Justin Cox
Government for the people, by the people?
I’ve been a voting member of society for a long time. I enjoy following politics and, when I think it’s prudent, attempt to voice my opinion. That’s why, when I received a survey from my state representative I was pretty excited.
The other day I got a “voter opinion survey” from Rep. Eric Eisnaugle. The survey itself was about 10 or 15 questions covering a few broad categories — education, transportation, etc. What’s interesting about this is that it’s the first time I can remember an elected official directly seeking my opinions. It’s always the other way around, I want to voice an opinion I have to seek them out. I like the way this freshmen representative is going.
At the bottom of the survey it asked if I’d like to be contacted with the results to which I obviously said yes. I’d like to see what the rest of my community thinks about adding a sales tax to internet purchases (I sure hope not) and funding for education, but more importantly I’d like to see if this survey effects Rep. Eisnaugle’s voting at all.
2/26/09
Wayne
I think this is the second survey like this we’ve gotten (I say “we,” but only my wife actually got one. Maybe because I’m not a registered Republican? Anyway, I definitely agree that this sort of thing doesn’t happen often enough.
to Wayne