Early voting begins tomorrow: October 16th. Milton’s 2023 municipal elections are seminal . . . comparable to the 2017 elections. This election is really about the heart and soul of Milton. The choices could not be starker. Does Milton continue its steep downward trajectory and crash-and-burn or does Milton pull out of its nosedive and soar upward? Do citizens want a continuation of the extreme dysfunction, dishonesty, drama, partisanship, and pettiness that has wracked local government for 2+ years? Or do citizens want to restore sanity to government . . . and return to non-partisanship, competence, integrity, and strategic focus? Beginning tomorrow the choice is yours.
Anyone paying attention knows that for the past two years, it has been one bad story after another in the Milton Herald and other media outlets. Some of the city’s dysfunction has to do with council’s penchant for interfering in petty HOA issues. This interference resulted in ethics charges against Paul Moore. The resulting shameful ethics scandal dragged on for 15 long months. Despite spending $100,000 and filing multiple appeals, Moore was unable to beat the rap on 3 ethics charges. Worse still has been Milton’s badly tainted elections project, which has been permeated by dishonesty, partisanship, non-transparency, and incompetence. It is Milton’s elections project, particularly denial of a third polling location, that has caused average citizens to take notice, to push back, and to demand change at City Hall.
I have created two new pages at the Milton Coalition Blog. One page is The Case FOR Electing Phil Cranmer and the other page is The Case AGAINST Re-electing Rick Mohrig. Attached to this blog post are pdfs of these web pages for distribution by readers to friends and neighbors. Please do you part to return sanity to local government.
The Case FOR Electing Phil Cranmer
The Case AGAINST Re-electing Mohrig
Following is a link to my one-stop shop for voting and candidate information. This Voter Information page is my one blog page/post that is not colored by my opinion. Provided here are candidate websites, Facebook pages, and LinkedIn pages. You can also access the government website for mandatory campaign finance reports to view who donated and how much; money raised and spent; etc. I have provided information on where to vote and voting dates/hours. Also included is a link to the video of the recent Appen Media candidate debate. I particularly recommend viewing the debate’s closing statements, which highlight the stark choice between Cranmer and Mohrig.
One-Stop Shop For ALL Candidate and Voting Information
Please join me in supporting Phil Cranmer. Here is what you can do:
- Learn more about his candidacy at Phil’s Campaign Website
- Visit and follow/like his Phil’s Campaign Facebook Page
- Attend one of Phil’s meet-the-candidate events.
- Proudly plant a Cranmer campaign sign in your yard.
- Make a financial contribution: Donate to Phil’s Campaign
- Email, text, tweet, and call your family, friends, and neighbors about Phil. Forward this email.
- Direct voters to the Milton Coalition Milton Coalition Blog
Most importantly, vote for Phil Cranmer for City Council. Voting is at-large, so EVERY Milton citizen can vote for Phil. Early voting starts October 16th and election day is November 7th. Make your vote count . . . Vote For Phil Cranmer.
Advocating For Clean, Competent, Courageous, and Citizen-centric Government,
Tim
Note: My focus at the Milton Coalition blog has been on Phil Cranmer (and Rick Mohrig). However, I also support Carol Cookerly’s re-election bid. I have not devoted much effort to the District 1 race because Cookerly’s opponent strikes me more as a novelty (i.e., joke) sort of candidate than a serious, studied candidate. My sense is that Milton’s Lunatic Fringe recruited Ms. Gordon, but it’s hard to say . . . because she’s not running much of a campaign and she’s provided very little about herself and what she stands for.
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