actually, letter writing is effective. i'm the vice president of the Youth for Socialist Action chapter at my university, we write letters all the time. a few months ago we wrote (which means we reproduced and had people sign) 520 letters urging the city council to allow the constuction of a rubber bike path in the local park, they were considering adding another fountain but we thought it would be wiser and more beneficial to the community to add a bike path....and it worked, they are currently making plans to add the path by 2009,and we are being updated with its progress, we meet regularily with the public works and community develoment programs here. take amnesty international, most of thier success is owed to the letters they write, using the reproduction method.
lobbying works better but letters also hold weight.
if i can find the letter i wrote to mikulski, i'll sticky it....as for, start writing