So much for that plan...

[liz_marcs]

As it turns out, the my Congressman's Town Hall Meeting was listed incorrectly.

It was held August 6, not September 6.

Note to self: Next time, call and confirm with the congressman's office when you see a town hall meeting scheduled for him.

On the upside, there were a couple of us who showed up. On the downside, the nice people in the temple were mighty confused about why we all had the wrong date for the meeting.

So, there was no LULZ, nor anything else to report.

*ponders*

I suppose I could go to Rep. Barney Frank's next town hall meeting since he represents the congressional district next door to me. The LULZ will certainly be in full force there if only because it's Barney Frank that's involved. That's not even taking into account that Frank is nothing if not entertaining.

However, Frank's already voting the way I want (as is my congressman, to be honest), so I guess my attendance will depend heavily on whether work is continuing to beat my ass.

Comments

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

OMG, Barney Frank makes me cheer at the TV; he gets to say all the things I want to say. Okay, maybe only some of them, but I'm glad somebody smacks back when the hecklers are being ridiculous. I was fortunate enough to grow up in his district; I still miss voting for him at poll time.

It's a funny thing being a liberal in a liberal state. I write my national and state representatives from time to time on issues that are very important to me, but since they pretty much always vote the way I want anyway I figure I'm just patting them on the back instead of influencing their decision in any meaningful way. I don't want to move to a contested state, but some days I feel like my voice would count more there.

[liz-marcs.livejournal.com]

I know exactly how you feel. I mean, Kerry, Kennedy, and Ed Markey are my Congressional Delegation, and they pretty much vote the way I want them to 90% of the time.

And there's no point calling calling out of district, because those other reps/senators aren't going to listen to you (and they really shouldn't because they're not representing you).

While I sometimes wish I lived in an area where I could influence the vote in a meaningful way, I realize that I kind of like living in a state that's so blue that you can see it glowing radioactively from space.

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

Go to Frank's anyway, if you can - don't forget the insurance industry is spending half a BILLION to push their demands, and that includes astroturfing--financing phony 'grassroots' screamers. And, in his case, homophobes.