
I just contacted Representative Berry's office (again) and asked if he has any town hall meetings or other public appearances scheduled for the August recess. Their answer was typical of the response I seem to get everytime I contact his office, nothing.
"As of now, he doesn't have anything scheduled," was all I could get from the man on the phone. Of course, it's July 31 so that means he's not going to schedule any time to hear from the folks back home.
One would think, with such an important issue looming as the government takeover of our health care system, the Congressman would want to hear from his constituents while he's back home. Especially if the answers I've been getting to my questions are correct--that he hasn't yet determined his position on the so-called "public option," he doesn't know where he stands on employer mandates, he can't refute the inevitable rationing of care with previously released versions of the bill, he has no response to questions about the so-called "end of life counseling" that could also be referred to as "go ahead and die counseling," etc.
Congressman Berry evidently doesn't want to hear from the same constituents who responded to the Talkbusiness.net poll we reported on here. The 86% who are satisfied with their current health care system may demand he not sell them out to the left-wing Obama-Pelosi branch of the Democratic party. The 74% who prefer private insurance companies to an impossible to navigate monstrous bureaucracy may insist he side with them in this life and death battle. And the 59% of Arkansans who don't want their taxes increased to fund rationed care of reduced quality may demand he ignore special interest groups like ACORN and the SEIU and listen to those he supposedly represents.
Perhaps he plans to spend his time off pandering to those he really represents, the folks who fill the coffers of his campaigns. Of course these folks aren't even from Arkansas for the most part! So maybe it's little wonder he has no intention of engaging voters in his district during the August recess.
His staff informed me that his Jonesboro office handles scheduling when Berry's in Arkansas. Let's overwhelm his staff in Jonesboro with calls to demand our employee listen to us. After all, he does work for us.
Marion Berry's Jonesboro Office
(870) 972-4600
(800) 866-2701
(870) 972-4605 FAX
Tags: August, 2009, Recess, Constituents, Government-Run Health Care, Health Care, Town Hall



















