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Hecate knows how easy it is for ordinary citizens to get lost in and around all the imposing public buildings in the capital city. Hecate knows how even the most experienced community leaders can be intimidated by bustling bureaucrats and puffed up politicians hurrying through the wide marble halls of the capitol building. You are all encouraged to ask Hecate anything you want and she will even answer you in private if you want.

Hecate knows how especially important it is for insiders to sort through the official and unofficial information sources and figure out who's doing what to whom and why. Some are just waiting around and tracking all the rumors because they need to be able to insert their issue into a fast moving supplemental budget or related bill. Some want to be able to write a story, or be the source for one that analyzes a policy maker's motivation and predicts her behavior. Others just want to get in the middle of it because it's dangerous and fun. (Sort of surfing the waves in the eye of a hurricane.) And still others think they are supposed to know what's going on and are trying to figure out why they've been left out of the loop. Insiders are welcome to ask Hecate for advice too, but be advised, Hecate doesn't pretend she knows what's really going on. Her motto comes from Frank Mankowitz as quoted by Hunter Thompson in Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail. "Keep your own counsel and don't pay attention to anything you see or hear."

Submit a question for Hecate's Blog to Hecate@realclout.org, and, if she thinks your question is particularly interesting and the answer might be helpful to a wide audience, she will post them here. If the question is too complicated, inappropriate, or rude, she won't.