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Davel again brags about Village Failure

  Once again Kronenwetter is in the news with Administrator James Davel acting as if the Village is Marathon County's pet poodle. See the WAOW news piece here: https://www.waow.com/news/village-of-kronenwetter-prepares-to-develop-new-campus-for-marathon-county-highway-department/article_bf1e3cde-2633-4df3-812f-7a2e35805aae.html It is billed as "one of the biggest projects in Kronenwetter in recent memory." Yes, it's "big", but it represents a LOSS to the Village with zero gain. Davel is quoted as saying: “They’re going to have a brine plant there. They are going to have a wash bay there for their trucks. This is not a little shop, this is pretty significant,” said James Davel, Kronenwetter Village Administrator. “We just need to make sure that we’re good teammates with the county, we follow our zoning and rules. That shop is also going to be supporting Kronenwetter, and we’re county residents, so we should be good teammates....
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Village Clerk Resigns - Davel and Joling's latest "Achievement"

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   James Davel has said repeatedly that he wants to "change the culture of Kronenwetter government". It appears that he is doing that by eliminating diligent, knowledgeable workers who favor open, honest government. First Rutherford, then Wegner, now Poyer.    In my opinion, this Davel/Joling partnership has brought nothing but betrayal to taxpayers and destruction to Kronenwetter, and this is the latest.  I'll post more on this issue later today, along with the complaint against Davel and Joling that Poyer refers to in her resignation.     
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Joling Forbids Truthful Public input

   In yet another step down the Village's Road to Perdition, corruption, and unAmerican activity, Village President, Mr Dan Joling has denied former trustee Sandi Sorensen her right to provide written public input at the August 10 Village Board meeting.     He said it's "too long", even though "too long" public input has often been accepted, or at a minimum the reading was cut short after the first three minutes.    I think length is not the issue here, as much as concealing information is.    Joling's $40,000+  Kronenwetter "investigation" has shown itself to be an epic debacle of what I'll call unwarranted, unethical, and in my opinion even illegal personal efforts by Joling and Davel to punish and drive out some of the few honest people left in the Kronenwetter Village  organization.    Aside from the costly "investigation" which was in turn apparently used as an excuse to fire Pete Wegner "with just cause",  the s...
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Facts Regarding the Proposed County Highway Facility

   This is yet another case of very weak, shortsighted, and unintelligent "leadership" in the Village.    The County purchased property from WPS and located in Kronenwetter. They then, in my opinion basically strong-armed local residents out of their homes abutting this property to enlarge the County property.  There was a strip of land owned by the Village that cut through this property and which the County wished to buy, but the Village Board under Admin Davel's recommendation instead bypassed APC committee review, and voted to give the property to the County at no cost. I estimate the value of this giveaway at about $20-25,000.    Now, the County has applied for a rezone of the property which would allow them to apply for a conditional use permit for the highway department complex to be built on that site. This would involve heavy truck traffic on Kronenwetter roads, for one thing.    If this plan goes through, the Village wil...
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July 13 Village Board Meeting

    The Kronenwetter Village Board is ONCE AGAIN going into closed session on July 13 for the purpose, Joling claims, of "final further redactions" related to an open records request for a report on a special investigation initially into Administrator James Davel's alleged questionable conduct. They just did "final redactions" on June 22. Now it's "final further redactions"? What next - "final further redactions Part 3, the Sequel?"     Joling, Coyle, Stowell, and I believe Davel, have made public statements starting in March, about how this report is going to justify their accusations about how Trustee Sorensen "caused this whole investigation", and then "interfered" with it, and anything else they came up with. It all looked like dirty politics and false accusations to me, but now, when it comes to "put up or shut up" with an actual report that says what they said it says, they create delay after delay.    ...
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The Investigation Part 2.5 - Open Records Antics

Be sure to check out my other recent posts!   A4 I have a few questions about the latest (June 22) Village Board meeting. They have to do with my observations of: Another apparently illegal closed session meeting among a list of others. Extraordinary commandeering by the Village Board of the Village Clerk's duties as records custodian for questionable purposes. The Board's redaction of records without providing a legal reason. Joling's history of opposition to Open Records and Open Meetings. The Village Board firing an employee in almost the most inept, lawsuit-inviting manner possible. More incompetence, more lawlessness, more weak, failed leadership (all alleged). It looks to me, like the Village Board led by President Dan Joling has conducted   yet another illegal closed session   to conduct business that has not been properly disclosed to the public. It appears to me that this habit of his has been going on   consistently   ever since he has been appoin...
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