(Please Note:
This letter is dated 6/1/02)
Wow, Mr.
Shuster. I am so sorry you took such offense to my letter to you. In NO way
did I intend to anger you so. In NO way did I mean to denigrate any of what you are
trying to do.
I have not been with Senator Jepsen long. Only one month, in fact. I have had
very little contact so far with his Senatorial staff and therefore would have no way of
knowing what correspondence you have already had with the Senator (and with my browser, I
could not read much of the correspondence on the website). The letter to which
I referred was one you wrote to Ken Dixon.
I apologize for overstating how much of your website I had read. What I should have
said was simply that I was having trouble finding what I was looking for -- and in no way
meant to imply that it wasn't there - I just was hoping for some help locating the
information. I absolutely believed it was there, I just wasn't sure under what to
look.
The
fact that your letter is completely irrelevant to anything that could possibly be
construed as actual, honest concern, constructive, legitimate or actually pertaining to
the very issues you raise validates the correctness of our decision to change focus away
from legislators,
My job is to gather information to present to the Senator. My letter to you was not
meant as an official response from the Senator, only to let you know that we had decided
to investigate your issue in depth. You said you hoped that your letter would be the
one "that might move (Ken) to action." Well, you had managed to convince
us to move to action... that's what was happening. But if you don't want to help us
understand the issue better, that is your prerogative.
All I can do is apologize that I am just a staffer and that my letter is completely
irrelevant to you. You must understand that depite being rather well-informed on
most major Connecticut issues, I have never heard of your issue before. So while you have
dedicated your life to it, I am starting at the beginning trying to learn and understand
what is going on so I can get the right details to the Senator and help him understand how
crucially important this is.
I must say I was incredibly offended by the tone of your letter, as apparently you were by
mine, though mine was completely unintentional. Believe me, whether or not you
wished to, you were both derogatory and rude. All I wanted was to understand better
your issue because, awards or not, I was having difficulty with your website. I use
AOL and could not read half the correspondence because it was too small and too blurry.
At this time, how would you like to proceed? Would you like me to continue to
learn about this issue and present the information to the Senator?
Sincerely,
Meghan Fenn
This web site is equipped with the
"Get 1 on 1" guest response system.
If I am in my office, you can contact me in "real time."
If I am out of my office you will be prompted to send me an e-mail.
I will get back to you as quickly as I can.
