This post is essentially a promoted comment (yes, my own) from last week.
On June 9th, I received a phone call from Rep. Sheila Jones’ (D-44) campaign asking me to vote for her in the July 20th primary. I was actually surprised that she had primary opposition because I hadn’t heard anything about this race.
After the phone call, I went to her website to see what she’s been doing the last two years. Unfortunately, her “News” section had not been updated since 2007.
The same day, I sent her an email and after introducing myself said, “I went to your site and was disappointed to learn that the most updated information was from 2007. Can you perhaps tell me what you’ve done in the last two years to earn my vote again.”
I received a response a few days later that stated she had stopped updating the site after her mother became sick in 2007, but that she had sent out “emails as updates” and “held meetings.” She then said she would be updating her site soon.
There was not a single mention of what she’s been doing for the last two years as my Representative. Her mother, by the way, passed away in July of 2008.
After reading JasonC’s post, I checked her site again and her “News” section is now blank. Not to mention, her Welcome message still states, “During my four years as the people’s representative..” even though she’s been the “people’s” representative for six years.
If you can’t tell me what you’ve done to earn my vote, then I’m not giving it to you. Hell, she could have simply copied and pasted a portion of her last constituent email to let me know what she’s been working on.
And so when I looked to see what she had sponsored in the last two years, I found that she sponsored 33 pieces of legislation, 24 of which were to recognize, commend or offer condolences. One of the substantive pieces, relating to health and morals, would have made it a crime to sell a cell phone to a person under the age of eighteen without parental consent.
All this being said, I probably agree with the vast majority of Rep. Jones’ positions. But, I’m voting for Steven Lee because representatives should listen and respond to their constituents.
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