Tag: Elections

Safety And Licensing Committee Votes 4-1 To Approve Resolution In Support Of Election Officials

The Safety and Licensing Committee met 09/28/2022. One of the items they took up was Resolution 11-R-22, the Resolution In Support of Election Officials. The “Whereas” portion of the resolution recognizes the 2020 general election as “safe, secure, and accessible during the Covid-19 pandemic”, speak […]

Clerk Lynch Details Harrassment Experienced By Herself And Staff

In light of the recently submitted resolution in support of election officials, I contacted Clerk Kami Lynch and asked if she or the staff members in her office had been bullied, threatened, intimidated or undermined in relation to their election administration duties since the 2020 […]

Pheng Thao Responds To Questions About His Campaign Contributions, Does Not Indicate When He Will Correct Issue

Pheng Thao did respond to me after I posted about the issues with his campaign contributions. I had sent him an email on 04/15/2022 to the email address he had opted to include on his campaign finance disclosure form. After not hearing back from him […]

Newly Elected Board Of Education Member Pheng Thao Appears To Have Violated Campaign Finance Laws

A reader had asked if I was going to post the campaign finance documents for the Appleton Area School District Board of Education candidates. You can download those all below: An interesting item of note, newly elected Board of Education member Pheng Thao appears to […]

Alderperson Denise Fenton Apologizes For Comment Made On Mike Schinke’s Campaign Page – “not [a] comment on anyone’s right to run […] I also believe that we can move past our mistakes if we acknowledge them in good faith. I hope that is the case here.”

Alderperson Denise Fenton (District 6) has responded to my email asking her about the comment she had left on Board of Education candidate Mike Schinke’s campaign page. She acknowledges the comment was ill-advised, says she called Mr. Schinke and apologized to him, and clarifies that […]

Thao, Bacon, Bowman, And Truyman Are AASD Board of Education Election Winners

Calumet County finally reported their complete election tallies last night at 11:23 PM. The results from the remaining precincts did not change the overall ranking of the Appleton Area School District Board of Education candidates. The four candidates with the most votes remained: Pheng Thao […]

With Outagamie And Winnebago Votes Fully Reported And Calumet Partially Reported, Top 4 Board Of Education Candidates Are Thao, Bacon, Bowman, And Truyman

The Appleton Area School Board election results are fully in for Outagamie and Winnebago counties, and 7 of 13 precincts have reported results in Calumet County. The four candidates with the most votes are: Pheng Thao James Bacon Jim Bowman Deb Truyman It’s hard to […]

Alderperson Election Results – All Incumbents Keep Seats Except For Alderperson Michael Smith

The Appleton alderperson election results are in. All the incumbents with the exception of Alderperson Michael Smith in District 10 held onto their seats. District 2 – Vered Meltzer District 4 – Israel Del Toro District 6 – Denise Fenton District 8 – Joss Thysen […]