In the Race
Now, here, you see, it takes all the blogging I can do to keep in the same place.
If I want to get somewhere else, I must blog twice as fast as that!
You see, I'm in
the Red Queen's Race...
**Breaking News** District Attorney Charges Franklin Mayor Tom Taylor
By Janet Evans
Monday, Sep 15 2008, 10:33 PM
Charges were filed today by Assistant District Attorney Bruce Landgraf against Franklin Mayor Thomas Taylor for four violations regarding his campaign in the April 2008 election. The charges stem from the complaint Basil Ryan filed in March of 2008 accusing Tom Taylor of using city personnel to gather information for his mayoral campaign. According to a Milwaukee Journal article by Annysa Jones, in April, 2008, Mayor Taylor denied the allegations.
You can view the complaint below:
2008-09-15 Forfeiture Summons & Complaint.pdf
The State is demanding a $2,000 Judgment in the Case against Mayor Taylor.
Allegedly, Cal Patterson, the Director of Finance for the City of Franklin, was asked by Mayor Taylor to do some investigative work regarding Basil Ryan's term of service, compile information and forward that information to Mayor Taylor.
I'm sure there will be much discussion on these charges in the coming weeks.
I am going to start the discussion by saying this.
I try to be very fair on my blog regarding Franklin issues. Of course, yes, my opinions do shine through.
Back at election time, I clearly stated my support for Basil Ryan.
There are those of you out there who say, "He's a crook."
When I did my two hour interview of both candidates for Mayor before the election, I specifically asked each candidate "Are you a crook?" I looked them both in the eye, and asked them that. I did it specifically, because of that accusation being made of Ryan. Basil Ryan says he's not a crook. Mayor Taylor didn't tell me he was one either.
Scott Jensen was convicted for having staff do campaign work on state time. Remember the consensus when he was convicted...feelings were very mixed.
Back to Franklin...our city has a budget to approve, and now the DA files charges against our Mayor, which he denied back in April....
This is going to be an interesting month.
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Election Violation Charges Against Franklin Mayor Taylor
