Obviously you were not paying attention see when 8 mariners got voted into the all star game last summer. This was due to email support from Seattle fans with three or four different email addresses.
I am not saying we shouldn't be hand writing letters in as well but a little inbox stuffing never hurt no one and it takes seconds. Someone is going to have to clear out the thousands of emails sent in to them. Even if it has the most minute sway in the vote we should be doing it. just my 2 cents, -sean On Mon, 3 Dec 2001 19:04:43 Rob Blomquist wrote: > >> > If you can not make the testimony or write your own personalized letter, I >> > ask you to take the 30 seconds to fill out this form letter. >> > >> > http://www.piscatorialpursuits.com/candrcomment.htm >> > >> > Every little bit helps, and if you do not fish for steelhead, someday you >> > might. And let me tell you that there is nothing like a screaming wild >> > steelhead on the end of your line. > >Actually folks, postcards, form letters and websites like this don't amount >to much more than a sneeze in turning politicians or beaurocrats heads. > >First off, being able to verify that everyone of the "entries" are valid, I >can only guess how many folks have entered illegimate entries at Piscatorial >Pursuits. > >As to the form letters that seem to be everywhere, just how many will need to >be read before someone realizes that the last 25 letters are identical? And >emailed in? I have 4 different and valid email addresses, so I could vote 4 >times by email, and if it weren't for my sig, you might think I lived in >Boston. And, quite frankly, just becase my sig says Kirkland, does mean that >I really am there, I may be in Boston. > >The only real way to sway anyone's mind with a letter writing campaign is to >write a good, individual letter, even if it only says "I support Catch and >Release of Wild Steelhead", sign it, and if you are me, attach your WILD ID#. > >I say all this from the experience of being on several environmental groups >and that I still work for the government. Environmental groups need to be >smart about lobbying practices, and doing a letter writing campaign well is >one of the good signs that they are on their way to political savviness. > >So either get on the bus, or write a good individual letter, but don't clog >the poor guys email or mail box with form letters. They get them by the >pound, and shread them by the ton. A letter can take 5 minutes by pen, or an >hour to describe how important the issue is to you. > >Now, I am going back to my letter. > >Rob > >-- >Rob Blomquist >Kirkland, WA > > Get 250 color business cards for FREE! http://businesscards.lycos.com/vp/fastpath/
