Reynolds is poster boy for bad service

How bad a state senator is Tom Reynolds?

Well, aside from his loony-tunes views and penchant for saying things that make you wince, it turns out he also is very bad at taking care of the basics.

Things like answering his mail, returning phone calls, or responsing to invitations.

Gretchen Schuldt of Story Hill reports:

There was an audible reaction of surprise at a recent neighborhood meeting because someone got an honest-to-gosh response from Reynolds’ office.

The message, in reply to a resident’s e-mail inquiry about Reynolds’ position on a particular issue, said Reynolds has a policy against responding through e-mail to questions about his position on any particular issue. Gee, that was helpful.

No wonder he's a target even though the district skews pretty heavily Republican. Wauwatosa Alderman Jim Sullivan is already running as a Democrat, and State Rep. Tony Staskunas is thinking about it, too, Schuldt says.

Reynolds is the born-again fruitcake with a printing press who embarrassed himself in running for Congress, but found a home in the fringe of the Republican Party and won a primary against a moderate, Peggy Rosenzweig, as part of a purge of reasonable Republicans in the legislature.