Outside Office

For a third day in the row, the capitol doors were shut to the public despite a court order.  Tectonically, they were letting people in.  But it was an extremely small number of people and it took hours to get in; and was not in complacence with the court order.  Hearings were ongoing regarding that issue.  People were frustrated and angry.

Walking around the capitol I found four democratic assembleymen outside with their desks.  They made the decision that if their constituents could not go inside to see them, they would go outside.  They created and spoke with constituents in freezing cold weather.  While this is a theatric event, it does show a stark difference.  No republican has been publicly against the closing of the doors, and few have supported.  The Democrats are showing their support for the people by being outside.  By publicly opposing the closed capitol.  The Republicans are making the Democrats appear to be more sympathetic to the people.