[EAS] How often has an elected official voiced an actual EAS emergency message or AMBER alert?

[Sean Donelan]

On Thu, 29 Sep 2016, Mike McCarthy wrote:
> Find the voice which works best and then make that THE voice of the agency
> regardless of who's the designated official.

I can understand the advantage of getting an elected official to voice 
the annual tornado warning PSA/RMT exercise.  It makes them look good.

Admittedly, when I'm in Las Vegas I don't spend a lot of time in the hotel 
room watching local TV. So I had not noticed Nevada has a different 
elected official each month announcing its RMT.

But is it really for training purposes? How many AMBER alerts or other 
actual EAS messages are voiced by an elected official?  Or are actual EAS 
messages generally voiced by an anonymous dispatcher on duty at the EOC 
or at the local primary station?  Don't the people who actually voice most 
alerts need the training more?

If the rule is because no one has asked a question about something 
in the past means no questions may ever be asked about it in the future, 
that seems to be a good way to make sure no one asks questions about 
anything.