Saturday, January 23, 2010

Woodstock Advocate endorses Seipler

The editorial board of The Woodstock Advocate endorses Zane Seipler for Sheriff of McHenry County in the February 2nd Republican Primary Election!

The board held a long meeting this morning, attended by the owner, the publisher, the editor, the reporting staff, the treasurer, the secretary, the coffee maker and the custodian and discussed the qualifications of each Republican candidate.

After three pots of coffee, we reached a consensus.

We decided we cannot support a candidate who, as incumbent sheriff, believes that a citizen is wasting the court's time when he makes a personal traffic complaint against a serious traffic violator and is willing to go to court to testify (and who had a record of "wins" in McHenry County Traffic Court).

We cannot support a sheriff who allows a deputy to refuse a traffic complaint from another driver who is willing to go to court to testify about a serious traffic violation.

We cannot support a sheriff who appears to condone "managed" report-writing by deputies after a serious or fatal incident. Putting all the deputies in the same room with a supervisor, so they can get their stories straight, is not good cop work.

We cannot support a sheriff who drives 85MPH in Wisconsin "just to keep up with traffic", when the speed limit is 65MPH.

We cannot support a sheriff who disciplines deputies just up to the point (30 days) where their actions would have gone to the Merit Commission and into public view; example, when one deputy is shoved by another (battery) and "persuaded" not to report it to the Woodstock Police.

We cannot support a sheriff who fails to see that a ticket is issued to a deputy who runs a stop sign and causes an accident.

We cannot support a sheriff who fails to see that a ticket is issued to a deputy who carelessly drives off the road and rolls a squad car.

We cannot support a sheriff who knows that a deputy caused a crash involving a citizen's car and refuses to pay for the citizen's damage.

The editorial board believes that the arbitrator in the Seipler matter made the right decision and that the incumbent sheriff is wasting taxpayer dollars to appeal to the Circuit Court, where the case will malinger for 12-24 months.

The editorial board of The Woodstock Advocate believes that Zane Seipler is the better choice for Republican candidate for Sheriff on February 2. The board endorses Zane Seipler and wishes him success on February 2.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Have you heard that Captain Anton Cundiff has been out of the office for sometime now. There are rumors that it has something to do with his "shoulder". Isn't that the guy who started all this trouble for the Sheriff. He is the "tough guy" that was going to teach Zane a lesson, right? I bet his problems with work are far more than a shoulder. The man has no backbone. No heart. Just another foul mouth, wanna be "tough guy". Can't wait till he is no longer in charge!

Unknown said...

The editorial board.. HUH

Gus said...

A reader has sent the following comment:

"There are times in life when the time comes to take a stand for Right and Wrong. Zane and Gus are running for Sheriff on Principal not Entitlement. So I would strongly endorse Zane for the February 2nd Primary." Pamela Whitson