Letters to Politicians
Bernie Veldman
Description
Collection
Title:
Letters to Politicians
Creator:
Bernie Veldman
Date:
9/25/2002
Text:
For what it is worth, I heard an interview on the radio with a former
Congressional aide. He claims that many of the politicians now have
automated replies and neither them nor their staff even see most of the
e-mails that they receive. Typed letters or computer generated form
letters get about the same weight.
A handwritten letter, however, is said to represent 1,000 voters who
feel the same way, but did not take the time to write their Congressman.
They will always get a response and are taken very seriously.
Imagine if each of us sat down tonight and spent ½ hour hand-writing a
letter to our Congressman or Congresswoman…or Congressperson…or
whatever.
I do not know how reliable this is, but I have to say, it makes a great
deal of sense.
By the way, where is the web-site with a list of all of the addresses to
send letters to our elected officials?
Bernie T. Veldman
BOC Orthotist
<Email Address Redacted>
www.surestep.net
Congressional aide. He claims that many of the politicians now have
automated replies and neither them nor their staff even see most of the
e-mails that they receive. Typed letters or computer generated form
letters get about the same weight.
A handwritten letter, however, is said to represent 1,000 voters who
feel the same way, but did not take the time to write their Congressman.
They will always get a response and are taken very seriously.
Imagine if each of us sat down tonight and spent ½ hour hand-writing a
letter to our Congressman or Congresswoman…or Congressperson…or
whatever.
I do not know how reliable this is, but I have to say, it makes a great
deal of sense.
By the way, where is the web-site with a list of all of the addresses to
send letters to our elected officials?
Bernie T. Veldman
BOC Orthotist
<Email Address Redacted>
www.surestep.net
Citation
Bernie Veldman, “Letters to Politicians,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 6, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/219632.
