MassPIRG

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Someone from MassPIRG dropped by last night trying to get me to sign up. The spiel, as I understood it: global warming is a problem. Check. Mr. W isn't going to do anything about it. Check. If I join MassPIRG, then maybe the esteemed Mr. Romney will. Uh, huh? It's not obvious to me that (a) Massachusetts, on its own, can cause significant changes in emissions policy, (b) our Republican presidential-candidate governor is motivated to address this issue, or that (c) my joining your organization makes a difference in any of this.

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I've been the kid going door to door (though thankfully it was for Sierra Club, which has much better name recognition and so is much easier than canvassing for PIRGs). I had fabulous managers who acknowledged that you won't ever be able to canvass well for something you don't wholeheartedly believe in. I suspect the MassPIRG kids I've seen on Newbury St. and in T-stops haven't been trained quite the same way.