Where is our congressman?
Constituents of Congressman McClintock in El Dorado County are worried. “Where is Tom?” The last reported sighting of him at a live town hall meeting was in 2017. Since then, he has failed to respond to multiple requests for in-person meetings with voters whom he is supposed to represent in Congress. The staff at his EDH office does not answer the phone or reply to messages on voicemail. Drop-in visits are discouraged. Occasionally Tom offers a pop-up phone meeting with constituents who happen to be available at the spur of the moment.
Local constituents wishing to share their concerns invited Tom McClintock to a town hall meeting during the House recess in April when representatives are expected to be in their home districts. This request received no response. On April 9, Representative John Garamendi from District 8 did conduct a town hall on Zoom with about 300 attendees from McClintock’s District 5, who assembled in person at Cameron Park CSD.
On April 16, 18 members of Indivisible…