I have to admit, another FranklinNOW blogger has it pegged right, pointing out the slickness of Mayoral Candidate Basil Ryan's new website.
Basil has taken his time and prepared a quality website ready to deal a one, two punch to Mayor Tom Taylor and his involvement with the Milwaukee County seasonal pension buyback scandal, quoting an August 3rd, 2007 article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The article points out a Taylor bought back a small amount of parks seasonal time at a late date to add to his county pension. Ryan’s website further points out increases in the Franklin tax levy and comparisons to other simular cities since Mayor Taylor first took office. While Tom Taylor’s website is not as slick as Basil's, I don't believe for a moment, that this will sway the Franklin electorate come April 1st one way or the other.
As mentioned on a previous blog "Smear" Mayor Taylor has pointed out Ryan's lawsuits on Taylor's election website, that made news while Ryan was a Franklin Alderman.
Like Ryan, Mayor Taylor is running on past performance and one only has to Google either candidate to dig up information that both of candidates do not want to see on each others web sites.
I believe that the real litmus test will be how the candidates perform at the Candidate Forum sponsored by the Franklin Area Junior Women's club and the South Suburban Chamber on Monday at 6:30 pm, March 24th at the Franklin Public Library. I am sure that Franklin voters will be asking difficult questions of both the candidates, their background and their future plans for Franklin.
For now the Websites are just a preaty facade:
