Road Trip To Tallahassee

I know I've been slow at blogging with the holidays. Hopefully now that everything has calmed down more, I can catch up.

Back in December, Julie Townsend, Pam Childers, and myself went to Tallahassee to lobby at the Senate Transportation Committee on behalf of ourselves, our neighbors and Julie for Lakeland. By a stroke of luck we were in the hall in the Senate when one of the Representitives called from the House of Representatives to say that CSX and FDOT were at the House speaking.

That led to a flight of the bumble bee run to the House, which is across a large room into a different building, or it felt like a different part of the same building.

I won't say I'm here to tell you everything that went on, hopefully everyone read that in the newspapers, but I will say that if you have never spoken in a public forum before, you should.

Be it city, county or state level, get involved and go for it.

I had someone recently say to me that government is set up to intimidate, which I will agree. But he also said shame on me for being intimidated. I should stand on my own two feet and speak. I also agree.

I guess the lesson for the new year is go for it, you'll never know until you try and it is very empowering. Be it CSX, taxes, roads or schools, whatever your passion is, speak up. If you don't, you have no right to complain.

Have a great New Year!!!