Posts

Why I Filed the Open Meetings Complaint

  Background    Mr Joling was appointed village president just a short while before James Davel showed up for his first day on the job November 3rd. Almost ever since then I noticed that they did many things with a disregard for Village ordinances, policy, state statutes or other legal requirements. During the Milestone sand pit appeal, Joling appeared to carry the ball for Milestone, while Davel sat on the sidelines more like a waterboy. This was probably because he was in a 90 day probationary employment period behaving himself. There appears to be lots of evidence to believe they both participated in subverting the appeal process in favor of Milestone Corp, and against the interests of the Village and harm to certain residents in particular. Examples of My Efforts  Joling wanted me to write up a summary of legal cases that supported a denial of the sand pit permit. He insisted on it. I delivered to him and the Board a 17 page report documentin...
Post a Comment
Read more

My Open Meetings Complaint to the DA

   Below is the complaint I sent to the Marathon County District Attorney.     My reasons are  described in the complaint.     The problem is not just in this one meeting. It appears to me that Admin Davel and Pres Joling have made it a habit to do their deeds under the cover of illegitimate closed session, based on insufficient notice on the published agenda. There are a half dozen other such meetings that should be prosecuted as well.    The Wisconsin Supreme Court has defined guidelines for public notices of closed session meetings and it is not rocket science for Joling or even Davel to understand.    A basic rule of thumb is that if you the public have no clue as to what the meeting is actually about, then it is in violation of the Open Meetings Law. Joling and Davel have done this time after time after time, and I believe it is deliberate because they are both too cowardly to face public observation and criticism ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Investigation, Closed Session, & Resignation

A recent post by Trustee Kelly Coyle has opened a can of worms regarding a recent not-so-confidential investigation at Kronenwetter.   In my opinion, this investigation represents taxpayer money  being wasted to pursue the personal political aims of those at the Village ( Dan Joling, Jim Davel)  who it appears are responsible for what some people are calling a "witch hunt".  Mr Coyle's comments look like the beginning of yet another smear campaign . He throws out this red herring distraction by claiming Ms Sorensen's resignation reveals "closed session" information, when Coyle already knows that he himself posted pre-election false statements that could only have been based on closed session discussion that he obtained illicitly. His wife Kim and thus everyone at the office apparently knows the same closed session information.  Ms. Sorensen's resignation revealed nothing confidential. Certainly nothing that Coyle's previous online comments had ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Part 3 FYI: the von Briesen Report Repudiated by the Village Board

 Be sure to hit the "other posts" button at the end of this article to see other issues facing us as we strive for open, honest, Kronenwetter government.    In the previous two posts I first covered my original rebuttal of the von Briesen report, that was intended for the Village Board and Village Attorney to read before the Aug 26, 2024 Board meeting.  https://kencharneskireport.blogspot.com/2026/04/part-1-fyi-von-briesen-report-august.html   Part 2 gave extensive information regarding how my political enemies Coyle, Vedvik, Voll, etc effectively misappropriated $67,000 of your tax money in an attempt to find wrongdoing on my part.  https://kencharneskireport.blogspot.com/2026/04/part-2-fyi-von-briesen-report.html    Much of this was also covered last year in two posts on this site:  https://kencharneskireport.blogspot.com/2025/02/unbelievable-chris-volls-von-briesen.html https://kencharneskireport.blogspot.com/2025/03/chris-volls-and-aaron-...
Post a Comment
Read more

My Answers to Reporter's 2026 Candidate Questions

  Background 8 years as Kronenwetter trustee. Numerous chairmanships, etc. Why are you running for the Kronenwetter Village Board, and what perspectives or experiences would guide your approach to the role? As a life-long resident of Kronenwetter, my perspective has always been to advocate for the rights, best interests, and overall good of the taxpayers who live here. I stay independent of cliques or other little special interest groups. I never thought of myself as working for "the village", but instead, I work for the benefit of the people first and foremost. In other words, while I often work with staff, Board members or committees on a positive basis, when the interests of the Village administration, employees, or Village "establishment" conflicts with transparency, rights, benefits or other obligations to the people, it is the benefit to the people that is my priority. This is not always an easy position to maintain, but it is one of th...
Post a Comment
Read more

Part 2 FYI: von Briesen Report -

        With each election there seems to come out of the woodwork a fabricated "new issue" for my enemies on the political left to magnify and dramatize.     This year, they have dredged up the "von Briesen Report" as their hope for a smear campaign, because apparently it is the best they can come up with.   This is Part 2 of three posts regarding the lack of factual basis  for the von B report, and its.     In this part, we look at the information discussed at the March 24, 2025 Village Board meeting ; agenda Item O - "Von Briesen Report Review", and the facts in that agenda report itself.    Issues raised at that meeting include the spurious nature of the von Briesen report, particularly, the lack of fact or objectivity of the investigator, and/or those at the Village that were secretly involved in creating this $67,000, $3000 per page document.   Some quick facts about the background of the...
Post a Comment
Read more