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Kevin Fischer is an award-winning veteran broadcaster who has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for nearly three decades.
Kevin, who is a legislative aide to state Sen. Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin), can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, “INTERchange,” on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, in Franklin.
Gazing into the crystal ball...
By Kevin Fischer
Thursday, Aug 30 2007, 05:31 PM
Let’s pretend for just a bit.
Suppose Fred Thompson has just begun his second term in the White House.
Gasoline is $5 per gallon.
It now costs 57 cents to mail a letter.
You are no longer allowed to smoke anywhere.
Claiming it’s a too much of a distraction, Democrats in the Legislature move to ban blinking your eyes while driving.
Illegal immigrants have their own national cable TV network.
Voters in Franklin are asked to approve a $250-million school referendum.
Brett Favre, a la George Blanda, is quarterbacking for the Oakland Raiders at the age of 43.
Alex Rodriguez is threatening to surpass Barry Bonds as the all-time home run leader.
And after 58 meetings, the Franklin Planning Commission ultimately decides on a final design for the proposed Target at the Shoppes at Wyndham Village.
At that point, what is preventing me and some of my neighbors and other Franklin residents from saying the following:
I don’t like the drawing.
I don’t like that design.
I don’t think it’s good enough.
I want this reviewed again.
I am going to start a petition drive.
I want what’s best for the community.
I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I……..ay yay yay!
Again, I ask, what would prevent that from happening?
Here’s the point.
There comes a time, if you’ll pardon the cliché, you have to fish or cut bait.
There needs to be some finality.
If the Planning Commission meets tomorrow morning to consider this design issue, I hope they take a vote. Let’s get on with this! How much more information do we need?
Or are we going to wait until Haley’s Comet to put the shovels in the ground?
It is fantastic to see the buzz of activity now going on at the corner of 51st and Rawson. I would like to see the same at the Shoppes of Wyndham Village…...........IN MY LIFETIME!
Could we please get our economic development vehicle out of neutral and put it in drive?
