[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: What's Wrong with My District?

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
What's Wrong with My District?
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1235360589.shtml


   I was out of town when my (DFL) Legislators held a couple of town hall
   meetings to meet with us. Since the next round isn't likely until June
   or so, I have to imagine the fun I might have if they held one after
   their Magical Misery Tour.
   They no doubt would retell the tales of woe they picked up from
   throughout the State. I wait for one of them to talk of "putting a
   face" on the situation and I ask, "What's wrong with our faces? Isn't
   your time better spent talking to us, your constituents?"
   Does not a given Legislator represent a given District? Should a
   Legislator base a decision on what someone outside the District says
   while an actual constituent goes unheard because said Legislator is
   "out of town?" Those other areas have their own Legislators. My
   Legislator can confer with them at the Capitol, if its important.
   That's what Legislatures are created to do, bring together
   information, district by district, via representatives. There is no
   need for my Legislators to go out gathering anecdotal input from those
   they do not represent.