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From: Gww1210@aol.com
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 11:47:03 -0400
Subject: Thunderclap comments applauding BUT ALSO critical of Congressman Ross
To: kyle.glenn@mail.house.gov, Gww1210@aol.com
CC: info@electjimlange.com, Joni.Shocke@mail.house.gov,
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Kyle:
 
In recent comments online: http://www.TheLedger.com/article/20160912/COLUMNISTS03/160919992/0/search?p=all&tc=pgall
cached here in a 'Fair Use' copy of the article in question:
www.GordonWatts.com/DennisRoss-on-HigherEd/reply-to-Mon9-12-16-column/Ross-on-ZIKA-plus-AndyCrossfield-GordonWatts.html
and
www.GordonWayneWatts.com/DennisRoss-on-HigherEd/reply-to-Mon9-12-16-column/Ross-on-ZIKA-plus-AndyCrossfield-GordonWatts.html
and referenced here:
https://www.Facebook.com/dennis.ross.376/posts/10207757823408479
in my comments here:
http://www.SunshineStateNews.com/story/time-action-congress-zika-funding
here:
https://twitter.com/Gordon_W_Watts/status/775345124461187076
and here:
https://twitter.com/Gordon_W_Watts/status/775345414837047296
 
I applaud and commend Congressman Ross for his call for a clean 'Zika' bill - and I specifically make reference to you, Joni (but I do not mention you by name), and I also reference you, Jim, as a possible recipient of my vote come November 2016 in House race, U.S. District 15.
 
Since I mention Dennis, Joni (anonymously, but by reference) and Jim Lange (by name), I am sending all 3 of them a copy of my comments -- they are linked above, referenced in several social mediæ (plural of "media"), it is only fair I send you a link (and see the attachments, where it is in 3 different formats).
 
My email subject line had the word 'Thunderclap' in it because of the use of numerous social media all at once, and as a cumulative effect from past op-eds, columns, & editorials.
 
When posting to The Lakeland Ledger's forums, I had to break up my comment into "parts," due to character ("word") limitations.
 
I like Jim, really, I do, but he will not get my vote this November if Dennis acts on the 2 bills in question, signing on (cosponsoring HR449 or a similar bill) as well as the Loan Limits bill I made up out of thin air (and attached - also - in this email, in a reprise of my prior call). -- I appreciate Dennis' attempts in past bills, but, really, things like HR1911 -- that bill was horrible, and, as one other Congressman put it https://BobbyScott.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/scott-statement-on-hr-1911-the-making-college-more-expensive-act he titled his blog entry as "Scott Statement on H.R. 1911, the "Making College More Expensive Act," and frankly, I agree, and that is a chief reason why Conservative Review here https://www.ConservativeReview.com/members/dennis-ross/liberty-card/ gives Dennis such a low score.
 
In particular, Dennis voted "for" HR1911 http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/roll426.xml but Conservative Review held that **against** him https://www.conservativereview.com/members/dennis-ross/issue-votes/ -- it's pretty bad when some miscellaneous Democrat (Rep. Bobby Scott, D-VA-3rd) is more conservative than Dennis. -- Even if HR1911 'helped' interest rates, it's the *principal* of the loan that's the problem, not the interest. -- I know time is short, but really... how long does it take to cosponsor an existing good HR449 bill, one with bipartisan support - and possibly introduce my reverse-Boehner bill?
 
-- Things like this alienate most voters, struggling under heavy college debt, where a congressman puts on a horse and pony show, but does nothing of substance. Dennis really cares about us, and I have faith he can honour his commitments - and do better. College students have gotten victimised by Unconstitutional bankruptcy law for far too long.
 
Gordon Wayne Watts, editor-in-chief, The Register
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