An Evening (Wasted) With Thaddeus McCotter
Channel: Erik Shelley
Date: 30/03/2012

I was very excited to hear that my congressman, Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI 11) was finally going to have a public forum that was free and open to the public.  I have been trying for years to arrange to have him meet with constituents and answer our questions.  In fact, I had the opportunity to hand deliver a petition requesting this.  So when I heard that he was going to answer questions at a forum held at the Polish Cultural Center in Troy, I thought he had given my modest proposal consideration.  But I was wrong, so very wrong.

While waiting for McCotter to appear, I was greeted by Rocky Raczkowski, the Republican candidate for the 9th district who toyed with the idea of running for the 11th while McCotter toyed with the idea of running for president this year.  He assured me that the "public" hearing was only open to members of the public who already agreed with the Republican platform.