p51 wrote:
As someone who knows a person who runs a Congressman's office, I can assure you these 'internet letter/petition' things are totally worthless. I've had long discussions with this person on the subject.
Yes, it's the era of e-mails, but anyone can send one with almost no effort. Especially when it's passed along by a group and they get repetitive contacts of the same thing, any lawmaker is going to have that weeded out at the intern level (my friend has interns doing exactly that). This is why you hear so much of lobyists, because they often physically show up or call the office (coherently so, too, not yelling and babbling, they blow those off as well).
When a group tells members to send e-mails to their representatives, it's either a comical lack of understanding of how the process really works or just an effort for said group to make it's members feel 'involved' when they're not accomplishing anything at all...
I, for one, appreciate your insight. I do find it interesting that you came to the apparent conclusion that (out of a total of 535 congressmen and women) all such office managers would govern their respective staff under the same operating credo as your acquaintance.
I'm assuming that EAA must have received comments along a similar line, thus the following post. Are there observations expressed which do not jibe with your understanding of the process? TIA
http://macsblog.com/2013/06/how-eaas-ra ... ess-works/The primary reason Rally Congress works so well is that the system has been designed cooperatively with the staffs of Senators and Congressmen. It is the office staffs that handle communications from constituents and they want to receive as many comments as possible. But they need the communication to be in a form that can be read and analyzed and tabulated efficiently.
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