Senator Brown’s Response can be found here.
Maybe the others are taking more time with the letter; maybe they are drafting a more thorough and thoughtful response; maybe they are getting together to figure out how to actually help stop a crisis before it escalates.
In any event, while Senator Brown’s response was ambiguous and careless, he did respond quickly. Despite Obama’s election, people are still losing confidence in our elected politicians. To the other members of the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation, some of you are outstanding in your areas, but I would still strongly encourage investing more time into constituent concerns.
Please share widely!
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p>Maybe these two facts are related? Perhaps the “respond quickly” has something to do with the “ambiguous and careless”?
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p>Maybe the others are drafting a “more thorough and thoughtful response”, something few would expect from Brown.
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p>Did you want it done fast, or done well?
I think it’s important to note that some of these guys are a bit rusty when it comes to constitutent service. The issue of student loans isn’t rocket science. It’s an problem that’s as old as Sallie Mae. Someone in the office should be able to craft a letter in a reasonable amount of time. Just saying….
To put this into context, when I called Senator Kerry’s office to follow up on my letter I was told it could take about two months to receive a response. Not a well-planned response, but just a response.
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p>I appreciate that elected officials are busy and their time may be valuable, but their needs to be more effort put into helping the people that elect them to office.
Who’s your US Representative?
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p>Kerry is notoriously bad. That’s not news. If either of the Reps you wrote to were your own, it might be interesting. But it is a bit odd that you submitted it to Capuano and Frank.
Capuano is my representative, and because of the committees Frank sits on it fell within his scope of expertise.
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p>Part of a larger conversation is that perception is everything, and clearly with a Brown win the GOP is going after Massachusetts. If people think that Brown is more and better engaged with his constituents, regardless if it is true or not, then he stands a better chance of being reelected. If Capuano is still planning on running against Brown, he needs to be able to compete. If Kerry wants to fill Ted Kennedy’s shoes as the senior senator, he needs to really step up his game.
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p>They all need to step up their game.