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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.
Elm Grove, c'mon down...
By Kevin Fischer
Tuesday, Aug 28 2007, 10:31 PM
You're the next contestant to play, "The Franklin Way to Fight is Right."
Add Elm Grove to the growing list of municipalities that are saying, "Enough is enough, we're sick of this, Franklin was right."
From jsonline.com:
Elm Grove enacts sex offender limits
Elm Grove - Village trustees voted 6-1 tonight to ban convicted sex offenders from living in more than half of Elm Grove's four square miles, echoing residency restrictions in some other area communities.
Curtailing where sex offenders can live or loiter has become popular locally and nationally, even as law enforcement and sex offender treatment experts warn that the well-intended laws are ineffective and problematic.
The constitutionality of the laws is still in question. Franklin last week became the first area community to try to enforce such rules, suing to evict an offender who moved into a restricted area of the city in June. The man's attorney said he was unaware of the rules when he bought the house.
Franklin is one of six Milwaukee County communities that have enacted sex offender restrictions, and at least four others are considering them.
In Waukesha County, Elm Grove joins Menomonee Falls in passing the bans. Waukesha and the Town of Brookfield officials are researching the issue.
Elm Grove's ordinance bans sex offenders from living within 1,500 feet of schools, day care centers, parks or park pathways. A 2,000-foot ban that other municipalities have passed would have banished offenders from living in nearly the entire village.
Trustee Rick Fronberry cast the sole dissenting vote, raising concerns about enforcement and the risk of costly litigation should the village ordinance be challenged.
