Friday, October 29, 2010

Nygren's shameless letter

The empty envelope that I received yesterday from the Nygren political campaign may have contained a shameless letter from incumbent Republican Sheriff Keith Nygren.

On stationery imprinted with the official emblem of office (7-point star (badge), Seal of the State of Illinois, wording (Sheriff, McHenry County Sheriff's Police)) and from "Keith Nygren, Sheriff", Nygren beseeches voters to vote for him on Nov. 2. "Begs" might be better word.

He opens his letter with these words, "On behalf of all the men and women of the McHenry County Sheriff's Office..." What gives him the right to send a political message to voters and impart the "behalf" of the employees of his office? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

Did he ask them first, if he could beg on their behalf?

Did he survey them? Anonymously? At all?

He asserts that the residents of McHenry County have joined forces with the Sheriff's Office to make our county safer. Oh, yeah?

How come, when I sought help from the Sheriff's Office to arrest drivers for serious traffic violations and deputies refused to cite drivers, Keith backed them up? I would have gone to court to testify, and I frequently did so.

Why did Keith call and leave a message for me one day to stop complaining about drivers, because I was wasting the time of the courts which, he said, would never convict a driver on another driver's testimony. What he didn't know was that I had a perfect string of at least eight convictions in a row.

How little he really knew about how traffic court operated!

Trading (treading?) on the employees' behalf in a campaign letter was shameless!

3 comments:

Toa said...

I think you're losing it, Gus. Chill out. You've lost your credibility and now many believe you've lost your sanity.

Gus said...

Toa, "chilling out" is what allows bullies to get away with actions abhorred by others. Nygren's collective use of the employees' backing (behalf) was wrong!

FatParalegal said...

Keep on fighting the good fight, Gus!