The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-06-15
TAKES AWAY PUBLICATION
OF PROCEEDINGS
Makes Mayors Paper the Off,
cial Paper for the Board of
Education as Well as City of
Washburn.

Hans Swanby, alderman Of the 3rd
ward of the city of Washburn, who
as member of the City Council
voted to appoint himself member
Of the Board of Education, which ac-
tion according to decision Of the
Attorney General of the State of
Wisconsin in a like case, was de-
clared to be illegal, and who has
continued to serve as such member
of the both branches of the city gov
ernment, introduced q motion at the
Tuesday night meeting of the Board
OF Education, to take away from the
Times the publication Of the official
proceedings of that body. This ac-
tion was expected by the Times. The
Washburn News, owned and con-
trolled by the Mayor, who appointed
the members of the Board of Educa-
tion, was made the official paper.
The same members serving under the
Mayor as Aldermen, voted the News
the official paper of the city of
WashbuTn.
Edwin Eryan, serving as President
Of the Board of Education, and Dave
Monroe, also member Of that body,
who like Swanby, were members of
the City Council that voted to install
themselves as members of the Board
of Education and are serving on
both branches of the city govern
ment, voted with Swanby in support
of the motion as did the other MEM
bers of the Board. Fred Anderson,
who is serving with the Board OF
Education and the City Council, was
not present at the meeting, and Herb
Borggren, who fights for things that
are right, had gone home, when this
action was taken.
The. Times has objected to Messrs.
Swanby, Bryan, Monroe and Ander-
son serving as members of the City
Council and as members of the
Board of Education. The law
specifically says that these positions
are overlapping and cannot be held
by the same members, and because
Of our stand the 'big four" want to
take away what little printing has
been furnished this paper,-although
the Times and its editor pay in taxes
each year nearly $4,000 which is
more than ONE PER CENT of ALL
taxes paid in the city of Washburn.
Swanby, Bryan, Monroe and An
derson were supported for re-elec-
ton by the Mayors organ the News,
and this support must have been ap-
preciated, for from May 4th, 1920 to
March 7th, 1922, the News was paid
cut of the city funds the sum Of
S1241.51, which is MORE and almost
double what ALL papers ever re-
ceiced before, in any years, and this
when the city was supposed to be
''busted" and street laborers and
city officials were unpaid. And dur
ing 1921-1922, when lahorers, fire.
men and other were waiting for their
money because the city was with
out funds it was managed to squeeze
ont and pay to the "official PAPER"
th sum OF $434.47, while other fel-
lows with bills against the city
sheld the bag" Under date Of June
2, 1921, and July 2, 1921 the same bill
was paid twice to the "offical paper"
FOR the publication of the proceedings
Of the meeting of May 18th, and so
far as we are able to learn this
amount has never been returned.
Swanby, and several other MEM
bers of the Board of Education are
peeved, because we let the taxpayers
know that the cost Of operating the
Washburn schools by the "frienSs Of
the Dear People exceeded that Of
any other year by several thousand
dollars, that the present Board has
mortgaged the future to the ex-
tent of thousands of dollars in order
to clean up their Indebtedness, and
that they haven't dollar with which
60 pay the jaintors what wages are
now due, and not a CENT to start
the schools in September and nothing
on which they can borrow. They
would rather have this paper keep
MUM on this subject, but because
We refused they are going to take
away the publication of the oficia
proceedings of the Board Of Educa.
ton for which the Times was pait
$46.2O for the year 1921.
Swanby seems to have considerable