainability.