The statement below was written to show how any political candidate on any size budget can use the tools available for free on the internet to be transparent. It is primary season and I urge you to copy and paste this statement into an email sent to your favorite candidate. You could change the name to the candidate's name and I can provide you with the statement if you email me a contact. Let's put pressure on politicians to be transparent for a better future. Thanks.

Mitch Miller is on a mission to bring transparency to politics. Mitch’s first priority is to the citizens and businesses of Allegheny County. Lobbying has become part of the political process in the United States. There are many kinds of lobbyists from environmental lobbyists to those that seek to preserve corporate profits. The theory behind lobbying stems from lack of access to politicians and leads people to create special interest groups that can then hire a lobbyist to talk to politicians. A lobbyist may discuss the major concerns of a group with a politician but where things become questionable is when money becomes involved.

Mitch believes the first step to keeping all forms of the political process honest is at least reporting meetings taken with these participants in the process. If Mitch takes a meeting with any type of lobbyist he will report it on his Facebook page. Secondly he will attempt to summarize his activities on a weekly podcast available through any podcast service. The third step Mitch will take to bring transparency to the political process is to publish a photo of the receipts from any official campaign purchase to his twitter account. This way you can see how your donations are being used to push for transparency among all elected officials.

Mitch is trying to use the tools available on the internet to be as open and transparent as he can be to the citizens of Allegheny County. While he doesn’t expect to encounter many lobbyists at the county executive level of politics, this summary of his strategy should serve as fair warning to any political lobbyist that wishes to meet with Mitch Miller. The public will be informed. 

Mitch wants to deliver quality journalism through his fledgling media company "Disability TV". If you show interest in this project by donating and/or joining the Facebook group "Perroscope" you will be able to vote on how funds are used through the group. If any interest is shown for this project Mitch will begin the process of reaching out to the proper governments and authorities to seek permission to travel to Ukraine. He will seek to help out and document the disaster area as well as launch a technology company designed to end government corruption and help victims of disaster.

In an effort to be transparent as a journalist and as a political candidate I will continue to publish all of my purchases on Twitter. You will see exactly how much I spend per year and what I spend it on. I believe that all politicians should adopt this policy. Hopefully this will encourage you to support me as a journalist or candidate. The account will be used for very little except posting receipts of purchases. Click the button below to follow me on Twitter. Thanks.

Mitch Miller is running for Secretary of the Treasury. Why do we vote for the County Treasurer but not the Secretary of the Treasury? Mitch has started a facebook group titled "Elect the Secretary of the Treasury" and is hoping it gains the type of numbers to make the government take notice. The position should have a 4 year term with an 8 year term limit.

Whether Mitch is elected or not he believes the goal of the Secretary of the Treasury should be to establish a voting platform so that every U.S. Citizen age 18 or older can vote on the Federal Budget. The platform will allow for discussion and voting on every budget item. If you don't want to take the time to vote on how your tax money is used you can sign your vote over to an elected official. 

Mitch sees himself becoming Secretary of the Treasury in at least two ways. First this movement can gain the attention of federal congresspeople who will pass a bill to make the position an elected position voted on during the Presidential election. Second the movement can petition the President to take an online vote using a precursor to the Treasury voting platform and appoint the winner (hopefully Mitch) to the position requiring no passing of a bill. 

Either way Mitch promises to take the money out of politics by allowing the people to vote on how, when, and where their tax money is used. The politicians may say we need them to create the laws of the land but they can no longer tell us how to spend our hard earned tax dollars. Click the button below to join the group and join the movement

One of Mitch's driving factors for running for mayor is to promote a technology startup dedicated to providing transparency in politics. Click the button below to be taken to his podcast where you can listen to a 20 minute episode entitled "Technology Startup". In that episode Mitch describes an internet platform that allows elected officials to host a daily or weekly podcast, post topics or decisions to be voted on by constituents, and publish their schedule with a description of every person they met with. Mitch believes this could be the first step to lasting campaign finance reform and will allow power to be truly in the people's hands. Thanks for listening.