Long Island Calling

Though I am a New York State resident, for some reason I keep receiving spam emails from the committee to elect Rob Andrews, who is running as a primary challenger against incumbent Senator Frank Lautenberg in, you guessed it, New Jersey.

Now the first time I received this type of email, I didn’t mind so much. In fact, I even followed the instructions noted at the bottom of the email:

So I followed the instructions and even said in the e-mail- “I am not a Jersey resident so this is meaningless to me. Remove me from this list.” Maybe I could have been more polite, but I wanted to get to the point. That took place on Monday, April 28.

naturally, what email did I receive this evening:

Dear Neighbor, At a time when our community and our nation are facing overwhelming challenges — an economic recession, historical foreclosure rates, and millions of Americans without access to healthcare — we need leaders who can chart a course to solve these problems. A whole new generation of challenges awaits us - here in Burlington County and across New Jersey - and we need leaders like Rob Andrews to fight for us in the Senate. Rob started his race to give New Jersey a choice for the U.S. Senate and to change the status quo. He’s starting with his campaign, hosting Town Hall meetings in every corner of New Jersey. Rob wants to hear directly from residents and to share his vision for the future. I want to invite you to the Burlington County Town Hall Meeting in Evesham on Saturday, May 3rd at 12 noon. We’ll get the chance to see Rob, to ask him questions, and to hear how he can bring the change we need to the Senate. Here are the details: Town Hall Meeting for Burlington County with Rob Andrews Gibson House Community Center 535 East Main Street Evesham on Saturday May 3, 2008 at 12:00 noon This is going to be a great afternoon, so bring your family and friends and come prepared to see why Rob Andrews is the change we need right now. Hope to see you there, Mayor Randy Brown

Okay, so I might be jumping the gun- it’s only the second email and it’s been just two days since the first one. My real concern here is that his primary season is starting to hit its peak. If I don’t nip this in the bud and get unsubscribed, I will likely get inundated by emails from this Congressman as the season unfurls, particularly if he dethrones Lautenberg in the primary and is up for the top prize in November.

So Congressman Andrews, if you have any college interns working for you whose job it is to scour the internet and the blog-o-sphere to search for news/posts about you- and they see this one, please give them the carte blanche to unsubscribe me from your mailing list.

Thanks,

Scott

P.S. Thanks for invite Mayor Brown, but I will have to pass on this one. I will be in a far sunnier place at that time.