Get their attention

[Guest guest]

The following article, ever so slightly edited, appeared in

a weekly newspaper today. The bottom line is the less

you put into your effort to influence your elected

representative, the less impact it's going to have on her or him.

 

Write an old-fashioned, typed-on-paper, mailed-with-a-stamp

letter. Phone calls are not as effective and e-mails

[including e-petitions] are almost completely disregarded. The

more effort you are seen to expend, the more likely it is

that your message will be read.

 

Avoid name-calling or slanderous language [or use of such

rude words as " demand. " ]. Letters that can be labelled as

extremist are easily ignored.

 

Avoid the overuse of extreme punctuation and

CAPITALIZATION!!! Putting three exclamation points after a sentence does

not convey your point better. Putting an entire sentence

in uppercase will not shift the reader to your point of

view. In fact, thest things look childish and imply that your

argument is not strong enought to stand without the use of

gimmicks. [besides, they are harder to read and may be

ignored, as I do when I see such messages.]

 

State your points clearly, succinctly, and with strength.

 

 

 

 

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