Much as I hate to be a killjoy about something as important as this, I feel I must speak up. I was listening to NPR the other day, and Diane Rehm had someone on who worked for a congressman. Perhaps, this will give what I'm about to relate more weight.
What he said was, emailing your congressperson or senator isn't worth paper it's written on. The same goes for email petitions. They (the congresspeople) don't really pay that much attention to them. The one almost guaranteed way to get their attention is to call their local campaign office. Even better than that, is putting together a thoughtful letter to him/her.
I cannot begin to tell you the excitement inside that I have- every hour- I go to my fax- there are 5-10 pages of signatures!
College students all over the country are busy on campus' getting the petition signed! By Monday -all 50 Senators will have been faxed the B.A.T.E.'s Law information. We have signatures from Florida to Washington state!
I have been heavily involved in some interesting meetings..... new law here we come! Here is a note from an email we received:
"...we are very interested in helping to carry some legislation on the subject in the next session of the general assembly."
THANKS for all the help! Please keep the signature pages going! We are really getting some attention on this. I should be announcing soon when I will be going on TV!
Although I have been a part of these ex-way sites for about 7 years, I haven't been visiting too much lately. Your post caught my attention. I visited your blog. As I was writing down the number to fax my signature, I was suprised to see that we live not very far apart.
Please let me know if I can do anything besides fax a signature and get my own family involved with the same. I have a vested interest in child abuse, domestic abuse, and any other type of abuse. I went through the wringer years ago when I was going through a divorce with a still 'in' person and was trying to keep my kids out of TWI. I successfully did that, by court order, in a county near yours.
Although the circumstances are very different, what is the same is that you are fighting for the well being of children. It astounds me that the very children who were abused are not protected from the abusive monster! If I can do something besides fax a signature, I'll do it.
PM me or email me and let's chat. Let me know what I can do for you. I'll never forget that ex-way person who merely SAT in the courtroom with me...to the suprise of my ex-husband, his fellowship coordinator, and his Limb Coordinator. They all thought they were so smart by ganging up against me...and you should have seen their jaws drop to the floor when that guy showed up to testify against them! LOL!
I've emailed you (the address I found on your blog) as well.
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Best to you, Lisa.
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Much as I hate to be a killjoy about something as important as this, I feel I must speak up. I was listening to NPR the other day, and Diane Rehm had someone on who worked for a congressman. Perhaps, this will give what I'm about to relate more weight.
What he said was, emailing your congressperson or senator isn't worth paper it's written on. The same goes for email petitions. They (the congresspeople) don't really pay that much attention to them. The one almost guaranteed way to get their attention is to call their local campaign office. Even better than that, is putting together a thoughtful letter to him/her.
Back to your regularly scheduled thread.
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True - email petitions do not work - that is why you must fax me a signature! :) Thanks for the info though.
What I do is call and then FAX the B.A.T.E's law write-up to the senator, congressman etc. I also have appointments with them!
I'll keep everyone updated as much as possible!
Soon- you better be seeing me on TV!
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You guys are awesome!
I cannot begin to tell you the excitement inside that I have- every hour- I go to my fax- there are 5-10 pages of signatures!
College students all over the country are busy on campus' getting the petition signed! By Monday -all 50 Senators will have been faxed the B.A.T.E.'s Law information. We have signatures from Florida to Washington state!
Keep up the much appreciated work!
Lisa
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i just wrote you on the post in the "about the way" forum
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Good work, but it's only half done.
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Just an update...
I have been heavily involved in some interesting meetings..... new law here we come! Here is a note from an email we received:
"...we are very interested in helping to carry some legislation on the subject in the next session of the general assembly."
THANKS for all the help! Please keep the signature pages going! We are really getting some attention on this. I should be announcing soon when I will be going on TV!
Lisa
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Although I have been a part of these ex-way sites for about 7 years, I haven't been visiting too much lately. Your post caught my attention. I visited your blog. As I was writing down the number to fax my signature, I was suprised to see that we live not very far apart.
Please let me know if I can do anything besides fax a signature and get my own family involved with the same. I have a vested interest in child abuse, domestic abuse, and any other type of abuse. I went through the wringer years ago when I was going through a divorce with a still 'in' person and was trying to keep my kids out of TWI. I successfully did that, by court order, in a county near yours.
Although the circumstances are very different, what is the same is that you are fighting for the well being of children. It astounds me that the very children who were abused are not protected from the abusive monster! If I can do something besides fax a signature, I'll do it.
PM me or email me and let's chat. Let me know what I can do for you. I'll never forget that ex-way person who merely SAT in the courtroom with me...to the suprise of my ex-husband, his fellowship coordinator, and his Limb Coordinator. They all thought they were so smart by ganging up against me...and you should have seen their jaws drop to the floor when that guy showed up to testify against them! LOL!
I've emailed you (the address I found on your blog) as well.
All the best to you,
Robi
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Thnaks Robie!
Glad to hear you WON! High-5! I emailed you too.
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