In Your Opinion: Letter Writer Responds To Critic

September 30, 2026 Speak Out!

By Bill Connell.

I am angry and annoyed that I have to write this letter. I hope my speaking voice does not leak out in the process.

Resident and Township Council gadfly Jim Johnston misused my Speak Out letter (Township Council Needs To Scold Bad Cricket Behavior) to the Franklin Reporter for his own purposes, on Facebook. He tried to weaponize my letter regarding cricket to make a point about the water main issues, two unrelated topics

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In Your Opinion: Letter Writer Responds To Critic

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