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H2O Man

(79,257 posts)
Thu Aug 14, 2025, 11:33 PM Aug 2025

That's great!

Thank you! I appreciate it.

Ask for a response ..... a letter or e-mail. Let them know that you will share it publicly.

(Many years ago, perhaps when you were but a twinkle in your mother's eyes, I got a response from a U.S. Senator on my letter voicing opposition to the Reagan wars in Central America. The first letter thanked me for supporting the president, promising that he would, too. A day later, I got a second letter, pretty much saying, "Wait! We sent the wrong letter! Here is our real position!" I immediately drove both to one of the largest newspapers in our region, and showed them to the editor. The paper reported this. That Senator's office never took my calls or responded to my letters after that.)

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