Which is better...

[Subdeacon Joe]

Do I send one letter listing all the bills I want my state senator/assemblyman to oppose? Or do I send one letter for each bill? How about to the governor?

Which do you think is the most effective?

[Colonel Dan, SASS #24025]

Politicians are impressed by great numbers...of calls, emails, letters and people. Therefore, I suggest you send one letter per bill followed by one email per bill followed by one phone call per bill...and so on. I think you get the idea.

[Virgil Ray Hality, SASS# 37355]

I currently do one per legislation per elected official. its a bit tedious but I am up for it and PA does not have the same number of issues that CA does. Thanks goodness

[Subdeacon Joe]

That's what I have been doing, one per bill. I was just wondering if a great, massive Juggernaut of a letter, with the 28 bill numbers and titles might not be more of an eye opener.

In the past when I have done the one per, followed up with phone calls, I had the staff at my assemblymans office tell me I might as well not bother with more letters and calls - that worthy knew what was best for us and didn't want or need outside opinions, especially those that contradicted his. Got basically the same comments from the offices of Barbara Boxer and Lynn Woolsey. Nice, eh?

[Cliff Hanger #3720LR]

More letters but with strength of conviction.

 

Each letter to address 1 bill but at the bottom list the other bills and your position on them without comments.

 

Next letter same format but move all bills up one and move top bill to bottom of list.

 

This way you can comment your opinion on each bill and the list will be a summary of all the bills with your stance.

 

On front of envelope, put bill number with no comment. Make them open it. This way they can toss your letter in to the specific stack for a given bill.

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Name of recipient / regarding SB-###

address

etc.

[Subdeacon Joe]

More letters but with strength of conviction.

 

Each letter to address 1 bill but at the bottom list the other bills and your position on them without comments.

 

Next letter same format but move all bills up one and move top bill to bottom of list.

 

This way you can comment your opinion on each bill and the list will be a summary of all the bills with your stance.

 

On front of envelope, put bill number with no comment. Make them open it. This way they can toss your letter in to the specific stack for a given bill.

-----------------------

Name of recipient / regarding SB-###

address

etc.

 

Nice touch! Thank you.