The K Report

   Please check out the other recent articles on this blog for more current Village Board election information. Presidential Candidates Aaron Myszka was on the Village Board for just over 7 months when he filed his candidacy papers for Village President. Here are my observations and opinions about him.    He certainly is a friendly and talkative person who obviously likes to be liked.  He is good friends with Alex Vedvik, who reportedly recruited Myszka as a trustee candidate in 2024 for support of Vedvik's efforts at Village Board meetings. Alex's "second vote" so to speak.     At meetings that they both attended, and not counting routine votes like "to adjourn" or to go into or out of closed session, Myszka voted in lockstep with Vedvik 129 times out of 133 possible votes. Of those 4 opposing votes, Myszka was called to vote before Vedvik, likely making the opposing vote inadvertent. Many of those votes contradict the principles that Myszka cl...

  Be sure to check my other recent posts on this blog. On March 24, 2025 I brought to the Village Board meeting Agenda item O - Review of von Briesen Report    The objective was to determine how $65,000 of taxpayer money got spent on a project after the Village Board voted specifically not to engage in.   On January 31st 2024 the Village Board held a special meeting with a single agenda item which was "Discussion & Action: Selection of independent Counsel in Reference to Employee Complaint."    The Board and village attorney determined in closed session that the December 14 email from an employee that had gained such attention was not a legitimate complaint, but a page-long venting session. The approved Minutes of that meeting state the following: Motion by Dumais/Coyle not to select independent counsel and direct Administrator Ludi to work with personnel on a bonafide complaint, if any, and apply the employee handbook if appropriate . Motion...

  The 2025 Trustee Candidates The following are my first-hand  observations and opinion. Once again the candidates for trustee position have been polarized by those who have joined as a block and identified themselves against the conservative candidates. It seems to happen each year.   The three who joined together as a block are Terry Lewis-Birkett, Ryan Leff, Jessica Stowell. They have basically refused the invitation to engage with the public to answer questions in an open forum along side the more conservative candidates Dan Joling, Chris Eiden, and Sandra Sorensen .     Likewise, Aaron Myszka declined an invitation from David Baker to participate in Baker's town hall type meeting with the public.  Instead, Birkett, Leff, Stowell, and Myszka have opted for having their own event, with the conservative candidates not being invited.    This "Them vs Us" mentality is a continuation from the past few years and calls into question...

  Aaron Myszka was on the Village Board for just over 7 months when he filed his candidacy papers for Village President. Here are my observations and opinions about him.    He certainly is a friendly and talkative person who obviously likes to be liked.  He is good friends with Alex Vedvik, who reportedly recruited Myszka as a trustee candidate in 2024 for support of Vedvik's efforts at Village Board meetings.      At meetings that they both attended, and not counting routine votes like "to adjourn" or to go into or out of closed session, Myszka voted in lockstep with Vedvik 129 times out of 133 possible votes. Of those 4 opposing votes, Myszka was called to vote before Vedvik, likely making the opposing vote inadvertent. Many of those votes contradict the principles that Myszka claims to now represent as a candidate for village president. Trustees Kelly Coyle and Alex Vedvik have been a constant source of embarrassment to Village Board meet...