On September 24, 2024,  Kevin Mathewson  publisher of Kenosha County Eye published a story , indicating from an undated letter in Kathleen Vincent’s Personnel file, she was found to have committed serious misconduct, including “Theft of Time”. Essentially conducting Greendale School Board and Milwaukee County Board Business on the dime of the Kenosha Taxpayers and at the expense of the students in her class(es) "double dipping". Vincent is a full-time English teacher for the Kenosha Unified School District (KUSD), a part-time school board President for the Greendale School District, and a part-time County Supervisor for the Milwaukee County Board representing Greendale, Greenfield, and portions of Milwaukee. In the posted comments at the end of the article, MLG, Mary L. Grogan,  continues to appear in many postings taking the heat for leaking this story to Kenosha County Eye.  Franklin Community News reached out to Kevin Mathewson  the author of the artic...

  FAKE NEWS At the Tuesday, September 17, 2024 meeting of the Franklin Common Council Mayor Nelson and Alderman Eichmann both declared that Franklin Community News (FCN) is...wait for it...wait for it...wait for it....FAKE NEWS. It appears that FCN has "them"  (Nelson,  Eichmann, Taylor, and the rest of the Rat Pack) rattled.  It was the greatest gift of all!  "They" are afraid of the truth being told and how "they" are being accused of being corrupt. Alderwoman Eichmann even put out a veiled threat to FCN "They" were exploring "slander".  Alderwoman Eichmann, you are an "Elected Official" and as you said before "if you're not thick-skinned then get out of the kitchen!". At the Common Council meeting, Alderwoman Eichmann went on to clarify that Franklin does not have a sanctioned newspaper that FCN is not sanctioned by Franklin, and that FCN is not a News Source.  So let's make this as simple as we can for Al...

Residents of Franklin and Greendale Concerned With Sound at Ballpark Commons attend the upcoming CITY OF FRANKLIN COMMON COUNCIL MEETING at FRANKLIN CITY HALL - COMMON COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 9229 WEST LOOMIS ROAD - FRANKLIN, WISCONSIN AGEND - TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2024 AT 6:30 P.M.  When is a decision final that is made by the Mayor of Franklin and the Franklin Common Council when it concerns the ROC?  Sadly, the answer is there is never a final decision when it comes to the ROC.  They have special privileges from the City of Franklin, unlike any other person or business. At the upcoming Common Council meeting on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, it appears that the ROC and its supporters on the Franklin Common Council are trying to undo the new ordinance that recently passed restrictions in their Extraordinary Special Event Permits that no sound beyond the ROC property line is greater than 55 decibels. That's right, just when you thought it was over, and the RO...

In this edition: Allegations Supervisors Taylor & Vincent Defraud Milwaukee County Taxpayers County Supervisor Taylor provides no solutions to solving the Milwaukee County Budget Crisis Taylor runs an annual -$20,000 deficit as Executive Director of the ROC Foundation but claims to be able to solve a $1.47 Billion Milwaukee County Budget Allegations Supervisors Taylor & Vincent Defraud Milwaukee County Taxpayers In addition to an already active Ethics Complaint that was filed with the Milwaukee County Ethics Board in January of 2024 against Supervisors Steve Taylor and Kathleen Vincent alleging multiple violations of the Milwaukee County Ethics Code, they can now add another to the list. A formal ethics complaint was filed against County Supervisors Steve Taylor and Kathleen Vincent for fraud and misuse of Milwaukee County resources. The same complaint was filed with the Milwaukee County Fraud Waste and Abuse. The formal complaint alleges that County Supervisor Taylor  (...