Let Governor Abbott know how you feel about 4 special sessions and still no further funding for public education. Details below.
TIP!
Save your State Reps and Senators in your phone contacts!
Under company – add the same word (ELECTED was used in this example). Then when you go to search type “elected” in the search bar and every elected official you have as a contact will come up so you can pull them all up with one easy search
Save your State Reps and Senators in your phone contacts!
Under company – add the same word (ELECTED was used in this example). Then when you go to search type “elected” in the search bar and every elected official you have as a contact will come up so you can pull them all up with one easy search
TIPS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH LEGISLATORS
Be fair toward legislators. With very rare exceptions, they are honest, intelligent and want to do the right things. Your job is to inform them effectively about what you think is right.
Avoid cynicism. Government and politics may be faulty, but so is every profession. A disdainful attitude is an expensive luxury these days for it “poisons the well” and immobilizes the will to work for social betterment.
Be understanding. Put yourself in the legislator’s place. Try to understand his/her problems, outlook and aims. Then you are more likely to persuade him/her to do the same in understanding yours.
Be friendly. Don’t contact legislators only when you want their help. Take pains to keep in touch with them throughout the year, every year. (Lyndon Johnson: “You have the kind of friends you are. Get to be a part of your legislator’s future.”)
Be reasonable. Recognize that there are legitimate differences of opinion. Never indulge in threats or recriminations; they are confessions of weakness. Keep working to change the other fellow’s mind.
Avoid cynicism. Government and politics may be faulty, but so is every profession. A disdainful attitude is an expensive luxury these days for it “poisons the well” and immobilizes the will to work for social betterment.
Be understanding. Put yourself in the legislator’s place. Try to understand his/her problems, outlook and aims. Then you are more likely to persuade him/her to do the same in understanding yours.
Be friendly. Don’t contact legislators only when you want their help. Take pains to keep in touch with them throughout the year, every year. (Lyndon Johnson: “You have the kind of friends you are. Get to be a part of your legislator’s future.”)
Be reasonable. Recognize that there are legitimate differences of opinion. Never indulge in threats or recriminations; they are confessions of weakness. Keep working to change the other fellow’s mind.