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Lisa Pett's avatar

Thank you, Brian for sitting through the meeting and explaining the operational moves made by the city council to move on from an issue that has been thoroughly decided by the state supreme court.

Executives who understand the rules of government and how to work with the legislative branch are sorely needed.

It’s a shame Wausau voted for someone who doesn’t have those skills.

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Debra Ryan's avatar

I sat through the whole meeting and got a different conclusion. I would encourage you to view entire YT meeting since I came with entirely different conclusion....biased journalist.

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AO doc's avatar

I would invite you to actually read about what is required for ballot boxes and what was decided. What was done was that 2 yrs. after removing ballot boxes, the "new" Supreme Court allowed them. They are not required. We have a mail box that apparently qualifies not 12 feet from this ballot box. The ballot box was not properly labeled, nor was it properly secured for how many elections? All Diny did was draw attention to the unlawful use of this box. The issue is not the removal (which should have been done by the clerk until properly labeled and secured how long ago?). The issue is it was never lawful. I agree with the need to understand the government. That is a 2 way street. And if you also believe there is no fraud with these boxes, watch "2000 Mules". You can also learn about all of the fraud in our state via Peter Bernegger on X. That is, if you want to be open to this data. Choosing to not investigate does not make it's existence a conspiracy theory.

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Lisa Pett's avatar

Dinesh D'Souza—you guys really like your convicted felons.

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AO doc's avatar

And all the criminals, rapists and murders let out of prison early, no bails by liberal justices; and the criminals coming over the border in numbers never seen before - killing and raping in our cities - that equals 0 felons? Not securing our border is called treason: https://x.com/annvandersteel/status/1716528723560636487

And here are the election deniers from 2016; why weren't you calling them conspiracy theorists?: https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1841306128635834768

As I said, those that cannot accept new information choose to do so for whatever reason they can think of. There's always an excuse.

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Debra Ryan's avatar

I am very disappointed in Brian's reporting of the city council meeting here and on Youtube. For those that really want the other 95% of the story at the Wausau city council meeting not covered in this article, please watch the entire city council meeting including public comments....from our residents. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq4qWq081x4 I won't be renewing my Wausonian membership here

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jon Radtke's avatar

It’s surprising how many times it has been explained why this is a payment box and not a ballot box, and yet not 1 of our media sources have covered that. They just keep on the Diny and the ballot box. Very poor reporting.

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B.C. Kowalski's avatar

Actually I covered that aspect in the last post about this situation, leading up to the council meeting. https://www.thewausonian.com/p/doug-diny-mayor-absentee-ballot-investigation-wausau

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jon Radtke's avatar

Thanks for the reply, your article is exactly what I was talking about nowhere was it mentioned the box he moved was a payment box and not a ballot box. There is a very big difference.

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AO doc's avatar

I was there and outside City Hall after the meeting Michael Martens was laughing at the joke he had played on Diny. We are dealing with junior high level pranksters.

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