Will he, or won't he?

D-Day. October 28, 2010. D-Day for Keith Nygren, that is. This day, today, is the day that Nygren must put up or shut up. By 5:00PM.

That's his deadline for appealing his loss in Judge Meyer's court regarding Zane Seipler.

So, will he appeal? Or will he pass up the appeal? Or stall, and try an appeal after close of business today and waste more time (and taxpayer money) fighting a losing battle?

Even passing up the appeal won't get Zane his job back without more of a fight.

Nygren will stall, and stall, and stall. He'll create obstacles and roadblocks. He'll drag his heels. He might create nearly insurmountable challenges for Zane. Will Zane be sent back through the Academy for 12 weeks of basic training? But in doing so, Nygren will continue to demonstrate that he doesn't understand the man with whom he is dealing. Does he think Seipler will give up?

Is Nygren fighting this battle the same way that U.S. is fighting the Taliban? If you don't understand your enemy, you sure don't have much chance of winning the war! Nygren should have spent more time on strategy and less on tactics.

Zane has lots of time; he's a young man. Nygren? He's out of time. Even if he wins the election next week, how long will he really stick around McHenry County? Will he bail out pretty fast and head for Florida, where he'll try to enjoy Cape Coral as long as he can afford payments on a $690,000 mortgage (on a house now valued at $309,000). That ought to be giving him heartburn.

And if I'm elected on Nov. 2? The legal battle with Seipler will be over, and Zane will be back on duty, because Zane has prevailed in the courts and he is owed his job back - and his back pay. And I won't delay his back pay. And I'll pay Bob Schlenkert every penny that is owed him.

I'll pay Lisa Jarva the $5,300 that the McHenry County Sheriff's Department has owed her since July 13, 2008. And no more traffic crash reports will be falsified to blame a citizen, when a deputy causes a crash. She won't even have to sue for it.