If
you are a Senate District 9 resident experiencing issues with a
state agency, Senator Girod may be able to help you. Senator
Girod's staff specializes in working with constituents who have
encountered problems with government agencies and will be happy
to assist you.
While it isn't
possible to set aside state laws, rules, and regulations for an
individual, Senator Girod and his staff can help Oregonians
with misunderstandings, disagreements, and other problems they are
having with state agencies. Although some cases can take longer
to resolve than others, many requests for assistance can be resolved
with a letter or phone call from Senator Girod's office.
Senator
Girod's staff members with work state agencies. Some of the agencies
we contact on a daily basis include:
- Department
of Transportation
- Department
of Consumer and Business Services
- Department
of Human Services
- Department
of Veterans Affairs
- Department
of Revenue
In order to
process requests in a timely matter, our staff will need your full
name, address, daytime phone number, and pertinent case or file
numbers. Copies of previous correspondence with an agency can also
provide us helpful background.
Please send
your requests for help to:
State Senator Fred Girod
900 Court St NE S217
Salem, OR 97301
E-mail
A member of
our staff will contact you as soon as we receive a response from
the state agency. If you wish to follow up on your case after a
reasonable amount of time has passed, please contact our State Capitol
office at 503-986-1709.
Senator Girod represents Senate District 9 in the Santiam Canyon. To find
out if you are a resident of Senate District 17, utilize the Oregon
Legislature's website. In addition, residents have two State Representatives
who represent the district also - Representative Vic Gilliam and Representative Sherrie Sprenger.
When contacting
Senator Girod, it is important to let us know if you have
already contact another Legislator. The chances of success do not
necessarily increase if more than one legislator gets involved.
In fact, it can be counter-productive. Responding to multiple inquiries
duplicates the work for agencies, leaving them less time to actually
work on processing your case.
There are limits
to the types of cases in which Senator Girod can help. For
example, as a state official, Senator Girod cannot intervene
with federal agencies or on-going legal or judicial proceedings.
Senator Girod also cannot intervene in private matters or local issues,
such as zoning, property taxes, and road repair that are under the
jurisdiction of the city or county in which you live. Please utilize
the contacts on our District Info page to help resolve local or federal issues.
Lori
Caston, Chief of Staff