Sound Politics Public Blog: Rep. Jay Inslee, will be hosting 2 public forums on health care.

August 16, 2009

Rep. Jay Inslee, will be hosting 2 public forums on health care.

Poulsbo town-hall meeting
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009
North Kitsap High School
The Gymnasium
1780 NE Hostmark St
Poulsbo

And

Edmonds town-hall meeting
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009
Edmonds-Woodway High School
The Gymnasium
7600 212th St SW
Edmonds

Attendees are asked to RSVP via email to inslee.rsvp@mail.house.gov or by phone at 206-361-0233.

To date he has held 2 "Telephone" Town Hall Meetings by invitation. He did not list either of his conference calls on his site until after the fact. On both, he posted the audio on YouTube however he turned off the comments option.

Inslee's 2nd "telephone" THM was announced 2 days prior by Kirby WIlbur, KVI. Kirby gave announced both the telephone and pin number to join to call. I'm sure that Inslee was shocked by the turn out with 9,000 callers! He was only able to answer 8-9 questions and there was no ability to follow up on his comments.

One person asked about Tort reform and why it wasn't included in the bill. He answered the question the same way on both conference calls. He used an article from the New Yorker and a town in Texas as an example as to why Tort reform doesn't work. While listening to his comments I looked up the article on the internet and found that the article had nothing to do with Tort reform. I was so angry and frustrated that the next day, I started my own blog and posted links to the article and 2 other links that show how successful Tort Reform has been in the State of Texas.

If you are able to attend either scheduled town hall meeting, here is the link to my blog entry with more information, including links to his reference article, links showing the facts of the success of tort reform in Texas and a link to his audio from the prior Telephone Town Hall Conference. "Inslee on Tort Reform"

With Kirby getting the information out about his last conference call, Inslee went from a had full of callers to 9,000 (information from Inslee at the end of call) ... hopefully we can have the same results or better by getting the information out to the public.
SandyS

Posted by 6p0120a4faf221970b at August 16, 2009 09:29 AM | Email This

Comments

1. So, you are claiming that Inslee kept his townhall-by-telephone a secret known only by all of Wilbur's listeners and all of the readers of this blog, the WA Republican and Dem websites, Michell Malkin and the Kitsap Sun? How did they all get the information, if now from Inslee himself? In fact, I am certain the Inslee web page listed the meetings before they happened, so perhaps you would be so kind as to correct that factual error in your post?

Posted by: jiminbothel on August 17, 2009 09:27 AM

2. Inslee held his 2nd Telephone THM on the 5th of August. On Monday, the 3rd, I went to his web site http://www.house.gov/Inslee/ to see if there were any scheduled meetings for August. There was nothing posted on the site.

I then called his office and asked if he had any scheduled THM during the month of August. I was told no, however he did have a TTHM scheduled for the 5th. I asked where that information had been posted since I just left his site and there was no information there. I was told by his Shoreline office, that invitations had been sent out to those that had shown an interest.

I pointed out that I had emailed, called his office and was on his mailing list and had not received any information. She then asked for my info including my email address so I could be sent an "Invitation".

So, that is my factual experience and I have nothing to correct.

Posted by: Sandy on August 17, 2009 11:10 AM

3. I listened to Inslee's August 5 THM and was told I'd have a chance to ask my question(s) but the opportunity didn't come up. He seemed to be hiding behind the shield of one person at a time on the phone. I thought his reference to tort reform somewhere in Texas (he referred to the Texas town in his first meeting as well) was lame and had little to do with reform on a national scale. Although I expressed an interest in receiving emails about meetings, I didn't receive a notice about the THM in Edmonds, but I plan to go.

Posted by: LeeinEdmonds on August 18, 2009 05:50 PM

4. I am on his mailing list and didn't receive any information from his office about the these upcoming town hall meetings either. I happened to see a small 2 paragraph blurb in the Herald dated Aug 8th. Then went to his site for more information.

The town he referred to in Texas is a border town called McAllen, and when you read the article it talks about that town having 60% higher alcohol consumtion and 38% higher obesity rate than national average.

As for the last Telephone THM on Aug 5th, I can tell you for a fact that Kirby Wilbur didn't know until the day before ... because I'm the one that gave him the info off air, and he immediately announced the TTHM with the phone and pin number.

It will be interesting to see if we get a emailing from his office before the scheduled meetings on the 29th and 30th.

I also plan to go the the Edmonds meeting. Should be interesting.

Posted by: Sandy on August 18, 2009 08:15 PM