Well, it’s not much of an update. Just called his office again to find out when he was going to have a town hall meeting with real constituents like me. Answer: he won’t. Was he in the office? No. Would he be in the office tomorrow? No, he would be in meetings. I asked to be included. Nope. Why not? Not open to the public. NONE of his meetings during the recess are open to the public. The only “town hall” he’ll have is a telephone conference call.

I told Tiffany, his staffer, that I was again making a request to meet with him face to face. And I reminded her I had made this request many times over the past few months.

I also let her know that Harry was becoming infamous as one of the “Milk Carton” Democrats who apparently are afraid of their constituents and prefer to be “missing.” I also chuckled that ol’ Harry might find in the future that this type of constituent “service” might backfire in terms of getting himself reelected.

Do you, too, have a “Milk Carton Democrat” as one or more of your elected representatives in the House and Senate?

Thank you.

ColdWarrior

is not scheduling townhall meetins either. He is either sending his staff to a public library in the district for a few hours or is meeting on one of our military bases to meet with military families on military issues. Nothing so far for us normal folks. Email requests for information are not answered either.

“I will vote against the opinion of my constituents if I believe it will help them”.

Perhaps that statement is based Eric’s career in medical services or the health care / insurance industry?
But no… Eric owes his Congressional seat to his friend Wesley Clark (he was Clark’s military aide when both were active duty) and has no expertise in health care arena.

I knew Eric during his early Navy career, he’s not a guy that I would trust to follow his instincts regarding health care – or anything else for that matter. It hurts to say that about a fellow veteran, but it’s the truth.

Thanks for posting the video. I live in NY-29. Massa is my Represen… Congressman. He does not reply to my emails. I made an appointment through OFA (wink, wink) to meet with him last Monday (10 Aug). When I arrived he wasn’t there, nor was his staff prepared to receive me. I politely expressed my displeasure to his front office staff, left my contact information, and asked the staff to relay my request that Congressman Massa vote against HR 3200. I’ve met Massa’s only declared Republican challenger for 2010, Tom Reed, a couple of times. At his announcement event, Reed sounded like one of us. I bet Reed is thanking Massa tonight for this ready-made campaign ad!