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Republican Senator Sends Cease-and-Desist Letter to Constituent for Calling Too Much
What a change one election has made.
If more politicians had this problem more of the time, we would have a better country.
WISCONSIN GOP SENATOR RON JOHNSON has been avoiding his constituents lately. Last week, a group of constituents even held a town hall about health care without him, after he declined to attend. (He held a telephone town hall instead).
Now one of Johnsons constituents has received a cease-and-desist letter from the senators office, demanding that he stop calling the senator and stop trying to meet with his staff. The letter to Earl Good of Milwaukee instructs him to only contact the office in writing from now on.
Good is a Vietnam veteran and attentive constituent who, in an interview with his local CBS station, acknowledged that he has been very persistent in his attempts to get through to the office and talk to the senators staff about issues that concern him, including the possible privatization of the Veterans Administration.
He acknowledged that he once called 83 times before someone picked up the phone.
https://theintercept.com/2017/03/02/wisconsin-republican-senator-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-to-constituent-for-calling-too-much/
Now one of Johnsons constituents has received a cease-and-desist letter from the senators office, demanding that he stop calling the senator and stop trying to meet with his staff. The letter to Earl Good of Milwaukee instructs him to only contact the office in writing from now on.
Good is a Vietnam veteran and attentive constituent who, in an interview with his local CBS station, acknowledged that he has been very persistent in his attempts to get through to the office and talk to the senators staff about issues that concern him, including the possible privatization of the Veterans Administration.
He acknowledged that he once called 83 times before someone picked up the phone.
https://theintercept.com/2017/03/02/wisconsin-republican-senator-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-to-constituent-for-calling-too-much/
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Republican Senator Sends Cease-and-Desist Letter to Constituent for Calling Too Much (Original Post)
yurbud
Mar 2017
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BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)1. Johnson thinks this makes him look good? lol
Democrats have a bundle of ready made ads from jerks like him. EIGHTY THREE TIMES before anyone even answers the phone, yea, he can't wait to help you!
Bill USA
(6,436 posts)2. while lobbyists have him on speed dial.