Everyone should try, Marsha...that's my point...but they should at least do a minimum of research to make sure that at least they and/or their representatives know what they are talking about...and this applies in both court and in negotiations.

In negotiations you'll just get ignored if you don't...in court it might actually cost you real money for wasting the taxpayers' time and money with ridiculous arguments.

No one should be discouraged from participating...but part of the duty of participation should be encouraging people to do a little research, too, so that their participation does some good, rather than harm.

Fish on...

Todd