Summary
In the course of this summer, I wrote one letter to Carole Cheney, one to Tammy Duckworth, one to Dick Durbin, and seven to Peter Roskam. There were also two guest letters to Roskam from a friend. I received zero (0) responses, including from Carole Cheney, who is running against Roskam and whose letter detailed my difficulties in contacting Roskam.
In summary, if someone tells you that the best way to get involved is to write a letter to your representative, they either haven’t tried or their reps are way better than mine at responding. I don’t really want to drive out to Roskam’s office and try to see him that way, but as a government representative, he absolutely needs to make himself available to his constituents. I should’ve gotten 7 responses, even if they were just form letters.
