Just some statistics for you...

Of the 44 ads in this weeks's edition of the "Wareham" Observer, only 22 are businesses in Wareham (i even included parts of B.Bay).  Just half the ads are from town.

Not surprising that 5 of the 22 advertisers stock The Rag for free.  Somehow I picture this sentence uttered "if I give you free ads, will you stock the paper for me?"  That leaves us with 17 local advertisers.

Of the 17 left...

6 are general contractors (carpentry, etc)
2 are bakery's (who do very low business)
1 food establishment
1 massage parlor (how much business is there)
1 repair shop (not a popular one)
1 jeweler
1 fundraiser (probably free ad)
1 bank (grand opening - it's a given they'd advertise with everyone)
1 computer geek
1 lawyer
1 realtor (not a well-known one)

So I ask you.... is this really a great sampling of local business support for The Rag?  I think not.  I would say no one frequents these places on a weekly basis.  Maybe the bank.

Of note....

Not one of the places that SELL the Rag have an advertisement.  I wonder why that is.  Oh, they lose money that way.  Of course they lose money selling it too, but I'm sure it wasn't pitched that way.

Also...ever wonder why one of the top establishments in town (Shooters) stopped advertising with The Rag?

**Local support is overwhelming....bullshit, Slager!

22 advertisers out of 500+ businesses in town (less than 5%)
100 (yeah, right) subscribers out of 20,000+ people in town (less than 5%)
100 subscribers despite the claim of 10,000 readers (less than 1% of those that allegedly support you.

So what is that, less than 5% of Wareham supports The Rag?  I'm sure you can spin that information and sell it to morons.