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Wrongly Fired Franklin Director of Planning Claims Nelson Directed Staff to Bypass State Statues and Code - "they voted for me"

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Franklin Community News (FCN) has obtained August 2023 records that show Mayor John Nelson conducted an investigation into former Franklin Planning Manager Laurie Miller.  The investigation paints a picture that Nelson and his Director of Administration Kelly Hersh would fight staff and direct staff to bypass code, state statues in anpproving items that do not meet code for construction.  FCN has obtained over 350 pages of open records that substantiate Millers claims.  Millers claims essentially show pay for play and bribery by Mayor John Nelson and his Director of Administration Kelly Hersh.  If the allegations are proven, Nelson and Hersh, who is also defined as a "pubic official" under state statues, are in violation of Wisconsin Statue 946.12 Misconduct in Public Office. If convicted carry a  fine not to exceed $10,000 or imprisonment not to exceed 3 years and 6 months, or both 939.50(3)(I). FCN confirmed, with open records, that Ms. Miller settled a wro...

Nelson Allegedly Uses City PR Staff for Personal Campaign Use

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Franklin Community News (FCN) has confirmed that City of Franklin Contracted Public  Relations flack, Mary Christine, has been out on social media as a Nelson surrogate supporting Nelson from social media attacks and spinning a pro Nelson bad Waterford narrative.  Christine has also attacked former Waterford Town President, Terri Jendusa-Nicolai on Waterford Facebook Pages as a surrogate for Nelson.  Waterford is where Nelson "resigned" from his position as Lieutenant amid an investigation by the Town of Waterford. According to Christine's Linked In page she owns MCPR and Marketing and refers to  herself as a "Marketing and Communications Architect".  Christine lists her client portfolio to include: City of Franklin, Land of Natura, CH Coakley, Stella & Chewy's, Eric Weiss, MD, The Abbey Resort, EAA, Marshall Building, Vibrant Body Company, Lakefront Brewery, Royal Bank, Securant Bank & Trust, Ellenbecker Investments, Kerry, Olivia Travel, Contempora...