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Brown's Amateur Hour (Actually 2 months)

by: GregR

Tue Mar 16, 2010 at 22:57:10 PM EDT

(From Senator Brown's homepage: "I hope you will find this temporary site helpful in communicating with my office." Heh. - promoted by Bob Neer)

Tonight I tried to send my Senator a quick note regarding my opinions on health policy. However I have hit a roadblock.

Two months after his election and over a month since his swearing in, Senator Brown's staff has not put an email address, email form, or fax number on the Senator's official web site .

Why not? It's not that hard and the Senate provides all the tubes? It's 2010, forpetesake!

So, tomorrow I shall call his office, but along with a quick comment on healthcare, I will also chide his staffers about actual constituent communications.

Perhaps the good Senator should stop playing celebrity and should start working for Massachusetts. 2012 needs to come soon!

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Well he met already with Brian Camenker (6.00 / 3)

and the tea partiers, so who else in the state does he need to talk to? I mean, get real!

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by: Laurel @ Tue Mar 16, 2010 at 23:57:22 PM CDT

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I thought RedMassGroup was his official website (6.00 / 1)

You might want to leave your quick note there.

by: dcsurfer @ Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 01:29:33 AM CDT

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The People's Seat needs no input from the People (6.00 / 2)

Scott Brown is fond of telling us what his victory signified. Since his victory was by definition a victory for the people, he can speak only for the people and therefore requires no input from them unless they are dedicated to fawning over Scott Brown at photo-ops.

by: Historian @ Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 08:14:43 AM CDT

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I've also had no luck reaching his staff via phone (6.00 / 2)

I called during business hours on two occasions and got voice mail both times. When I call Kerry or Capuano, I get a human almost immediately.

by: Marcus Graly @ Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 08:34:03 AM CDT

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The bright side (6.00 / 3)

Perhaps Senator S. Brown will make Senator Kerry's constituent services look better.

by: KBusch @ Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 10:07:09 AM CDT

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Funny what his site DOES have... (6.00 / 1)

Interesting that his staff has the time to update his homepage with the latest appearances of Senator Centerfold (R-MA) on TV and on the floor, yet they don't have the ability to create a simple form or mailto link or add a fax number for one of the two offices. Maybe they'll add that stuff when the link to buy his book is placed on the homepage?

Remember - he's a Republican first, and the Senator from Massachusetts second. Unfortunately, the Mass part conflicts with being a Republican, so it's easier to just ignore the Massholes and latch on to the ideological teat of John McCain.

Remember - It's not the Kennedy seat, it's Scott Brown's throne.

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by: chrismatth @ Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 10:27:55 AM CDT

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"I will also chide his staffers about actual constituent communications" (0.00 / 0)

Yeeaah, yell at the intern that answers your call. That should make you feel better.

by: BigD @ Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 11:12:36 AM CDT

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He can comment without yelling... (6.00 / 2)

...even to an intern.

by: Christopher @ Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 11:16:51 AM CDT

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I don't yell. I get my point across with a smile. (6.00 / 1)

Ask my wife, employees, etc...

However, I do know that every phone call received in a congressional office is logged, and if they are professional, notes are taken, as well.

by: GregR @ Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 11:19:07 AM CDT

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Yes (0.00 / 0)

But I'm sure you can get your point across without "chiding his staffers." (Your words)

by: BigD @ Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 11:29:37 AM CDT

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Merriam Webster Dictionary (0.00 / 0)

Chide:

transitive verb
: to voice disapproval to : reproach in a usually mild and constructive manner :

I see nothing wrong with chiding in this case.

by: GregR @ Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 12:22:33 PM CDT

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He would be pointing out to the staff that the office (0.00 / 0)

that the web site should have contact information. They deserve to be told that - as someone on the staff likely has the responsibility of creating and maintaining the website - unless Brown outsources that.

by: Karenc @ Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 13:16:54 PM CDT

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Free Market tells us (6.00 / 1)

If the staffer doesn't like their job, they can find another phone to answer.

The staff will be the first to know, if Scott Brown is made of the stuff his promoters say. This is a guy that flirts with 2012. I'm sure his staff thinks of this when they snuggle their pillow at night.

However, I don't advocate bullying staff. It's just ignant.

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by: John from Lowell @ Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 11:26:00 AM CDT

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I called about this (6.00 / 3)

I addressed the website/email thing. His staffer said they had an email, they just hadn't posted it yet. Huge help.

I also said I thought he was insincere when he said that the health care bill was a "government takeover" of healthcare, even though it doesn't have a public option. She said she'd pass my concerns along, without asking my name or city.

Thanks, Senator Brown. I feel totally well represented.

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by: mattmedia @ Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 11:36:51 AM CDT

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did you get teh unpublished email address? (6.00 / 1)

we could help out the senator bunches by advertising it here.

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by: Laurel @ Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 12:04:41 PM CDT

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The email address: (6.00 / 2)

comments@scottbrown.senate.gov

I've not received any response from anything I've sent, but I've been sending.

by: Apricot @ Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 16:39:27 PM CDT

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At least they added a phone number. (6.00 / 1)

A few weeks after he took office, I wanted to call his office about something and the web site at the time had no contact information whatsoever. I went through the Congressional switchboard number, and I complained to them about that.

by: Cos @ Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 20:58:43 PM CDT

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just an FYI (0.00 / 0)

Congressional phone numbers don't change with a change in the occupant of the seat. The main number stays with the office, so Brown's number is the same as Kennedy's office main number. Same thing with the House delegation.

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which makes it even worse (0.00 / 0)

Which makes it even worse that it took them so long to put the number on the web site.

by: Cos @ Fri Mar 19, 2010 at 14:28:17 PM CDT

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