>
>Does anyone have more concrete info about whether these petitions are
>taken seriously by the recipients?
I often write to my sentators and representatives personally and I always
get a reply.  Recently I joined in an internet petition to a senator whose
replies to my correspondence is usually relevant to what I wrote about.  I
received the following post that leaves me thinking that petition-type
correspondence is not effective. In fact, it may be annoying--like spam--so
I will not be signing on with such again.

<Due to the high volume of non-constituent Internet mail and "spam"
this account receives on a daily basis, I unfortunately am unable to
respond to your message by e-mail, but I do want to respond to your
thoughts and concerns. Constituents who have included their name and
address in the e-mail will receive a letter from me through the U.S.
mail addressing the issues raised. If you did not include an address,
I encourage you to resend your original message with your address, or
feel free to use the "contact me" form on my web site...>

Patricia Gima, IBCLC
Milwaukee, Wisconcin
www.walc.net

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