With the 2008 elections in the bag and Barack Obama headed for the White House, many people have become newly attuned to politics. But the 2008 Election is only scratching the surface. Each time we start up an ambulance, fire truck, police car or other emergency vehicle, we assume it’s going to run. The money that paid for that vehicle came as a result of the political process and, in this economy, the politicians who oversee our agencies will be demanding that we do our jobs well. But if the apparatus we’re driving isn’t dependable, how can we do our jobs?
Writing your state legislator is as much a part of the political process as voting. Having voted in this year’s election — or in past year’s election — gives you the right to tell your elected representatives what you think they should do. Barak Obama can’t help us with a state law. Your state legislators must do that, but they have to hear from you to do so.
It’s easy to tell your representative that you need dependable emergency vehicles and the protection of the state’s Lemon Laws will help make sure have them. Click here: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/legsearch.asp and that will take you to the NJ Legislature page. You can find your legislators by clicking on your town name, then on the legislative district and then on the contact your legislator link.
I live in Flanders. I have to click on M for Mount Olive Township, not my section of town. That took me to a list of communities in the 24th District. I clicked on the 24th District and that led me to listings of my legislators. Each one has a link to send them an email.
If you can think of anything else to say, just copy and paste this:
I live and vote in your district and I want to know that emergency vehicles in my town are dependable. Please support S2304 and A3396, bills that would extend the force of the lemon laws to emergency vehicles.
Sign your name and address and hit send. That’s not hard, is it?
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