Hitting the Books

I read the following statement with sinking heart.

From the March issue of Romance Writer’s Report:

“The Legislative Action Committee will consider the advisability and feasibility of establishing a romance writers’ political action committee for collecting and distributing political contributions and will identify other industry PACs that may be mutually beneficial in partnering with RWA.”

NO! NO! NO! NO!

Please, don’t politicize RWA! If I really am a minority voice among romance writers, I don’t want the majority pushing for laws and candidates that are antithetical to my own. Even worse, I fear that my RWA dues will go to support such things. Argh.

I’m writing a letter to the editor (tho’ I’ve little hope of it actually accomplishing anything). I hope this bad idea comes to nothing, but if it does go through, I’ll have to leave the RWA. Which sucketh mightily for me.

Sigh. Politics stinks up the wazoo (and I live less than an hour south of D.C., so I can say that with certainty)

What do you think?

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