Voters in Franklin Get a Three for One in Mayoral Election - Welcome "Rat Pack"

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Voters in Franklin Get a Three for One in Mayoral Election - Welcome "Rat Pack"

"Rat Pack" Sends Classless, Arrogant, Despicable Text to Olson and His Campaign Advisors on Election Night



Voters in Franklin get a Three for One in Mayoral Election - Welcome "Rat Pack"

The Tuesday, April 4th hotly contested mayoral election came to an end with absentee ballots 4500, still being counted at 10:30pm and the challenger John Nelson ahead of incumbent Steve Olson by 1000 votes.  Late in the evening when all the ballots were reported according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Nelson received 6,703 votes (56.59%) while Olson received 5,099 votes (43.05%). There were 43 write-in votes accounting for the remaining 0.36% of votes cast. Franklin had a 55.37% voter turnout."

Franklin voters have cause to be worried and concerned.  Sometimes change is good and warranted for the right reasons.  However, in this particular instance, we are not sure the majority of voters knew exactly what they were getting.   Most voters were not aware that by electing Nelson they were getting a three-for-one package of government moving forward for the next three years.

Yes, Franklin voters welcome to your new Mayoral triumvirate. Moving forward to be known as the "Rat Pack".  We thought about the "Three Stooges". but had a hard time identifying who would be Curley or Shemp.  The next best was the "Rat Pack". Please know all respect and homage is given to Frank, Sammy, and Dean.  However, this better describes our new leadership.

Pictured from left to right is County Supervisor Steve Taylor also Executive Director of ROC Foundation, John Nelson Franklin Mayor Elect, and Mike Zimmerman Well yah you know Mr. Rock.  Do you see a trend or connection here?  Did you connect the dots..........?

We do know that Mr. Nelson was duly elected as Mayor of Franklin. What we are not sure of is who really is the brains of the operation and who is pulling who's string and for what purpose and gain.  Like Roz said in the great movie Monsters Inc.  "We'll Be Watching You.

Some comments have been made toward Mayor Olson that the Mayor should feel shameful and some are disgusted that he did not offer a concession to Mr. Nelson, or is it Mr. Taylor, or is it Mr. Zimmerman?  Let us fill you in on the truth that you did not hear and what really happened.

At about 9:45pm election night, while waiting for the 4,500 absentee ballots to be reported from Franklin Central Count to the County Elections Office, Mayor Olson and some of his campaign advisors received the following text from Mr. Taylor on behalf of the “Rat Pack”.


Yes, just the picture, and nothing else.  How absolutely arrogant and smug.  This is the individual(s) the voters of Franklin elected.  Nelson's header on his campaign web page proudly lists "Time to Restore Respect. Time for Focused Leadership." and he continues with "And, perhaps most importantly, he will restore a positive structure at city hall for citizens, developers and employees alike. "   

So Mr. Nelson and the "Rat Pack", not even in the Mayor's seat yet (we heard the Common Council Room will be retrofitted with a love seat at the head of the table to accommodate the "Rat Pack") this is the first display as a leader(s) of the citizens of Franklin and this is how you "show respect", "focused leadership", and "will restore a positive city hall."  If this is how those characteristics will be demonstrated before even taking the "Love Seat", we can't imagine what to really expect from the "Rat Pack".  What the "Rat Pack" did was very low life, classless, arrogant, despicable, and reprehensible not just to Mayor Olson and his campaign advisors, but to the 11,800 Franklin voters who cast their ballot in the Mayoral election and to the staff that work at City Hall.

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