Don’t get the wrong idea. You can save the day, but not if you ride into your state capital like the Lone Ranger, perhaps with only one trusty sidekick behind you. You need hundreds, thousands of sidekicks, all willing to back your cause with letters and phone calls. You need people who will testify to their own experiences as a further incentive for lawmakers to pass your bill. And you need to remember that non-officials may also benefit from your legislation. They too must be convinced to join the posse.
In the end, though, it all comes back to you and, OK, maybe one or two really trusty sidekicks. Someone needs to make a plan, organize the offensive and give it direction: someone less like the Lone Ranger and more like General Patton — someone like you.