FreedomSpeaks
5,000 Letters and Counting…
by DotNetAllDay on Apr.30, 2008, under FreedomSpeaks, Politics
Chalk up another exciting couple of weeks here at FREEDOMSPEAKS.COM. We continue to grow and
we’ve far surpassed the 5,000 letter mark sending out a total of 5,531 letters!
We’ve also been sent our first offer for financing. I won’t say any more than
that, but it’s great to be validated with a funding proposal. Be sure to tell
everyone you know about FREEDOMSPEAKS.COM – familiy, friends,
radio talk show hosts, local news, everyone. The more letters we can flood our
politicians with, the less they can ignore us.
For everyone living in the Los Angeles area, I
wanted to point out two things:
- Tonight, our
founder, Jason A. Kiesel, will be getting interviewed by TechZulu at Makai in Santa Monica. The
event is hosted by DigitalLA and starts at 6PM. - A very special issue has come up due to the
recent tragedy of Jamiel Shaw. I’ve set up a special letter that goes directly to the
LA Mayor and City Council Members regarding the passage of Jamiel’s Law. Please take a look at it and
forward it along. Most important, be sure to click "Send This Letter Now!".
Keep spreading the word – we can
make a difference in Washington (and our respective States)!
NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS!
- We’ll be adding petititions to the site within the next few weeks. Our petitions
will be similar to a letter, but will be sent all at once when a threshold level
is reached (a certain date or number of signatures). Any suggestions should be
sent via our feedback form. - We created a new
type of letter on the site – a letter that targets a specific official or group
of officials (We used this for the Jamiel’s Law letter). We will be rolling this
out within the next couple weeks. Stay tuned! - We’re also
planning on rolling out more content on the site. We’ll be presenting commentary
that represents both (or multiple) sides of an issue and then getting discussion
on those points of view by all of you. - We’ll be starting a live show once every other week starting
next week. We’ll stream it live online and we’ll take your calls and questions
on air. Our founder, Jason Kiesel, will have a guest or two and they’ll discuss
the top letters/issues from the site. Be sure to check it out!
TOP NEW LETTERS!
We’re growing and growing and growing…
by DotNetAllDay on Mar.30, 2008, under FreedomSpeaks, Politics
I just wanted to thank everyone for continuing to visit FREEDOMSPEAKS.COM and contributing great letters and comments. There have been some really great letters written by some of our memebers since my last email went out (see below), and I’ve added some great new features. Everyone on the site has been giving some great feedback – in fact, most of the new features come from member suggestions! Keep up the good work, and I look forward to reading your next letter!
Here are some of the new features we’ve added:
- Sending letters to other officials, even if they don’t represent you, just got easier!
(just go to your account home, click "Send Letter", do a search for the officals you want and add them to your list) - Letters can now be written as private – no one on the site will ever see it.
- Not happy with your screen name? You can now change it!
- State Official data is slowly trickling in. Members in CA now have their executive and legislative officials in their profile (if we’re able to correctly geocode your address). We’re working on the other states, so stay tuned!
- Improved Search now includes ALL State officials as well as Federal.
- You can now subscribe to a letter and get email alerts whenever anyone comments on it.
(simply comment on a letter and be sure to check the "Subscribe" checkbox) - Get a list of the most recent letters (not just most active letters)
- Check out our list of RSS Feeds – You can now stay on top of your favorite issue / topic!
Check out some of these great letters…
Citizens Now Have a Voice with FREEDOMSPEAKS.COM !
by DotNetAllDay on Mar.04, 2008, under Current Affairs, FreedomSpeaks, Politics
It
is my pleasure to inform you that a new tool is available to the
citizens of the United States. Unfortunately for you, however, this
means you will now be held to a much greater level of accountability.
FREEDOMSPEAKS.COM is proud to offer is a new online service free of
charge to all US citizens. Using this service, our members now can:
- Quickly find out exactly which public officials represents them at both the Federal and State level of government.
- Get contact information (addresses, telephones, faxes, emails, websites) for every one of those officials.
- Most importantly, contact those officials simply and effectively.
We now live in an information age, and it’s about time our
government caught up. The mere fact that many public officials do not
even have a publicly available email address is appalling and
disgraceful. Information is power, and it’s my mission to shift that
power back to the hard working citizens of this country. We may not all
agree on all the issues, but that is what democracy is all about.
Dictionary.com defines "democracy" as the following:
"government by the people; a form of government in which the
supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or
by their elected agents under a free electoral system."
You, as an elected official work for your constituents – all of them
(yes, even the ones that do not fund your campaign). We’re not really
happy with the way things are being run, so we’re going to take our
country back!
Founder
FREEDOMSPEAKS.COM
Speak Out. Be Heard.
by DotNetAllDay on May.16, 2007, under Current Affairs, FreedomSpeaks, Politics
This is it America. It’s your time to speak out and be heard. You already know why – stay tuned on how.
