I'm a bit put out at my state general court rep (a certain Mr. Frank Israel Smizik, and I hope he googles himself and finds this, how's that for passive-aggressive?). I emailed him to express my support of the universal healthcare amendment to the MA constitution, and received a nice form email saying how very strongly he supported this amendment and how he was totally going to try to get it voted on. And then he goes and votes to send it to a special committee for study! (Meaning that instead of getting voted on this November, it can't possibly get voted on until Novemeber 2008, grr.) Meanwhile, my state senator, who never replied to my email, at least didn't vote to send the amendment to a special committee. Though maybe that was because she was intending to vote against it, I don't know, since she doesn't answer emails.

Seriously, people! What do we pay you for?