Maybe it’s part of staffer’s training. But it seems like there are several techniques used to blow off voters:

The Thanks-for-calling approach
The We’ll-Get-back-to-You approach
The Congressperson ____ appreciates your interest approach. (This is usually a telemarketer script that they start out reading slow but then speed up to get rid of you)
The We’ll-E-mail-you-later-approach
Our staffperson _____ (who’s an expert in this area, by the way) will get back to you
The We’re-Not-Allowed-to-Comment-on-This Approach (even though it’s publically known)

And they wonder why so many people hate them….

“Most likely writing won’t do much good (sorry for sounding cynical, but after nearly a decade of dealing with Congress I dare say I’m being realistic)”

I am beginning to agree with you. A few months ago, there was an article in a small alternative weekly newspaper here in Tucson, Arizona about someone who had to wait three months for a response from my local congressman about a new law concerning the planned removal of trees from roadways by the Army Corps of Engineers. I had to wait for a year and a half to get a response from a dozen emails and letters and many visits. The response was in the form of a meeting with a (very) junior staff person, then despite my regular visitation to the office and regular email updates, I’m now being totally ignored without any response at all to what I presented to them. The issue is a reinvestigation into 9/11, which is touchy, but as things stand now, its left me similarly “realistic.” I still write them letters and emails though :/.

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