First off – Congratulations to Alderperson Elect Kristen Wilhelm. With the recount completed in the third aldermanic district and covered by John Michlig live on his Sprawled Out blog. I am sure we will all be watching closely to see the difference you make on the Franklin Common Council.
Second – A promise from FranklinNOW editor Mark Maley in response to my FranklinNOW editors we are still waiting posting about the lack of FPS and Franklin's private school Honor Roll postings. See Marks comments below.
Bryan, you're right...there is no excuse for this. Well, I have some excuses but won't get into them now. The bottom line is this should have been done a long time ago. We will get the honor rolls online THIS WEEK...and after that they will be promptly posted. - Mark Maley
Third - Congratulations to former FranklinNOW (now solo flying with BULLSEYE) blogger Fred Keller with his effort to get Franklin elected officials to sign a pledge to keep tax increases to under 3%. He has taken some criticism from other bloggers as to the impossibility of this pledge. Yet he is getting members of the Franklin Common Council to sit down and discuss how they might be able to back a tax cutting pledge.
Despite the half empty glass, views of some FranklinNOW bloggers, this positive action by Fred shows that there are Franklin Taxpayers who are willing to go one step further than just talking about how things should be. As Steve Taylor - unconfirmed (but soon to be confirmed) 4th District aldermanic candidate said at the candidates forum "Almost all the people I talked with have said we need to lower property taxes".
Well Fred is trying to make sure everyone got the message.
