Franklin Mayor Nelson Bribes Publisher to Retract Open Records Request for Personnel File from Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department

Franklin Mayor Nelson Bribes Publisher to Retract Open Records Request for Personnel File from Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department Mayor Nelson in his position as Mayor, bribed the publisher of Franklin Community News to retract a records request made for his personnel file when he was employed as a Sheriff Deputy with Milwaukee County, in exchange for access to police services to investigate claims that this publisher has attempted to bring to the Franklin Police Department (FPD) for over a year. To be VERY CLEAR no claim has been made or is being made that the Franklin Police Department or the Chief of Police of the Franklin Police Department had any knowledge of the bribe or were willing and known participants of the bribe. They were misled and kept in the dark by the Mayor. On July 5, 2024, over lunch at the Hideaway in Franklin, Mayor John Nelson bribed this publisher that if he retracted an open records request for Nelson’s Milwaukee County employment fi...