News, Analysis, and Insights
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Kronenwetter Early Voting: Meg has questions.
Meg: Why Did the Kronenwetter Clerk Take & Post Photos of Residents’ Absentee Ballots on Social Media? Village of Kronenwetter Facebook page
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Kronenwetter Ambulance Subcommittee Meeting & Email from James Small
James Small: “That being said, I am pretty surprised that this continues to be a discussion as it seems to be fairly obvious that this isn’t economically viable as a stand alone system without significantly increasing the village’s contribution. This would only make sense if there were no other options.” The following email from James…
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Marathon County Budget: After Further Review, I have Questions:
1. With an estimated $4 million to $5 million extra included in the payroll (see worksheet below) for the 2025 Budget (presumably earmarked for future CIP roll over), why would we need to add an additional $157,000 in tax levy increase to pay for a new economic development position? Wouldn’t the excess budgeted amount cover…
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WI DOJ’s Raid on Mayor Diny’s House
“These are the actions of jack-booted thugs.” https://twitter.com/SenRonJohnson/status/1847362428167757895 https://thefederalist.com/2024/10/21/wi-rep-wants-judiciary-committee-to-look-into-election-related-raid-on-wausau-mayors-home https://thefederalist.com/2024/10/18/exclusive-wisconsins-leftist-led-doj-raids-wausau-mayors-home-in-ballot-drop-box-probe
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Marathon County Board: Rules for Thee but Not for Me
Chair Gibbs, HRFC Committee Chair Robinson, and Supervisor Hart – 3 out of 38 County Supervisors – amended the proposed 2025 budget to expand the size and scope of County Government as well as increase the 2025 tax levy. This action disregarded the County Board’s practice of discussing and voting on proposed actions first at…
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Marathon County 2025 Budget: Vote No on Amendment 1
The goals and purpose of Amendment 1 could be discussed and decided on after the budget process and could be easily implemented with out an additional tax increase using funds already included in the 2025 Budget Proposal. Administrator Leonhard and County Staff have prepared and provided a very good 2025 Budget Proposal. The proposal follows…
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Breaking News: Kronenwetter Village Trustee Cindy Lee Resigned
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Kronenwetter 2023 Audit Report: Financial Challenges Explained for Taxpayers
A good friend of mine wrote this post to help explain the data in my last 2 posts.
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Kronenwetter 2023 Audit Review: “Shell Game” Accounting?
Series: Kronenwetter Faces Difficult Decisions in 2025 Budget – Part 2. At least $2,503,721 of the listed $3,426,215 Total General Fund Balance doesn’t actually currently exist. NOTE: Numbers in parenthesis are negative numbers: i.e. (2,503,721) is a negative 2,503,721. Of the $3,426,215 stated total General Fund Balance, $2,663,339 is “Nonspendable”, because most of the funds…
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Kronenwetter 2023 Audit Review: Unassigned General Fund Balance Plummets to 13 days
Series: Kronenwetter Faces Difficult Decisions in 2025 Budget – Part 1. The unassigned Fund Balance amount is the funds that are available for cash flow and working capital purposes. Budgeted Expenditures and Unassigned Fund Balance – 2019 to 2023 Next up in Series: Kronenwetter Faces Difficult Decisions in 2025 Budget – Part 2: A look…