Nelson and Eichmann Decry FCN as "Fake News" - More Alleged Corruption by Eichmann and Taylor - NO Decorum

 

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 Alderwoman Eichmann, we are a blog run by community citizens and supported by the Community of Franklin.  Our blogs contain news, editorials, and conjecture as most blogs do.  No, we are not supported by the City of Franklin if we were then the NEWS would be paid for and endorsed by you, Nelson, Zimmerman, Hersch, and Taylor and the residents of this City would not know the truth and corruption of this administration.  We are the UNOFFICIAL News Source of the City of Franklin.

Let's demonstrate the impact of Franklin Community News (FCN).  FCN has just about 1,500 subscribers to its Facebook Page, mainly citizens from Franklin.  FCN manages the South Suburban Community Group of over 4,500 citizens where over 1/3 of the members identify their hometown being Franklin.  Combined that is almost 3,000 Franklin residents and growing.  Our average blog attracts 700 individual readers on average and our highest-read blog was over 1,700 readers!  That blog was Franklin - Bought and Paid for by ROC Ventures, Steve Taylor, and Mike Zimmerman.

Now what "They" are really afraid of is the impact FCN has to get a message out, and that FCN provides information that most citizens would never be aware of.  What happens in the back room and the corruption of politics in Franklin?  Franklin residents are smart, but the residents do not get enough credit.  More and more Franklin residents are seeing the true backroom politics because we have pulled the curtain wide open!  

The biggest impact of all is election turnout!  Case in point, if you want to maintain control and keep a well-oiled corrupt Chicago-style political machine in place "They" hand pick their candidates and have them, run for office.  In the last Milwaukee County Supervisor election FCN made its case about why Supervisor Patti Logsdon should be re-elected to office in the April election, For the Greater Good (of Franklin, Hales Corners, and Milwaukee) - Editorial Part 1.  The turnout for the election was 9,157 total votes cast, 4576 for Logsdon and 4531 for Kenny.  Logsdon won by a margin of 45 votes.  That is the power of FCN that "They're" afraid of.

ALLEGED CORRUPTION - EICHMANN

One last bit of information for Alderperson Eichmann.  It's amazing the kind of information one obtains from watching a video.  Apparently, Eichmann and the publisher of this blog are "Friends" on Facebook and Eichmann was telling individuals I was in Italy.  Well, I was in Italy but you and I are certainly not friends nor are we or have we been "Facebook Friends" for at least a year.  Maybe the person who said it lied?

Also of more interest is how you and Supervisor Taylor joined the Waterford Can't Sensor Us Facebook Group in an apparent "sting" with Greendale resident Joe Russ to entrap someone.  According to the video you and Taylor took screenshots within minutes of an online exchange.  Allegedly, you both were "waiting in the wings" for the magic to happen.  There are screenshots of the membership of this public group.  You joined the group on April 9, 2024, and are still active.  It appears your two accomplices, Taylor and Russ, who we also have screenshots of, joined the group on April 9, 2024, the same day as the "sting" and left the group as of today 9-19-24.  There are screenshots of Taylor and Russ being in the Waterford Facebook group.  Instead of worrying about how to get FCN for slander, maybe you should worry about how to not become part of a lawsuit for conspiracy to entrap.  Is this what you do to eliminate Fake News?

Most interesting is that Eichmann, Taylor, and Russ all joined a "Waterford" Facebook group within three days of each other.  Why would you all join a Waterford group?  It must be because the politics are so interesting in Waterford this time of year or maybe because they may be terminating Mayor Nelson from their police force from his full-time job as Lieutenant that he has been suspended from since March?   Or maybe it's because FCN was posting blogs about our Mayor Nelson and the cover-up of open records and how he was doing the job of Franklin Mayor on Waterford time?  Or maybe it was just to plain old to entrap someone for reporting the Fake News?  Was this a Chicago-style hit for the Franklin Mayor? You can access the screenshots with the membership dates and profiles of the Waterford Can's Sensor Us Facebook Group's current and former members: John Nelson, Michelle Eichmann, Joe Russ, Steve Taylor, and the Waterford Police Department.

Ms. Eichmann have you ever noticed that in any of the posted pictures you are in, you are either with Nelson, Taylor, or Zimmerman.  None of your fellow colleagues from the Common Council are EVER around or near you in public.  Makes you wonder.  So before you make accusations of slander and Fake News, I would worry about your involvement of activity conducting a sting, or entrapment with Taylor and Russ.   

This City of Franklin residents is Franklin Chicago-style politics in action.  When you don't like the message and you can't control the message you personally go after the source and take them down. Here is a bit of news for the "Rat Pack".  We are not going anywhere.  We are here to stay and will keep on reporting on the corruption.  Soon there will be even more corruption to report on. What the Rat Pack did not expect is that retirement after a 33-year career provides you with much more time on your hands!

TAYLOR - ONGOING ETHICS ISSUES - TAYLOR NOT RELEVANT

Supervisor Taylor, who has become irrelevant in Franklin and almost nonexistent in Oak Creek, should not be acknowledged by the City of Franklin Administration, Mayor, or Common Council for anything having to do with Rock Ventures.   Taylor was in the presentation,  unsuccessfully making the case about the 55-decibel sound level as he was at the Common Council meeting.  Mr. Taylor is the executive director of a non-profit 501c3, the Rock Foundation which has had a net operating loss of $-20,000 in each of the last two years as reported in the IRS filings.  

As reported by FCN and reported as part of an ethics complaint, The Foundation is used to supplant Taylor's salary so Taylor acts as Government Relations/operations for the Rock. In layman's terms, he is a lobbyist and he was acting as a lobbyist at the Common Council meeting which is a direct conflict of interest with his elected position as County Supervisor. One of many alleged allegations in a 2024 January ethics complaint submitted against Taylor to the Milwaukee County Ethics Board that is under investigation. As Mr. Taylor has said numerous times on Facebook, "I work directly for a board of directors, not the Rock".  What does the sound level have to do with raising funds for the foundation?  Good thing Van McNeil was there to provide some expertise and clarity on the sound issues.

If you watch the video of last the Common Council meeting toward the beginning you will see Franklin's finest approach Taylor in the back of the room and appear to ask him to not be so loud.  Does Taylor exhibit the same decorum when attending Milwaukee County Board Meetings?

NELSON and HERSCH HAVE NO DECORUM

The decorum presented by the Mayor, Eichmann, the City Administrator, and the new Director of IT was THE WORST decorum ever witnessed at a public meeting.  It appeared attendees were watching the ABC Presidential Debate.  During an IT presentation on "IT Security" the new IT Director, the "IT Guy", was apparently directed to "Fact Check" who said what, and directly addressed social media posts.  The "Fact Check" had to do with a social media post that was made by Franklin Alderwoman Courtney Day below:

 

There is nothing wrong with Alderwoman Day alerting her constituents.  Day insists she was never notified about the change from the City Administration.  Day also happened to be out of the county but still wanted to communicate with her constituents.  Rather than having a one-on-one with Day like any LEADER would do to understand where the communication breakdown was, if any, it was used as a public attack by Nelson and Eichmann.  Why Eichmann puts in her two cents on social media and tries to stir the pot when she knew very well Day was out of town is beyond anyone's guess.  Eichmann was not trying to help Day but was intentionally trying to make Day look bad in public.  

If you watch the video you can clearly see the new "IT Guy" going through a multitude of PowerPoint Slides, "PowerPoint by Death", to publicly make the case for Nelson and Hersch.  

IT Guy, a word of advice, if you plan on being in the Public service sector as an Administrator for a long time, it's never cool to throw your colleagues or Elected Officials under the bus in a public meeting.  If you start off by being a lackey to the current administration, you will have a short career.  Don't do the dirty work for the Nelson Administration let them do it themselves.  They did not have the guts to do it, so they got you.  Not a good way to make your first public appearance "IT Guy".

Alderwomen Day should be commended for how she sat back cooly, calmly and took what was an obvious public beating by the "IT Guy" on behalf of Nelson, Eichmann, and Hersh. Not sure how low class you can get in the Franklin City Administration.  Thank you Alderwoman Day for all you do for your constituents, even when you are on vacation and have no access to the internet! 

We at FCN are here for THE GREATER GOOD.