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Our Village Council recently voted on a resolution to request doubling our general tax rate. This is not only illegal, but is a terrible idea which would create a slush fund for pet projects that would not require any oversight from residents. Thankfully it did not make it on the ballot, because the illegality was… Continue reading Illegal Actions of Village Council

False Narratives pushed by “Yes” The vote yes side was completely blindsided when they saw the vote NO side was not concerned with sidewalks, but was concerned with losing rights. They chose to attack the slogan and mislead voters instead of simply voting on the issues. Keep Your Rights! The slogan Keep Your Rights was… Continue reading False Narratives

Please check out the new page VC Issues for some major issues uncovered by a FOIA request.

The ballot proposal committee “Connect Franklin” has claimed that adding sidewalks will improve walkability scores and increase property values. Let’s take a look at this claim. Determining Walkability Scores Points are awarded based on the distance to amenities in each category. Amenities within a 5 minute walk receive the maximum score, and anything more than… Continue reading Walkability Scores Are NOT Improved by Sidewalks

Recently on Nextdoor we saw what looked like a scripted “dialogue” between the Village of Franklin’s highly paid PR representative Karen Couf Cohen and ex-president Jim Kochensparger. Issues with Our PR Pushing a False Narrative This scripted looking “dialogue” was hopefully done by Cohen as a resident, or as member of connect franklin, but either… Continue reading Village PR & ex-President Push False Narrative

In 2016 we approved bonds for funding road rehabilitation. I was told recently that residents need to be careful what they are voting on because this ballot measure included wording about drainage and safety improvements. The only people believing this tortured explanation are new resident’s that were not around at the time the road bonds… Continue reading Road Funding Issues