Several weeks ago I attended a special event in Hammond
known as The Legislative Hobnob sponsored by the chamber of commerce chapters
in our area. Several of our legislators were invited and a few showed up
to present the legislative packages they were proposing for the upcoming
session.
All stressed the fact of how important it was to hear
their constituents’ concerns regarding issues in our state. I found that part
of their presentation somewhat amusing. Have you ever emailed your
representative and gotten a reply? If so, please let me know which ones
did answer. I have emailed many representatives in our surrounding area
and have NEVER received a reply. Not even an automated acknowledgement
that they received my emails.
Now granted, an automated reply doesn’t guarantee that
they will read your email, but at least it isn’t so blatantly obvious that they
just don’t care, and besides, it’s just plain bad manners not to respond in
some fashion.
Perhaps our elected government servants set up email
accounts because it’s the politically correct thing to do, give people the
impression that they are concerned about the ‘average guys/gals’ concerns.
Oh, and by the way, it is not just our
legislators. BESE members and the governor’s office also never
respond. Nothing , it’s like your email has been delivered to some ‘black
hole’ in space.
In fact, the only state official ever to respond was John
White, State Superintendent of Education. Don’t know how he does it, but
he almost immediately responds on his iPhone, and it is not automated.
So the rulers of our state need to stop fooling us, and
save the tax payers some money (yes, your taxes pay for their email service) by
cancelling their email accounts. For if you’re not a member of a
PAC, a powerful lobby group, or big campaign contributor, most likely our
elected and appointed PUBLIC servants will not even extend to you the common
courtesy of acknowledging your time for writing to them.
Maybe we should just keep a list of who doesn’t respond
and publish it in the news media during election time.
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