County Dems deliver petitions to Barrett's Lansing office, demand in-person town hall meeting

County Dems deliver petitions to Barrett's Lansing office, demand in-person town hall meeting

By Andrew Roth, Michigan Advance Grassroots organizers delivered more than 2,000 petition signatures to the Lansing office of U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Charlotte, demanding that the first-term congressman hold an in-person town hall meeting. Barrett held a telephone town hall earlier in the month, following guidance from the House GOP’s campaign arm to avoid backlash at in-person meetings. But the information to call in for that meeting didn’t re…