I want to share what would be a funny group of incidents if the issue was not so serious. I have contacted Senator Dole five times about illegal immigration. A couple of the letters were petitions from a website and some were personal emails. I received a reply several weeks ago and it SOUNDED like a form letter. Then, 2 weeks ago, I received THREE letters from her on the SAME DAY! EVERY SINGLE ONE was the exact same letter. I was FURIOUS. So, I made copies of all four of the letters, wrote her a personal note telling her what I thought of her as my Senator and, one day last week I received a call from some aide in her office. He said that they receive thousands of letters a day on this "hot button issue" and that she couldn't possibly answer every one individually!! I told him that, for the most part, each letter dealt with different issues on the subject. Then, yesterday, another letter came from Senator Dole. I thought that MAYBE she finally got the message from that last correspondence and that this would be a personal response to my complaint. Guess what?? It was the EXACT same form letter as the first four!!! Is this the kind of representation we need in Washington?

I have also written Senator Burr at least 3 times and have yet to even hear back from him.

BUT, I have written Congressman Coble several times and, each time, I get a PERSONAL response from him addressing each issue I have brought up. I might not always agree with his responses but, by jingo, at least he RESPONDS to his constituents. So, for those in his district, keep this in mind IF he runs for reelection.