Back in the day when the forum and I were a bit younger, I spent a lot of my OCDO time in the Washington forum. At that time, the knowledge, perspective and gains were only being matched by activists in Virginia and the VCDL. A family member who is LEO near a major WA city, was always surprised at my accurate knowledge of WA law, carry movement and higher profile, but still local, cases involving firearms or LEO shootings all of which was entirely due to this state sub-forum.
In short, this particular state forum and its state members taught me and many others on OCDO much about OC, effective organizing, FOIA, etc. MO is just now addressing some things that WA forum members were actively accomplishing nearly a decade ago, such as carry on public transportation. I am thrilled that all of you have been so successful and have much gratitude for the long timers here for their invaluable information and trial blazing.
I suspect it is because of that graciously shared wisdom, activism and sometimes hard-knocks, 6, 7, 8 years ago, that the Washington forum had so many non-Washington OCDO members reading and commenting on your threads. I have not been very active on OCDO over the last several years due to other obligations but for the newer members here, your state forum and its early members created a rich heritage on OCDO and a long list of accomplishment for which you should all be proud.