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ACCOUNT DISABLED : Kenosha Users Of Popular “Nextdoor” App Being Censored Over Close Election

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Nextdoor “Leads” for the Western Neighborhoods of Kenosha
Top: Amanda Hodgson and Lesa Stephens-Vijesurier
Bottom: Jennifer Franco and Sunil Chainani

The April 2022 election for the Kenosha County Board has seen a large number of candidates running against incumbents. One incumbent in particular, John Franco has a tough re-election bid ahead. His opponent, a political newcomer Jenn Bittner, is gaining a lot of support. Franco is the County Board member that represents District 13, the western neighborhoods in the City of Kenosha. Franco lives in the Horizons neighborhood and the neighborhood across from 104th Street is Whitecaps, the largest neighborhood in his district. Residents have been taking to Nextdoor, a social media app that was started in 2008, to criticize Franco. Many voters have attacked Franco’s leadership for a number of reasons, most importantly his non-action during the riots of 2020. For example, Franco refused to join the large group of board members that asked to call a special, emergency meeting to request more help. Franco refused to sign onto a county board letter addressed to State and Federal officials, asking for more law enforcement. Franco voted against an ordinance change that would have given Kenosha tax-payers more say on where sexually violent predators can live. Many residents started seeing these posts being removed – including this author. Each neighborhood has two “leads”, that is, “bosses” that determine which comments get removed and which members get banned. This author got banned 4 times for posting his disgust for City leadership last year seeing increase in homicides by 300%. The four leads for the Horizons and Whitecaps neighborhoods are all democrats. One of these leads is none other than John Franco himself. He shares his Nextdoor account with his wife, Jennifer. She makes posts on John’s behalf often. Jennifer is a board member for the Democratic party of Kenosha County. John Franco used to be its Chairman. He now shies away from the affiliation with the democratic party in public, but still attends most meetings. Franco uses Nextdoor to campaign, posting his political website and phone number. The other Horizons lead, Amanda Hodgson, lives in the neighborhood with her wife. She praises Franco regularly on the platform. She regularly makes posts about “systemic racism” and police brutality once posting “STOP KILLING PEOPLE YOU FUCKING TWATS”. She’s a huge fan of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and “social justice.” All of the posts in the Horizons Nextdoor are moderated by The Francos and their biggest fan. In Whitecaps, Sunil Chainani and Lesa Stephens-Vijesurier are the “leads”. When asked about moderation, Sunil lied to us and said he “had no control.” Lesa is more straight forward. “I’ll report you,” she often writes when someone doesn’t agree with her. Stephens-Vijesurier and Chainani similarly remove comments and posts that they don’t agree with. They removed a post, for example criticizing David Bogdala, the Alderman for this neighborhood for doing nothing during the riots like his close political ally Franco. Bogdala has run unopposed for 12 years. The leads have also removed news articles that were posted to alert neighbors of safety concerns. Just Like big Tech, a social media app that was created to help connect neighbors is being used to influence elections for special interests. We mailed letters to all four leads to ask tough questions and none of them chose to respond. If you like Franco, post away – if you are voting for his opponent and advocating for her, you just might see this message next time you log on….

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  • Kevin Mathewson

    Kevin Mathewson is a disciple of Christ, husband and a father to two wonderful children. Mathewson was born and raised in Lake County, IL and worked as a police & fire dispatcher from 2005 to 2010 in Round Lake Beach, IL. Mathewson moved to Kenosha County in 2006, later being elected to the position of Alderman of the 8th District in 2012 and 2016. Mathewson is a private investigator, security contractor, journalist, and photographer. He enjoys spending time with his family, watching movies, camping and boating. His favorite amendment is the second, followed closely by the first. He loves his country and community.

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5 Responses

  1. Kevin, This article sheds light on the Operatives of the local Democrat Party, a party that no longer represents the values of FDR & JFK. It has morphed into a front of the Communist Party of America. Their tactics are clearly Marxist. Silence (cancel) and harass the opposition, repeat lies until they are perceived as truth, and accuse the opposition of what you are already guilty of. The lower left poster child picture coupled to the ‘vote blue no matter who’ proclamation makes me ask, “How well is this compassion-ate administration working out for the working people in Kenosha?” The working people in America have been sold out and used by the very party that claims to represent them.

  2. Try contacting the Next-door corporation. They are nationwide. I had our lead removed, because he didn’t live in our neighborhood.
    It might benworth a try if they were found to be dominating the neighborhood group for personal or political gain.

      1. Let us know if contacting the Next Door Corp works. The DNC extremists are the enemy of every one of us not on their payrolls.

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