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Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-11) will hold a telephone town hall for residents of Virginia’s 11th Congressional district Tuesday evening.
Connolly's office will be calling constituents at 8 p.m. If your phone rings and you want to participate, stay on the line.
Connolly communications director George Burke said residents who have dialed into the telephone town halls "have praised the format and the convenience of being able to communicate with their congressmen from the comfort of their homes without having to fight traffic."
Connolly started the telephone town halls shortly after he took office in January 2009. Since then, more than 170,000 district residents have participated in a call with the congressman, said Burke. On one call in 2010, more than 30,000 people joined a single call, said Burke.
"Constituents will be called shortly before the meeting begins at 8 p.m. Connolly will give a brief rundown of the top issues in Congress and issues he is working on and will then open it up to constituent questions," Burke said in a statement. "Any constituents who do not get the opportunity to personally ask a question of Connolly have the option of leaving a voicemail question and will subsequently receive a response."
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The BSD Guy
6:08 am on Tuesday, July 17, 2012
The grand overlord of the Democratic Party's BY THE DEVELOPERS AND FOR THE DEVELOPERS SPECIAL INTEREST CONTINGENCY group is, believe it or not, not even respected by fellow Democrats. I wish I could say there actually was a political party that's making some sort of effort to actually represent the people in this area, but this guy isn't it.
Connolly fights for the rights of developers to seize property via eminent domain. He used sleazy, backstabbing tactics to "out" another Democratic party representative recently - how DARE they not think of the billionaire elite developers instead of the people! He's got developer money behind him (good to shoot down anyone that doesn't fall in line with the developers goal of making Fairfax all about them and ONLY them) so no one with an actual idea can get their foot off the ground. This guy really should have been a Republican, but I suppose that wouldn't "sell" to the populace of N.Va.
It's all about sales for the elites. It's all about their obsessive need for more and more money. GOD BLESS CITIZEN'S UNITED!!!!!
....and from what I can tell, Cathy Hudgins isn't far behind. The Democratic party emulating the Republican party...special interests only...now THERE'S something to make you toss your cookies!!
John Lovaas
7:37 am on Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Wow, and I thought I was a harsh critic.
I think it will be interesting to see how Gerry relates to his new Reston constituents.
Tonight could be an an interesting conversation. I think I'll join in.
One question among many we might want to ask our Conressman-to-be is does he still favor extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy?
Tammi Petrine
5:41 pm on Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Hey, Gerry, EXACTLY what do you propose to lower Dulles Toll Road rates which are due to double Jan. 1, 2013? ALL of our local pols say they are "working on it", yet NO ONE has said or done anything SPECIFIC. If you want to be re-elected, WE CITIZENS OF RESTON want YOU to deliver us from this nightmare. Why should we be paying 54% of the Entire Silver Line cost plus interest which equals $17 BILLION???