% MUNICIPALITIES ALL AROUND THE
% STATE, HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO
% ANSWER TO HIS CAUCUS AT THAT
% POINT.
% >> AGAIN ASSEMBLY BILL BUMPS UP
% MINIMUM INCREASE IN SHARED
% REVENUE TO 15-%.
% SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER TAKES
% US TO THE CITY OF BROADHEAD IN
% GREEN COUNTY.
% AND 15% DOESN'T SOLVE THE
% PROBLEMS.
% >> MY CAMPAIGN WAS TO DRIVE
% AROUND THE STREETS.
% >> HE LOSS THAT RACE AND SPENT
% MOST OF HIS ADULT LIFE LIVING
% OUT OF STATE.
% WHEN HE WON IN 2022 HE HAD A
% PLAN.
% >> I HAVE SEVERAL BUSINESSES.
% I FIGURE I COULD RUN LIKE THAT.
% IT IS NOT CLOSE.
% VERY SLOW.
% >> FIRST THING HE RAN INTO WAS A
% CITY BUDGET STARVED OF INCREASE
% IN SHARED REVENUE FOR A DECADE.
% >> THERE IS NOT A LOT OF OTHER
% THINGS TO CUT.
% >> BROAD HEAD FIRE DISTRICT
% DECIDED TO MOVE FROM VOLUNTEERS
% TO FULL TIME STAFF.
% CITY'S PORTION OF THE INCREASE
% MORE THAN $300,000 A YEAR.
% >> LAST YEAR, WE WERE GOING TO
% HAVE TO CUT $330,000.
% 10% OF THE BUDGET.
% >> INSTEAD, MAJOR JONES SENT
% DISILLUSION LETTER TO BROAD HEAD
% FIRE DISTRICT STARTING PROCESS
% OF BREAKING UP THE FIRE
% DEPARTMENT.
% HE SAYS IT WASN'T JUST
% NEGOTIATING TACTIC.
% >> IF YOU ARE BREAKING EGGS, YOU
% HAVE TO HAVE A BACK UP PLAN.
% WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY VIABLE
% PLAN.
% FIRST THING TO SAY HOW DO WE FIX
% WHAT WE HAVE?
% >> CITY AND RURAL WERE ABLE TO
% NEGOTIATE THE DEAL THAT KEPT
% VOLUNTEERS.
% IT WAS A ONE-YEAR FIX WHILE THE
% CITY OF BROAD HEAD WENT TO
% REFERENDUM TO ASK VOTERS FOR
% EXTRA $400,000 A YEAR.
% >> IF THEY VOTE NO, NEXT YEAR WE
% HAVE TO CUT SOCIAL PROGRAMS.
% THEN WE LOST THE REFERENDUM.
% >> GREAT TO BE HERE IN WISCONSIN
% DELLS TODAY.
% >> JONES KNEW THE STAKES FOR HIS
% CITY WHEN HE TRAVELED TO
% WISCONSIN DELLS AND WAITED SIX
% HOURS TO GET TWO MINUTES TO
% SPEAK BEFORE THE JOINT FINANCE
% COMMITTEE.
% >> I AM MAJOR JOINS FROM CITY OF
% BROAD HEAD.
% I RETIRED 20 YEARS AGO.
% IT DIDN'T FIT.
% >> JONES EXPLAINED WITHOUT AN
% INCREASE IN SHARED REVENUE HE
% WOULD HAVE TO CLOSE TO POOL.
% >> WE HAD A POOL, PARKS AND REC,
% ALL THOSE THINGS.
% LOOKS LIKE MY HOMETOWN IS NO
% LONGER GOING TO HAVE THEM.
% THAT IS HOW DIRE IT IS.
% >> POOL COST ABOUT $80,000 A
% YEAR.
% MOST RECENT VERSION OF THE
% REPUBLICAN PLAN WILL GIVE BROAD
% HEAD EXTRA $109,000 A YEAR.
% >> AT THE VERY LEAST WE CAN
% DELAY THINGS DOWN THE ROAD.
% >> WHILE THE POOL WILL STAY OPEN
% THIS SUMMER.
% JONES KNOWS THIS ISN'T A
% PERMANENT FIX.
% >> IT IS A START.
% THAT IS -- YOU HAVE TO TAKE
% LITTLE VICTORIES.