Congressman Rob Bishop just sent out a mailer attacking the recently passed recovery package, offering vague references to an "alternative" he would have rather seen pass, and letting those he represents know just how important it was to him to stay "connected to constituents."
To that end, Congressman Bishop indicated in the mailer "One of the main purposes of this mailer is to let you know that over the next couple of weeks Rob will be hosting multiple town halls over the telephone, so he may be calling you and others in your area soon!" How nice of the Congressman to indicate his willingness to pre-select people to call for a town hall meeting over the phone without even bothering to tell people exactly when the call might occur.
If Congressman Bishop really wanted our opinion on issues, wouldn't he provide us with a date, time and a phone number we could call to share our concerns? Calling what will almost certainly be a list of friendly Republican constituents at an undisclosed time and date so even they can't plan on being home to take the call hardly shouts "I care what you think!!"
According to the mailer Congressman Bishop will be using your tax dollars again shortly to send out another mailer "announcing a series of regular in-person town hall meetings throughout northern Utah" to be held in April. Presumably in that mailing he will tell us when and where those meetings will be held.
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If Congressional Representative Bishop really wanted to gain oppinions from his constituents, he could conduct an online meeting or webinar to present his ideas and receive constituents reactions. This is typical political bovine fecal matter in which you try to look concerned while actually ignoring constituents.
The master of this was Ronald Reagan whose handlers would choose a venue to make him look concerned about the issues without ever really addressing the issue. He would present some vague generalities with which everyone would agree and offer nothing specific.
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