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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.
Senator Lena Taylor and Representative Fred Kessler lose, WI parents and children WIN!
The vast majority of the time in
If a bill is really controversial, you probably see close to an even split in folks who turn out to express an opinion. However, with most bills, it’s a parade of enthusiastic yes-men and yes-women.
Not so with Senate Bill 548 and Assembly Bill 759, the companion bills that would have pulled the rug out from underneath the more than 100 local restrictive sex offender residency ordinances statewide. The normal trend was reversed as two committee chair scheduled public hearings, one in each house of the legislature, only to see OPPONENTS step up to testify, one after another, far outnumbering supporters.
It was like watching a poor besieged quarterback dropping back to throw in the backfield, only to be sacked repeatedly. Some opponents were interrupted and rushed by committee chairs, obviously taken aback by an outpouring they may not have been expecting.
Senate Bill 548……
DEAD!
Assembly Bill 759….
DEAD!
The bill killers were those who gave up a day at work to make the trip to the state Capitol and either testify or register in opposition.
The bill killers were the hundreds, yes, hundreds of concerned citizens, and not just from Franklin, who called or e-mailed not just one but several state legislators involved in the status of these bills.
The losers were the
The winners are the local law enforcement units that can continue to use these ordinances as tools to police and keep their communities safe, and the innocent children, not just from Franklin, but from all over the state.
Message to the Lena Taylor’s and Fred Kessler’s of the world whose devious plot to dump their sex offenders into Franklin, Greendale, Greenfield, Muskego, et al by sponsoring these flawed bills failed miserably thanks to the voice of the people:
The answer isn’t a big fat monkey wrench thrown into the works of over 100 municipalities. The answer is:
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GET THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES
THAT YOU REPRESENT TO PASS
SIMILAR ORDINANCES!
All you folks living in cities, towns and villages that passed Franklin-like ordinances, give your children extra goodnight kisses and sleep well. You earned it.
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