Tips for letter or email writers.

Apart from asking for assistance with the beaurocracy, there are probably two main reasons to communicate with politicians.

1. To express your anger at a decision that has been taken or is going to be taken. 2. To have the politician react to your communication.

You can express your anger in a number of different ways but if you use swear words or cast doubt upon the politicians parents or become personal in any way, the policy in most political offices is that is an abusive message and is thrown away or lost in the filing system. Same result, no effect upon anyone in that office and you are listed as an abusive crank.

If you wish to cause the politician to sweat a little, you are very politeand your letter will ask questions and contain such phrases as

I find the situation most disturbing, or

I find that I cannot imagine why you/your party has/have taken this decision, or

What I find most unusual is that you have ... or even,

I wonder why it is that you didn't ...

The one or two questions asked will be those in my previous blog.

Courtesy counts when letting your elected representatives know how you feel.

In the case of the Wombat, as with so many other cases where management is now going to be of the lock it up and leave it type, remeber to use some psychology and put your recreation on the back burner.

The decision taken is going to be disastrous for the environment of the Wombat. It must have positive land management, i.e., fuel reduction burning, pest plant eradication and feral animal elimination. That does not happen in areas where there are no access tracks.

I'm fair dinkum, is your aim to get rid of your anger or do you want to cause the maximum disruption to the political offices concerned? Where every email/letter has to be answered, the staff are going to be run ragged and the politician will be informed of the excessive interest in the issue.

If you are an ALP supporter, or like me, was an ALP supporter, make the point very clear, that this decision is going to influence you on November 25th.

Last, you might make the point that, while you will be making a protest vote in the Legislative Council at the State Election, you have not yet decided where to give your vote in the Legislative Assembly. Will Minister Thwaites risk losing the 120 votes or the 18,000?

I'm fair dinkum, did we really elect these power mad mongrels at the last election?