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Milton Coalition, The Blog and Petition

Overwhelming Response to Re-Launch of Milton Coalition Blog

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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.)

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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

The Blog and Petition

Re-launched Blog Passes 100 Hits

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May 23, 2017

The Milton Coalition Blog has achieved over 100 hits since re-launching late on May 21st.  We are very pleased as our initial re-launch e-mail was disseminated to less than a dozen people.  In the coming days, we will initiate a more concerted effort to reach our members, supporters, and concerned citizens.

Please visit our blog daily to get the latest scoop on government and politics in Milton.  We just added an e-mail subscription widget.  Sign up and you will receive each blog post by e-mail as soon as it is published.  The widget is included in the left menu bar that lists the blog’s pages.

The Milton Coalition is your voice for clean, competent, and citizen-centric government.  We are Milton’s only government watchdog group.  We are your advocate for good governance.  We are not afraid to take on powerful Special Interests and their agents in our government.  We appreciate your trust and confidence.  Thanks for visiting.

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The Blog and Petition

Back By Popular Demand: The Milton Coalition Blog

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May 21, 2017

Citizens:

The Milton Coalition thanks you for your tremendous support over the past 18 months. We appreciate your trust and confidence.  Together, we have accomplished a lot, but there is still much to be accomplished.

After letting the Milton Coalition blog go dormant for the last 6 months, we are re-launching the blog based on a deluge of requests from citizens.  We will be publishing new posts every day between now and the election in November.  We will not pull our punches.  As always, we will tell the unvarnished truth.

Many citizens have reached out to the Milton Coalition since last Monday’s City Council meeting.  As many of you know, Council approved 5-2 the rezoning of 3 properties on Hopewell Road just south of Vickery Crest.  This rezoning was approved by Council despite:

  1. Staff’s recommendation against approval
  2. The Planning Commission’s unanimous recommendation for denial. This approval is yet another in a long string of rezonings where Council has overridden recommendations for denial from the Planning Commission.  Disgraceful!
  3. Violating the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP), which was just approved by Council in October 2016. The CLUP designates these parcels as Agricultural, Equestrian, Estate (AEE).  After considerable debate, the comprehensive plan advisory committee (CPAC) made a deliberate decision to designate these parcels as AEE.
  4. Doubling the number of homes that this property would likely support under its AG-1 zoning, thereby exacerbating traffic congestion, overcrowded schools, and other problems associated with high density housing.
  5. Overwhelming opposition of citizens, as expressed in two petitions; many hundreds of letters to Council; and many hundreds of public comments at City Council meetings.

We consider this rezoning a violation of the public trust.  Citizens, it is time to take action!  Since Monday, we have seen a spike in signatures to the Milton Coalition petition based on only 1 posting at a social media site.  Thank you!  If you have not signed our petition, please join over 1800 civic-minded citizens that have already signed the petition.  And please leave a comment.  Following is link to the petition:

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More importantly, citizens need to vote in November.  We need to remove Council Members that consistently cast votes that bend, break, and change the rules to the benefit of developers . . . and to the detriment of citizens.

Please refer to our Milton Coalition Action Guide to learn more about how you can become more involved in advocating for good governance in Milton.

Please return daily to our site to get the latest news on Milton City government and politics.

Advocating For Citizens,

The Milton Coalition