Where’s Mary?

Last Friday, more than fifty people showed up to speak to an aide at Mary Miller’s (R, IL-15) “office hours.” Today, more than 200 people showed up to line the street outside one of her two local offices (closed) to express their general disapproval of her performance in Congress and to insist that she listen to and speak to her constituents in a town hall meeting.

Elaine’s sign: SHAME ON YOU, MARY.

Mine: SURRENDER, MARY! TOWN HALL NOW!

My favorite sign, in the hands of an older woman: FED UP WITH DOGE BAGS.

There will be more events to come.

I have long known that Mary Miller has brought not a single tax dollar back to her district (aside from the tax dollars that pay her salary). She is the only member of the Illinois congressional delegation who has brought back nothing for local projects. What I didn’t know until today (but should have) is that the absurdly gerrymandered Fifteenth District (thanks, Illinois Democratic legislators) covers nearly a third of the state. That’s a third of the state that gets nothing back from its federal tax dollars — a point that might make even Mary Miller’s voters think twice.

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[Yes, my sign invoked The Wizard of Oz.]