[va-richmond-general] Re: Don't write letters to Gov; call instead!!!

When you write a letter to the Governor, it goes to Constituent Services, who 
then forwards it to the appropriate Secretary in the Cabinet.  The Cabinet's 
staff (usually an overburdened executive assistant) then generates a response 
letter for the Cabinet member's signature. By the way, these executive 
assistants probably make less than you do, and they don't get paid for 
overtime, 
despite the sometimes 50 hr/wk work weeks. If the letter is a form letter or 
obviously from a letter-writing campaign, you'll get a form letter back. There 
is 
no other way to politely respond. The governor's staff and the Cabinet staff 
are not that large, but they always respond to letters and emails. Letter 
topics 
will be tallied by Constituent Services, but contrary to popular myth, they 
don't "outweigh" phone calls or emails or other indications of constituent 
concern.  
The same thing will happen with email, albeit electronically, so it is faster 
and cheaper. Less work, same tally. 
Even better, the exact same result can be generated with phone calls taken by 
Constituent Services  staff.  Less work all around,  less paper wasted, same 
tally, same effectiveness.  Call the Gov's office (804-786-2211, M-F, 8:30 - 
5, although you can leave messages after hours if you want), express your 
opinion, get your point made, and contribute to overall state government 
efficiency, and reduce wasted resources. By the way, the above scenario will be 
true 
regardless of the Governor, the political party or any other factor.




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