News, Analysis, and Insights
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Kronenwetter Village Clerk Birk-LaBarge Threatens Trustee Charneski during Public Comments
During the public comment section of the Kronenwetter Village Board Meeting on May 13th, 2024, Village Clerk Birk-LaBarge threatened Trustee Charneski, stating “You are the trailer park Trustee Charneski and I am going to become your Tornado.” I asked two individuals who are not residents of Kronenwetter their opinion of this comment. Both stated that…
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Kronenwetter Village Board Hires New Administrator
The Kronenwetter Village Board voted 6-0 last evening to hire Peter D. Kampfer as the new Village Administrator. The new Administrator expects to start the first week of June. Video will be added when it is available.
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Does Continued Failure to Provide Timely Financial Statements Expose the County to Legal Liability?
I was recently asked by a current Marathon County Board Supervisor if I felt that the County’s continuing failure to provide timely financial statements exposes either the County or members of the Board to potential liability. Since I am not an attorney and don’t know the answer to the question, I am posing the question…
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Democracy Under Attack in Kronenwetter
There is an effort underway by a small group of Kronenwetter residents and by some members of the Village Board to overturn the results of the April 2nd, 2024 election. This effort is a continuation of a long standing campaign conducted on main stream and social media to smear Trustee Charneski and to sway public…
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Kronenwetter Village Trustee Charneski’s Response to the Wausonian
The following email and attachments are from Trustee Charneski and are posted as a public service. They represent the opinions and views of Trustee Charneski, not of myself. I plan a series of posts that will provide my opinion and views of the recent actions and decisions by the Kronenwetter Village Board and Village staff.…
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2+ Years, Multiple Missed Promised Dates, Still No Monthly County Financial Statements
In my opinion, at this point, it is probably a reasonable question to ask what else is being hidden? October 14th, 2022 Email September 19th-20th, 2023 Emails Supervisor Lemmer Again Requests Monthly Financial Statements, 2/7/24
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County Administration Commits to Key Audit Change to Improve Financial Reporting Transparency
I want to publicly thank Administrator Lance Leonhard and Finance Director Kristi Palmer for committing to move forward with providing an Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) as part of the audit of the 2023 County Financial Reports. As I explained in an earlier post, the recent rapid rise in County Fund Balances seems to coincide…
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Analysis of Appointments to County Standing Committees
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Past Board Leaders Suggest New Board Can Have Input into Selection of Standing Committee Chairs, Vice Chairs at Tuesday’s Meeting
At its April 16th Organizational Meeting, the Board voted down a proposed amendment for the members of Standing Committees to select their own Chairs and Vice Chairs, after several past Standing Committee Chairs made comments. The comments included suggestions that the Board could have input into the selection of the Standing Committee Chairs and Vice…
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Conservatives Have Majority on Marathon County Board, Elect Supervisor Dickinson as their Leader
Editorial/Opinion Gaining a Conservative majority on the Board is a a major victory for Marathon County residents who care about free markets, individual liberty, and limited government. Supervisor Dickinson was elected as Vice Chair Dickinson at the April 16th Organizational meeting The two candidates for Vice Chair provided a clear choice between conservative and liberal…