Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Is this Electioneering?

I don't know if Shays office is violating the Hatch Act, but certainly they're guilty of "Election Year-ing!"

From the Darien edition of the ConnPost/Brooks Community News conglomerate:

With elections less than four months away, U.S. Rep. Christo­pher Shays, (R-4) is doubling the amount of "field office" meetings, .....

On Tuesday morning, Darien citizens were able to take advantage of the additional meetings as they were given a chance to sit down with Christopher Catropa, Shays' constituents service assistant, in Town Hall from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to discuss topics they felt the congressman should know about.


According to Catropa, Shays recently decided to increase the amount of field office meetings to twice a week -- on Tuesdays and Fridays -- as a "proactive" means to develop a more personal relationship with his constituents. "It's a way for us, as a Congressional office, to connect with our constituents in a very real way," he said.

Is the increased field presence just coincidental? Or is it directly related to campaign season?

Luckily the twenty-one year incumbent gets the benefit of the doubt. After all Chris Shays' roses really smell like .... roses.

UPDATED: July Field Offices & Hours, Aug Field Offices & Hours

2 comments:

CT Bob said...

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Now don't embarrass me.

CT Bob said...

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