I salute all of you who are on the front lines in your communities working to change your ordinances. I would like to get an OC group going in Louisville so we can start working with our Metro Council to bring our city into compliance with state law.
Considering HB 500 was passed with overwhelming Democrat support, it might be helpful to do some name dropping when you speak to your local officials who may also be Democrats. It is easy enough to pull up the cosponsor list and the vote tallies to show them the shear numbers of their fellow Democrats (particularly those in leadership positions in the House and the Senate's minority caucus) who cosponsored and/or voted for the bill. Only a handful of Democrats voted against it. Use their party affiliation against them. And if the Democrat council members or mayors you are talking to still won't budge then find out who the House Rep and/or Senator for that area is. If they too are Democrat why not call them or send them a note explaining that some of their fellow Democrats are dragging their feet bringing their local ordinances into compliance with a state law that they were instrumental in getting through the General Assembly.
These guys at the local and state levels at some point or another will get together at fundraisers and other Democrat Party functions. I guarantee if enough pressure is put on the legislators, they'll put the pressure on their fellow party members at the local level to stop stonewalling us in violation of the clearly stated intent of the General Assembly. I know some of may not be registered Democrats but if we've got the numbers of Democrats on our side like we do with HB 500 then why not use that in our favor?