It appears our Republican congressman, Pete Olson, will be in Richmond at least from 6:30-8 p.m. on July 12 for a town hall meeting at the McDowell Jury Assembly Building at 212 Houston St. He wants to talk about deepwater drilling and cap-and-trade energy legislation, but will entertain constituent concerns.

Funny, he doesn’t mention anything about how he refused to vote to extend unemployment benefits for about 1.2 million out-of-work Americans who may not be able to afford food for their families as a result. Pete has figured out that NASA and petroleum companies populate a portion of his district. Maybe he doesn’t think anyone in Fort Bend County has lost their jobs yet in the Great Recession.

So if you’ve been laid off and are curious about why Congressman Olson is fighting to spend more government money to preserve high-paying NASA jobs but not on extending unemployment benefits to people who already are out of work, perhaps you’d like to join Pete down at the McDowell building and express your constituent concern.

I feel certain he’ll have some compelling and compassionate thoughts ready to share with you.