Letter to the editor: Norwalk residents need the right facts

By KATIE VIAN | Norwalk

I am writing in response to Mr. Butch Johnson’s letter in last week’s paper regarding Norwalk’s caucus.

I have been attending most of the village board meetings, just like the Johnsons. I patronize the businesses in town while listening to the complaints and gossip that goes on in any small town. Just because the village employees have friends and family members on the board, to my knowledge, not one of them has benefited. If a family members is ELECTED to the board, they need to refrain from voting on circumstances that would affect the village employee they are related to.

With that being said, Alex Karis has already served a two-year term as a board member, and it is public knowledge that his mother has not received any special privileges. If anything, it may have hindered her some.

As far as village employees being involved in village matters, shouldn’t they be? The sewer and water operations, along with maintenance, is their job.

We as taxpayers need to know that the village is being faced with a very expensive project this year on whether or not to build a new sewer plant to keep up with the DNR’s new phosphorus regulations. This could cost the village $2 million that we do not have.

Mike Wiedl was the village president for many years; he was and still is well informed on operations regarding the sewer plant, and he has ideas to make improvements to what we have so we as taxpayers hopefully won’t have to deal with an outrageous sewer increase.

So, as Butch said, when you vote in April, vote for who knows what is going on in our village. As for the candidates on the ballot who have family members who are employed by the village, please remember that this is a small town and this isn’t the first time family members have been on the board. Look back over the years and tell me how well employees have fared with family members ELECTED to the board.

Comments are closed.

  • Letter to the editor: Is Big Brother already listening?

    March 14th, 2024
    by

    By DANI SULIK | Kendall When George Orwell’s novel 1984 was published in 1949, it was seen as a fictional cautionary […]


    Letter to the editor: Vote no on constitutional amendments

    March 14th, 2024
    by

    By JOAN KENT | La Farge Some things are not what they appear. Like the two constitutional amendments on Wisconsin’s April […]


    Letter to the editor: Oath/pledge

    March 14th, 2024
    by

    By LEE D. VAN LANDUYT | Hillsboro An oath is a solemn promise regarding one’s future action or behavior. Our Pledge […]


    Letter to the editor: Questions remain about Vernon County Landfill

    March 11th, 2024
    by

    By CATHY LUND | Viroqua I appreciated the well-articulated article Gail Frie wrote in the paper regarding the landfill. It is […]


    Letter to the editor: Vernon County and Wisconsin are national leaders in landfill safety

    February 8th, 2024
    by

    Recently I became aware of information being circulated in the county through social media and emails that questions the safety of the Vernon County landfill.


  • Your Right to Know: Don’t charge records requesters for redactions

    February 6th, 2024
    by

    You’ve already paid for them. They’re yours. But if you want to see the public records that show what your government is doing, some state lawmakers want you to pay again — this time, for redactions.


    Letter to the editor: Transgender lunacy: Let’s just call it nuts!

    February 5th, 2024
    by

    By BOB BREIDENSTEIN | rural Ontario Nuts! That the latest U.S. Supreme Court justice, at her confirmation hearing, with a bewildered […]


    Letter to the editor: The clock is ticking

    February 5th, 2024
    by

    You’re thinking, “She’s complaining about the Republicans again.” And you’d be right.


    Letter to the editor: Democracy vs. dictatorship

    February 5th, 2024
    by

    Otto von Bismarck once said: “Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.” 


    Letter to the editor: Warm memories and perspectives 

    February 5th, 2024
    by

    Winter meant skating, ice and roller skating. The new pavilion in Ontario has taken the place of the old Ontario Community Hall for skating.


    Letter to the editor: In defense of grammar

    January 4th, 2024
    by

    By DANI SULIK | Kendall Who doesn’t love grammar? Okay, so you may not love it, but you know when it’s […]


  • Archives