LAS VEGAS, NV — From the overhead projector, the following message flashed on the screen in front of the room: “One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
Unfortunately, less than 20 Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) members were in attendance to read the quote, which was attributed to Plato. Then again, presenters Bob Axelrod, Cher Coker, and Chris Colditz did not necessarily count on addressing an overflow crowd at ACCA’s 2001 annual convention, held here recently at the Rio Casino Resort. They knew their seminar topic, “How to Affect Change in State Politics,” was not going to be the main attraction of this particular morning’s session offerings.