By Dr. Richard A. Busalacchi Franklin Community News Serious questions are being raised following the public release of internal Milwaukee County disciplinary records tied to former corrections officer and Milwaukee County Supervisor candidate Ryan Antczak —records that surfaced during the final stages of a recent local election. The documents were posted by Joe Russ , who operates a Greendale-based Facebook page known as “Greendale Under the Bubble.” The posts included Internal Affairs investigative materials and Personnel Review Board records dating back to 2017, detailing allegations, investigative findings, and employment-related disciplinary information. The timing, source, and legality of the release are now under scrutiny. According to Antczak, he was never notified that his personnel records were requested or released. “I was never notified, as required by law, that my personnel file or employment records were requested or released by Milwaukee County or the Community Rein...

  By Dr. Richard A. Busalacchi Franklin Community News FRANKLIN, WI — A series of sworn complaints alleging violations of Wisconsin election law have been filed with the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) in connection with the 2025–2026 Franklin mayoral election. The filings include one initial complaint and three additional complaints , all submitted under Wis. Stat. § 5.05, which allows any person to allege violations of election law under Chapters 5–10 and 12. The complaints name Franklin Mayor John Nelson , his campaign committee Friends of John R. Nelson , and, in one complaint, Economic Development Director John R. Regetz . One complaint also references activities by Michael Sweeney , a private individual who created and distributed candidate-focused media content. Initial Complaint: Alleged False or Misleading Campaign Representation The initial complaint alleges that campaign materials associated with Mayor John Nelson included false or misleading statemen...

By Dr. Richard A. Busalacchi Franklin Community News Campaign finance records from John Nelson's Franklin mayoral race show that Suhail Sarsour and Eman Sarsour each made maximum allowable contributions of $735 to the campaign of Mayor John Nelson. Publicly available records identify Suhail Sarsour and Eman Sarsour as individuals associated with the same Sarsour family network in the Milwaukee-area community as Salah Sarsour . This association is supported by shared surname, geographic proximity, and overlapping relational listings in aggregated public-record databases. In addition, customary naming conventions and available records indicate that both individuals are part of a broader, multi-generational Sarsour family group residing in the same region. While no single publicly available document reviewed explicitly defines the precise familial relationship between each individual, the totality of the available information is consistent with their inclusion within the same extend...