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howaboutme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 06:43 PM
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Why are Casey and Specter NOT holding town hall meetings?
Why have Senators Casey and Specter not held regular advertised town hall meetings throughout the state during their term of office?

Their only job is to represent "we the people" not the those with "LLP or Inc or org" after their corporate or special interest names. By regular meetings, they should be held at least twice monthly where constituents could travel to locations in the state and take a number and then ask a question. None of this Tele-Town Hall electronic maneuvering stuff where they can pick and chose the questioners with an appearance that it is at random.

I would suggest that this inaction indicates that these elitist Senators would prefer hearing only from their elitist lobbyists and donors than from the masses.
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MH1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-20-10 09:50 PM
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1. I'm pretty sure both have held a few town hall meetings.
But not as many as you are suggesting, I think.

Sestak has held various forums and meetings very frequently since he's been elected. I am sure he's at least in the top 10% of congress members in that respect. I think Casey and Specter each could probably do more.
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