ELECTION 2017: The winners
With the results in, let's talk about who gained, and who lost turf, in Franklin's political mess that we call the Spring, 2017...
Team Olson looks past April 4th, faces Council reality
Right down to the wire, Mayor Steve Olson has been fairly successful at dodging The Rock developer's Ballpark Commons project. This...
FOR SALE: The City of Franklin
As discussed in the previous post, FT decided it would be interesting to peer into Olson's recent campaign donations and Mayoral...
The company Olson keeps, and its effect on Franklin
During this election season, we’ve worked to open the doors for residents to learn how small items, that may at times seem insignificant,...
Let's pull back the curtain on Olson's dirty political tactics (Part II)
In Part I, FT pulled back the curtain on recent voter maneuvering tactics involving current Mayor Olson and his bud, the Baleful Blogger...
Let's pull back the curtain on Olson's dirty political tactics (Part I)
The following sentence was taken from a recent post by Mayor Olson on Facebook: “A well respected volunteer city committee member is...
Misdirection reigns supreme as 4th District, Mayoral campaigns tie-in
Local politics is almost run like clockwork this campaign season. Days after Franklin Today (FT) posted a piece highlighting collusion...
Franklin's Baleful Blogger fails at finding fault
Franklin’s Baleful Blogger (BB) stated “I thought there was another side of the story that hadn’t surfaced: (Parks Chairman) Dave...
The shine of Franklin continues to diminish
The Baleful Blogger’s continued quest of harassing Franklin’s Council President brings to mind many topics of the past (and present-day)....
“Retail is B.S.” Mayor Olson Says
A satirical piece on the missing vision between a large scale IKEA development and doing nothing. Ed. Note: Franklin leadership receives...