The Post-Star Challenges John Sweeney to Do His Job

Tuesday, April 05, 2005

The Post-Star Challenges John Sweeney to Do His Job
The saga of Rep. John Sweeney and his refusal to discuss his views on privatizing Social Security with his constituents continues.
Chapter 1: In This Together asks Rep. Sweeney to hold a town hall meeting.
Chapter 2: After Rep. Sweeney does not respond, In This Together says it will hold its own town hall meeting if Sweeney does not go forward with his own. Rep. Sweeney tells two newspaper reporters the same day that he will hold a town hall meeting.
Chapter 3: Rep. Sweeney fails to schedule the town hall meeting he promised, so In This Together announces it will hold a town hall meeting of its own, scheduled for April 25.
Chapter 4: The Post-Star, the daily newspaper of Glens Falls and the southern Adirondacks challenges Sweeney in an editorial to come to a forum the paper will sponsor.

The Post-Star has offered the congressman a chance to be the key listener at a public forum on Social Security reform, during which the public will be invited to give him an earful of suggestions to help him make his decision.
In other words, the Post-Star is commendably joining In This Together in the difficult task of persuading Rep. Sweeney to DO HIS JOB AND LISTEN TO HIS CONSTITUENTS!