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Kevin Fischer is a veteran broadcaster, the recipient of over 150 major journalism awards from the Milwaukee Press Club, the Wisconsin Associated Press, the Northwest Broadcast News Association, the Wisconsin Bar Association, and others. He has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for over three decades. A longtime aide to state Senate Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature, Kevin can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, "InterCHANGE," on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10, and heard filling in on Newstalk 1130 WISN. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, and their lovely baby daughter, Kyla Audrey, in Franklin.
Greg Kowalski steps in it.....AGAIN!
It never ceases to amaze me. Greg Kowalski never fails to disappoint.Early Tuesday, Kowalski’s chest must have been huffing and puffing. He must have been in a gleeful mood, thinking finally that once, just one time he had caught that no-good Kevin Fischer in an actual GOTCHA moment.
He wrote in his blog, “One sentence truly sums it up” (How does he come up with those sexy titles, like TODAY’S CONCERNS) the following:
Fischer notes in his blog, Citizen involvement doesn't end with abolishment of Environmental Commission, that:
Several members of the current Franklin School Board ran unopposed in April. That’s disgraceful. You now have members on the School Board that weren’t elected by anybody.
What he fails to acknowledge is the fact that all Common Council members up for re-election in April were also running unopposed. Isn't that a tad disgraceful too, Kevin? Or is your allegiance to the Common Council finally unraveling before our eyes...
Oooooooooooooooohhh.
This is a real toughie.
Outsmarted by Greg Kowalski?
I don’t think so.
LET’S GO THROUGH THIS NICE AND EASY, NICE AND SLOW SO THAT EVEN GREG KOWALSKI CAN UNDERSTAND.
We begin with my quote that Greg re-printed:
Several members of the current Franklin School Board ran unopposed in April. That’s disgraceful. You now have members on the School Board that weren’t elected by anybody.
Actually all three Franklin School Board members who were elected in April ran unopposed.Two of the three were NOT incumbents.
That means (am I going too fast, Greg?) that they are now on the School Board, after running against and beating….nobody.
Reporter John Neville of FranklinNOW wrote at the time:
Jeff Traylor and David Szychlinski were elected to three-year terms on the at-large, seven-member School Board. Debbie Larson, the only board incumbent running in that race, was elected to a new term. School Board incumbents Tom Walsh and John Hedstrom chose not to seek new terms, thus leading to the uncontested election for that panel.
So, to repeat, two of the three School Board members elected in April were not incumbents, ran unopposed and waltzed into office without facing any challenge.
Now, back to Kowalski’s “I GOT KEVIN FISCHER” blog. He continues:
What he (Fischer) fails to acknowledge is the fact that all Common Council members up for re-election in April were also running unopposed. Isn't that a tad disgraceful too, Kevin? Or is your allegiance to the Common Council finally unraveling before our eyes...
Oh, yes, the three seats on the Franklin Common Council were won by candidates who ran unopposed. That’s true.
BUT THEY WERE INCUMBENTS!
THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN ELECTED!
Would it have been good for the process to see some contested races for Alderman last April? Of course.
However, you think maybe, just maybe no one decided to run against Steve Olson, Timothy Solomon and Lyle Sohns because people were happy with the job they were doing?
So, you see, it’s far more upsetting that School Board members got in just by signing and compiling their nomination papers. Franklin had no choice but to accept these individuals, and now they’re going to jack up our school taxes.
There is a big difference that Kowalski apparently doesn’t see or understand.
The Aldermen who ran unopposed were accountable, having been elected years before and having taken votes and positions on key issues. The electorate knew what they were getting. The same could not be said for the unopposed School Board candidates.
Capiche?
TRANSLATION FOR GREG KOWALSKI: Do you understand?
Probably not.
This is like shooting fish in a barrel.
Poor Greg is in way over his head.
He needs to do two things:
1) Pick fights or debates on issues he truly understands, like pie and appetizers.
2) THINK before hitting that “send” button.
Yes, indeed.
Like fish in a barrel.
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