I'm willing to go to meetings as DC suggested. My only problem with that is that I work evenings, when most meetings are held, but I'm going to try to make it to some on my nights off. Chipcom knows a lot about the political insider track, but I'm afraid I don't have the time or temperament to get involved on that level.
The last big issue lately for cycling was a couple years ago. The city had grant money to restripe a busy street with bike lanes. GM and their parts suppliers got over ahundred people to show up at a city council meeting to argue against bike lanes. They thought bike lanes would make the hundreds of trucks late on their schedules to shuttle partially assembled cars from plant to plant. Of course the bike lanes were voted down.