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Originally Posted by Roland
Is this the gracious and professional thing to do? I mean, she declined the invitation. Deal with it.
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The request was not to write the Governor to insult her or to be otherwise rude and unprofessional.
Letters to elected officials often are not read by the actual official. More often than not, they are read by the underlings of the official (assistants, secretary, someone else, that guy at the coffee shop, etc.). Rarely does 1 person ever request an action and recieve the desired response. At the end of the day, the official's mail reader writes up a summary of the letters to the official and delivers it. Basically, the Governer would be briefed on what John Doe has said. From there, the Governor chooses to act.
However, there are enough people within the state of Michigan capable of writing a
professional letter (correct grammar, format, spelling, etc.) which asks the Governor
graciously to not make false or otherwise hypcritical claims. Someone said "she never heard of FIRST" ... well, then someone needs to let her know who FIRST is, and why FIRST should be listened to.
Although I personally feel that it is nothing more than a Photo-Op for a Governor, or any official, which is not directly involved with the fundings or inner workings of an event its participants, it is still good to know they are taking the time out of their schedule to visit something they claim to believe in.
If she's smart, she'll be at Detroit or West Michigan