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.