[Vision2020] Crapo Meeting Today in Moscow?

[j Whitney]

Did anyone hear about this Crapo Town Hall Meeting today at 6pm at Mountain
View Park (highlighted in the article below)?  I called Crapo's office
today, and his staff said he is in our area, but there is no scheduled
meeting in Moscow today, which is contrary to what the article says.  Just
curious if anyone heard about it, and/or might be going (maybe to film
it...how 'bout it, Tom???)?

I'm hoping to attend to ask about job creation, and cuts to medicaid/Title X
programming.

Best,
Jennifer

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Crapo, Labrador holding town halls during recess; Risch, Simpson choose
other forums
Submitted by Dan
Popkey<http://voices.idahostatesman.com/user/idahopolitics>on Tue,
08/23/2011 - 10:46am, updated on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 12:47pm

Just 40 percent of U.S. House members are holding town hall meetings to face
constituents during the August recess, according to a survey by No
Labels<http://nolabels.org/blog/60-congress-not-holding-town-halls>,
a group of Republicans, Democrats and independents that advocates bipartisan
solutions.

Among Republicans, 49 percent said they scheduled town halls; among
Democrats, just 32 percent said they'd scheduled such meetings, reported the
group.

"Washington must hear from all Americans, not a handpicked few who passes a
partisan litmus test or can afford to donate," said No Lables co-founder
William Galston in a news release. "Our concern is that elected officials
are only hearing form their respective partisan bases and will not expose
themselves to criticism. Politics is about competing ideas, and everyone
should have a seat at the table."

Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, has a town hall meeting scheduled in Sandpoint
Tuesday, the only such event he's holding during the August recess.

Labrador also is traveling to Lewiston and Coeur d'Alene, but not holding
large meetings. He is meeting with the Kootenai County Chamber of Commerce,
editorial boards, and appeared on KTVB's "Viewpoint" and other TV programs.
He's also been on radio, said spokesman Phil Hardy.

On Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Labrador will appear at the Republican
Central Committee Booth at the North Idaho Fair at the Kootenai County
Fairground.

Labrador held a town hall in Meridian July 23, before the break and the vote
on a debt and deficit deal.

Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, will hold this second town hall of the break in
Meridian Aug. 29 at 5:15 p.m. at Idaho State University's Meridian campus,
1311 E. Central Dr. Crapo has another town hall set for Coeur d'Alene Sept.
1. He held a town hall in Twin Falls Aug. 15.

Crapo has a telephone town hall scheduled Sept. 14.

He also has met with chambers of commerce, service clubs and small groups in
Rigby, Rexburg, Driggs and Jerome. He's scheduled to meet with constituents
in Moscow at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Mountain View Park and with a tea party
group at 2:15 p.m. on Aug. 29 in Weiser, at the Bee Hive Restaurant. All the
events are open to the public, said his spokesman, Lindsay Nothern.

Nothern said earlier events "turned into town halls" and subsquent events
"may turn into town halls." Crapo also has been attending GOP events, which
Nothern said are open to the public.

Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, has not scheduled any town halls, said his
spokesman, Brad Hoaglun. But Hoaglun said Risch was in Twin Falls and Filer
last week, and took calls on a radio show. He has a telephone town hall
scheduled Sept. 12.

Risch is in Coeur d'Alene Tuesday and Wednesday and Idaho Falls Thursday.
Next week, he has events set for the Boise area. But he also has jury duty,
so the events are tentative. Hoaglun said Risch always takes questions at
his events.

Hoaglun said Risch's contacts through telephone town halls, comments
received by his staff, and meetings with service clubs and editorial boards
"provides him with the feedback of a community perspective that he finds
very helpful."

"By doing this throughout the state, along with the contacts made to his
offices, Senator Risch feels he has a good sense of where Idahoans are on a
particular issue," Hoaglun wrote in an email. "None the less, he urges
Idahoans to regularly and frequently contact him by phone, letters or email
on an issue they consider important and he will respond very quickly to
their concerns."

Simpson has no town halls scheduled, but will hold a telephone town hall
Sept. 7, which reaches thousands of constituents, said his spokeswoman,
Nikki Watts.

"As Chairman of the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, Congressman
Simpson is doing a lot of committee work this August," Watts said in an
email. "Currently, he is visiting Indian Reservations in the mid-west. He
did hold a phone town hall meeting in July and another one is scheduled for
September 7. These calls allow Mike to reach constituents all over the
district at the same time and have received a lot of positive feedback."

Read more:
http://voices.idahostatesman.com/2011/08/23/idahopolitics/crapo_labrador_holding_town_halls_during_recess_risch_simpson_ch#ixzz1VzHmlKQO
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