Email or drop a note during Legislative Session
Never disregard the value of a handwritten note.
Or a very civil telephone call.
Those were two of the most often requested and suggested forms of communication valued by Arkansas lawmakers, politicians tell me.
And with the start of the 90day Legislative Session down in Little Rock, I am focused on how you as citizens can contact your state legislators.
So while most of this column may look like just a list of names, telephone numbers and email addresses, believe you me, you will wish you had clipped this column for future reference and a handy guide in just a few short weeks.
I have written before about the protocol for emails.
Keep them short. Make them in your own words ( never just forward a forwarded email to your legislative leaders). Be genuine. Also, there are protocols to calling both the Arkansas State House of Representatives and the State Senate during the session.
During the session to contact the House of Representatives, call 1- 501- 682- 6211.
For the State Senate, call 1- 501- 682- 2902 during the session.
Both these numbers only take messages for legislators to call you back. You may be asked if you have a bill number you want to talk to the lawmakers about. Please give your name and a call back number and remain civil; these are just telephone answering personnel, not the actual lawmakers.
While the rest of the column is indeed a list, just know this, soon you will wish you had these names, phone numbers and emails.
Benton County State Senators and their contact information are as follows:
• State Sen. Bart Hester, R- Cave Springs, Dist. 1, 479531- 4176, email bart.hester@senate.ar.com
• Sen. Jim Hendren, R- Gravette, Dist. 2, 479- 787- 6222, email, jimhendren@hendrenplastics
• State Sen. Cecile Bledsoe, R- Rogers, 479- 636- 2115, email Cecile. Bledsoe@ senate. ar. gov
• Benton County House of Representatives members and their contact information is as follows:
• State Rep. Robin Lundstrom, R- Siloam Springs, Dist. 87, 479- 957- 1959, email robin. lundstrum@arkansashouse.org
• State Rep. Jana DellaRosa, R- Rogers, Dist. 90, 479- 2839303, email Jana. DellaRosa@arkansashouse.org
• State Rep. Dan Douglas, RBentonville, Dist. 91, 479- 6199231, email dan- douglas@sbcglobal.net
• State Rep. Kim Hendren, R- Gravette, Dist. 92, 479- 7876500, email kim. hendren@arkansashouse.org
• State Rep. Jim Dotson, R- Bentonville, Dist. 93, 479644- 0740, email jim. dotson@arkansashouse.org
• State Rep. Rebecca Petty, R- Rogers, Dist. 94, 479- 6213464, email rebecca. petty@arkansashouse.org
• State Rep. Austin McCollum, R- Rogers, Dist. 95, 479426-4141, email austin.mccollum@arkansashouse.org
• State Rep. Grant Hodges, R- Rogers, Dist. 96, 479- 3819513, email grant. hodges@arkansashouse.org
This is a quick and easy way to stay connected to your elected officials in the days ahead.