An Open Letter to My Congresswoman Nita Lowey, NY-17

Congresswoman Lowey,

I am shocked that I did not hear more about your opinion (thankfully, in opposition) to the latest budget bill to fail in the House of Representatives. I think you owed it more to me, a core young constituent who has looked forward to voting for you for years. I think you owed a wider opposition and more public stance in the weeks leading up to this issue. I am lucky to follow you on twitter and happened to find out how you felt, which I was guilty of having assuming rather than finding out.

I would have felt better if you had told some of my other local voters and rallied some support. An educated and informed population is the key to a great functioning democracy and you owe it to the people who get to vote for your job every other year, and who had just re-elected you along some arbitrarily redistricted zones that were only approved at the last minute, another manner in which we were not informed adequately. Instead I am left disappointed in you, as well as the entire legislative process as it stands currently.

Sincerely disappointed,

Danny Gessner
Registered to vote in
Rye Brook, NY 10573-2908