June 5, 2017

Just 3 weeks ago, at the request of our supporters, the Milton Coalition did a soft re-launch of our blog.  This included a selective mail-out to about 500 citizens that signed the CSO petition, but not our second Petition Advocating for Smart Land Use and Good Governance.  Since that time we have experienced an overwhelming response to our re-launch.  Here are the statistics:

• Our blog has exceeded over 500 hits since re-launch.
• Our Petition for Smart Land Use and Good Governance has garnered 68 new signatures of Milton voters since re-launch.
• Our e-mails are being opened by 54% of recipients, more than twice the average (25%) for similar citizen action groups.
• Our click-through rate to the blog or petition is 30%, or nearly 4 times the average (8.25%) for similar citizen action groups.
• Since inception, we have received 5,623 hits to our blogs.
• Our petitions have garnered 2,702 signatures and 972 comments. (Subtracting citizens that signed both petitions, over 2200 unique voters have signed our petitions.)

Why are these statistics important?  Because they demonstrate that citizens trust the Milton Coalition.  Despite several attempts by a few Council members to discredit us and shut us down, we are stronger than ever.  Your trust is both humbling and energizing.  As you know, we are ordinary citizens, just like you.  We advocate for citizens in our spare time.  We have no ties to Special Interests (developers and land speculators).  We are not aligned with any council member (although we certainly agree with and prefer certain council members over others).  We are committed to clean, competent, courageous, and citizen-centric government.  And we will not settle for anything less.

We have added a new feature to the Milton Coalition blog.  You can now receive our blog posts by e-mail as soon as they are published.  If you would like to sign up, please go to the blog Home Page.  Scroll down to where you see the Follow button.  Enter your e-mail and hit the follow button.  You will receive a confirmation e-mail with a link that will complete the sign-up process.  Never miss a blog posting . . . sign up today!  (If you would like us to sign you up, please send us an e-mail request.)

Thanks again for your trust, confidence, and support.  The backing of citizens is critical to our success.  There is strength in numbers.

Advocating for Citizens,

The Milton Coalition