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.
I thought long and hard about Greg Kowalski’s rant about Franklin bloggers.
While I’m not sure that he’s accurate about how often WE bloggers make reference to his opinions, I will say that he has provided something to think about.
In some soul-searching, I went back and re-visited just the blogs I’ve done this month.
Look at the topics I chose to write about: teen sex, inefficient medical treatment for veterans, the latest crime data, the Bible, education, health care, abortion, illegal immigration, breast cancer, victim’s rights, obesity, capital punishment…
These heavy subjects are all so………................serious.
And controversial.
And gosh darn it, let’s be honest.
Do we, and that includes Greg, have to be so doggone negative all the time?
And so, with Greg’s most recent viewpoint in mind, I wrote the following entry just for him:
Franklin is wonderful.
What a lovely city.
I’m glad I live in Franklin in my Franklin home with my Franklin family.
It’s nice.
Take today, for example.
Like, at first you know, I thought it was going to rain.
Yeh, I really did.
But then, the sun came shining down on Franklin.
Right out of the sky.
It was nice.
I like when the sun shines.
You know what else I like?
I like the mac and cheese at Cheesecake Factory.
Wouldn’t it be nice if Franklin could get a Cheesecake Factory?
I wouldn’t have to drive all the way to the other side of town.
I could stay in wonderful Franklin.
Cheesecake Factory has so many happy people with smiles on their faces.
It’s nice.
But maybe someday.
I think if I put together a real nice petition and get some real nice people to sign it, like say, about 100, I could take it to our nice City Hall and give it to the nice aldermen.
Then I could write about it.
And people could send me e-mails telling me how neat I am.
And then I could post those e-mails on my blog.
Oh, that would be nice.
I like sharing other people’s e-mails.
I even like asking for their e-mails, even if I do it every day.
That’s okay because I ask in a real nice way.
I like friends.
John Michlig is my friend.
He writes a blog, too, you know.
Him and I agree all the time.
That’s why he’s my friend.
John doesn’t like it when you take nice trees and nice flowers and nice land and put concrete all over it.
Isn’t that special?
John is a good man.
He’s one of the nice people in Franklin.
There are some people who aren’t so nice.
But I don’t think I’ll mention them.
I don’t want them to label me.
Sometimes they attack me.
I feel like they go after me, like, all the time.
I’m not like them.
I never criticize.
I never say anything negative about anybody.
Because I’m nice.
Do you think I’m nice?
If you do, how about sending me an e-mail?
I love sharing e-mails from friendly Franklin folks.
We are lucky in Franklin.
We have a nice Mayor.
We have a nice Common Council.
The Planning Commission is real nice.
And the School Board?
They’re the best!
I like schools.
Franklin schools are good, but we need more of them.
Really big schools.
Really nice schools.
I think if we all just sit back and realize what a nice community we live in, we’d be more than happy to pay a lot more for really nice schools.
You know what would be awesome?
What would be awesome is if we build this super new high school, but it would go up instead of out!
You know what I mean.
And instead of lying down all that asphalt, it would have UNDERGROUND PARKING!
Oh, I think I’m on to something.
That’s what's so cool about my blog.
I get to talk to you and you get to talk to me and we share how much we agree with each other.
And it’s all about how much we care about this community.
Because I think it’s really nice that nobody cares more about Franklin than I do.
Don’t you think that’s nice?
Shoot me an e-mail if you do.
Anywho, I’m headed outside to stare at our Franklin family garden.
It’s nice.
I like when the birds fly by.
Birds are nice.
So is mac and cheese.
I gotta go now.
Don’t forget to e-mail.
I’ll post it as long as it’s really nice.
