@incitatus@mastodonapp.uk Sounds reliable to me. When I was a local elected official, there were a few folks who regularly came to our public input sessions to speak on proposed resolutions. Before too long, I knew who was who, and was able to learn the publicly available biographies of each. It took me only a few weeks into my term before I could be sure of which side I was on by taking note of what the monied interests wanted, and just doing the opposite.