Exactly, how many people never step foot in an airplane but we all get to pay for the airport . Too much me, me needs to be more we, we. That said we need to take a serious look at the we, we projects and more citizens need to put their 2 cents in more often. Thee has been too many public projects over the years that have been a waste.  Sign up for your state representative email newsletters and get several more from different political party's.  Go to town hall meetings and when your rep in in his office in town drop by for a cha, they love that, in fact go so often they get to know you by name. I have to say that my GOP state representative Paul Seaton is gracious. And spare me from another round of picking on the usual suspects for ruining this state, the teachers, state workers, firefighters, police an of course the "welfare" people, least we not forge them. Volunteer at your local food bank, the only ones not looking for work are the seniors ( really old ones) and the disabled.