Elise Stefanik won’t have a Town Hall meeting, nor will she meet with small groups of constituents. A group of people who met through Facebook have decided to band together to affect change and hold Stefanik accountable. We set up a Town Hall meeting for next week and her office was just called to extend her an invite. The caller was told that the DC office will get back to the group setting up this town hall meeting. Again, the people setting it up are a group of people who met through Facebook and have decided to work together. Not a paid protestor among us.
Here is the Press Release sent to media in Elise Stefanik’s NY 21 District:
The people of NY 21's Congressional District have repeatedly attempted to obtain a commitment from Rep Elise Stefanik to hold a Town Hall meeting, or a meeting of a small number of constituents at a time, with no success. Therefore, citizens have worked together to organize a Town Hall meeting and invited Congresswoman Stefanik to take part in a discussion of issues of vital importance to her constituents.
The Town Hall Meeting will be Wednesday, February 22nd at 4PM at Crandall Library, Glens Falls, NY. Constituents will be welcome to pose questions to Congresswoman Stefanik; if the Congresswoman doesn't attend, the people will still be welcomed to ask questions to be videotaped and sent to Ms. Stefanik, the press and social media.
This town hall is truly a grassroots effort. It is not being sponsored by any political party or activist group. It is being sponsored by constituents of NY-21.
As an aside, a member of the group just called WNYT in the area and spoke to a woman named Jennifer Andrews who insisted that this grassroots effort is paid for by moveon.org. This is how they will try to delegitimize authentic protests.