This Just In...
Kevin Fischer is an award-winning veteran broadcaster who has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for nearly three decades.
Kevin, who is a legislative aide to state Sen. Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin), can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, “INTERchange,” on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, in Franklin.
UPDATE: Hey, Franklin, about that agreement to pay for an Interchange in Oak Creek.......relax!
By Kevin Fischer
Wednesday, Aug 27 2008, 04:37 PM
Earlier today, (despite a glitch that didn’t post my entry at the proper time) I wrote a blog criticizing Greg Kowalski for claiming Franklin aldermen were ready to agree to share the huge cost of a Drexel Avenue Interchange with the city of Oak Creek.
I cited several quotes from Greg clearly showing his belief that Franklin aldermen were ready to make this move. Greg quickly responded pointing to ANOTHER blog entry of his that he says proves his point.
Here’s a quote from that entry from Greg:“What concerns me today is that our Council will most likely vote on this matter at the next Council meeting, and I think the votes are currently there for passing whatever dollar amount our elected leaders see fit. As far as I see this matter, it'll have at least 3 ‘solid’ votes for spending in Franklin - - Olson, Sohns, and Solomon.”
Greg can try to squirm all he wants to get out of this but he’s flat out wrong. From John Neville’s article today on FranklinNOW.com:
Franklin Alderman Timothy Solomon, who also serves as Finance Committee chairman, said he will consider a partnership with Oak Creek but not make a decision until he gets more data on the project.“Until I see an economic impact study (with) the benefits for the city of Franklin, I will not vote on this proposal,’" Solomon said. “Someone needs to figure out the benefit increase for each community.”
Franklin Alderman Steve Olson said Oak Creek has skipped steps by knocking first on Franklin’s door.“Coming to the city of Franklin for money at this point I don’t think is appropriate. (Oak Creek officials) haven’t approached any other players, including South Milwaukee and Milwaukee County, to involve them. Nor have they gone to the DOT and fought the case that this is a regional issue,” Olson said.
Doesn’t sound like “solid” votes for sending cash to Oak Creek to me.
You can’t blog that people are going to vote for something WHEN THEY’RE NOT. I don’t know why that’s so difficult for Greg to understand, but it is.
Finally, I hope that it isn’t lost in all this that Greg and I actually agree that spending Franklin money for a project entirely in Oak Creek is ridiculous.
