JG
I was supporting ampclamp's post that you wont do better with either side of the political fence when it comes to aviation.
I've had acknowledgments of my contact at the very least on other matters from elsewhere.
Not hard at all to send out a standard template "thank you very much for your email (even if I am going to now carefully place it in the round filing cabinet)". Even Pollies with limited skull juice know that totally ignoring communication from your constituents isnt a very smart ploy.
LD