Since he took office, Jerry has worked to be open, available and accessible to his constituents, holding over 40 Congress at Your Corner sessions all across the District. Now the Congressman has begun another program to connect with constituents: the Telephone Town Hall.
In a recent editorial, The Independent complimented Jerry for his efforts:
On June 27 he went high-tech with that noble American institution, the town hall meeting, holding an hour-long session in which constituents vented their concerns to him from their homes via a special phone call-in setup.
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The congressman reportedly enjoyed the dialogue and plans to hold more of these town hall call-ins. We encourage him to do so. It delights us to see that in Jerry McNerney’s 11th Congressional District, participatory democracy seems to grow stronger every day.
You can read the full editorial from The Independent here (Page 4.)
I think it is a shame that the workers will be affected at the state level by rolling back their paychecks to the ww 11 era. I think the paychecks of the state congressman should also be dinged to ww II era. Maybe Arnold is just trying to put a scare into the congress, but I think this was a bad move on his part.
Posted by: Debra Day | July 25, 2008 at 08:45 AM