The other day while at the West Hartford Town Hall Health Care forum, I met a young reporter, Suzanne Langlois, from The Huffington Post. Suzanne asked me did I know what was the most effective means to get my voice heard by my elected officials. Being somewhat of a computer geek, I went through the litany of referencing emails, twitter messages, blogging,etc. Her response was, "write a letter."
Imagine in this day and age of social media, writing a letter is the most effective way to have our voice heard by our elected officials. I asked her where did she get this information and she replied, "from Congressman Larson."
Suzanne explained that when a person takes the time to sit down and write the letter, address and stamp an envelope and then mail it -- it is not the same as quickly sending an email or the seconds we take to push out a tweet. She then shared her idea on how to get the message out about health insurance reform, "Miracle on Pennsylvania Avenue."
Remember the movie, "Miracle on 34th Street," and all the bags and bags of letters that were written regarding Santa Claus and everyone's belief in same. OFC is launching "Miracle on Pennsylvania Avenue" and asking each person to write our President and let him know that we want health insurance reform with a public option. But we are not stopping at the White House mailroom, we're taking this campaign to the House and Senate mail room, as well. Let's get pen, paper, envelopes and stamps and send out those letters now.
President Barack H. Obama
President of the United States of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Click here to get address information to write your US Representative.
Click here to get address information to write your US Senator
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