r/Detroit • u/Silly-Photograph-920 • Feb 04 '25

Politics/Elections Ghosted by our senators

Has anyone had trouble getting a response from Slotkin and Peters. After writing emails Peters returned a form letter about receiving the message but Slotkin hasn't responded.

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u/Lucy_Lucidity Feb 04 '25

Peters responds about 6 months later with a form letter that usually doesn’t have anything to do with what you contacted him about. Sometimes it’s in the ballpark of what you contacted him about but that’s rare.

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u/pause4effect Feb 04 '25

This is how it's been with any senator for decades. Reps are the way to go. I was told it's like the catholic church - reps are the saints you go through because god is too busy.

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u/william-o Ferndale Feb 05 '25

Yeah right like do people really think their US senator is going to have the time to answer their phone call personally? 

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u/Reneeasaur Feb 05 '25

Well we are their boss

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u/Kalium Sherwood Forest Feb 05 '25 edited Feb 05 '25

If you've got ten million bosses, how much time do you and a staff of six have for each boss every day?

What if your bosses expect you do things besides talk to them?

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u/Objective_Data7620 Feb 11 '25

Well, if you're doing your job well and in a representative way, you'll not have to worry about answering to all of them.