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"Killer" Information Requests and Absurd Village Secrecy

    On Oct 7, Wausau Pilot posted an   article   about Kronenwetter Administrator Davel wanting to charge requesters of public information before providing it.   After reading this article, think that Davel sounds like a whining baby. I personally would not believe a word he says, as in my opinion there always seems to be some ulterior, self-servng or otherwise manipulative motive. He seems to be piggy-backing his complaints on the Wausau/Weston bandwagon to vilify and/or monetize open records requests as one of numerous excuses to raise revenue which in turn seems to be wasted without a second thought.  One of his old Army officer habits, I guess.    Basically the issue  all comes down to yet another example of the laziness and employee sense of entitlement that we have seen in the past few months under Davel's influence.  A New Tune     It's strange, because we never heard complaints that the information requests were "k...
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Green Tree Subdivision -Another Village Botch-Up

    A few months ago Kronenwetter was presented with a preliminary plan for a   60-lot development in the NE corner of the Village Water and Sewer District.  Normally this would be a great opportunity to break the Village's growth-drought of the past couple of years.     Unfortunately, it appears that no one at the Village knows the difference between a "preliminary plan" which is like an "initial offer" (or starting point),  and a "final plan" which is the product of discussion including the Village's interests in the project.      On Sept 28, the Kronenwetter Village Board voted unanimously to approve the  preliminary plan  by a company called  Green Tree, as is, with only the most minor of tweaks suggested by the Plan Commission.    This appears to me to be yet another example of the staff/Village Board ineptitude and Charlie-Brownish inability to do anything right.      A person mi...
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A New Clerk - How Do We Get to There From Here?

  How do we get to there from here? So, two of the most critical employees in the Kronenwetter organization have in my opinion been very unwisely and crudely trash-canned as a sacrifice to the Joling/Davel ego-system. What is the administrative plan for recovery after what appears to be "mission accomplished"? Apparently nothing good, I'm afraid. The village clerk's 2-week notice was apparently wasted with no known preparation, no request for hand-off instructions, no knowledge of duties, no apparent management cares: nothing that indicates even a bit of administrative responsibility. Perhaps the idea is that no incompetence is too great that money can't fix it if enough is thrown at the situation. I said in the previous post that   the last vestiges of a solid work ethic, integrity, and principles   left in the office management walked out the door with the clerk on her last day. As if to prove me right, Admin Davel   shut down the whole office   to the public ...
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