Reader Kim Thallheimer has this story to share, which may make you think of government in a way you are not used to thinking about it:

This is NOT a political post.

I would like to share my experience with Senator Mike McGuire’s office.

My husband and I are rideshare drivers. We paid for our registration online. The ride share company would not accept the receipt or a Vehicle History Report. It was a technicality, which I do understand, but we were going to have to wait at least a week where we wouldn’t be able to work because they would accept the receipt or VHR from the DMV. The DMV stopped providing registrations (among a few other things) at the DMV office.

Needless to say, we would have lost a considerable amount of income.

We tried everything we could think of and came to a dead end. I decided to email Senator McGuire’s office. Within a couple hours (and after business hours) a representative from the Senator’s office responded to my email letting me know that she would give this her full attention the following morning. By late morning, she sent me a form to complete. By 1 p.m., I had a copy of the new registration in my email.

I was floored! I didn’t think we would get a resolution in a timely manner. I was wrong! This is an example of our elected officials doing their jobs and a situation we don’t want anyone else to have to deal with.