There was a great P.R. piece in the Northwest Herald this morning under the headline "Sheriff has help rescuing motorists." When I read the article, I thought how great it was for the top dog at the sheriff's department to venture out into the blizzard and "commandeer" a truck and its driver, Dan Bitton.
In my mind I pictured the sheriff pounding on the driver's window and pressing Bitton into service of the County.
And then I learned that Bitton is a long-time friend of the sheriff. Suddenly, all the flowery language in the article turned into that stuff that is left in the field after the cattle are herded into pens.
According to reporter Joe Bustos, "Bitton, of Johnsburg, complimented Nygren for sticking it out with his staff in the snow and wind. Nygren directed traffic as ice fell from his face, Bitton said."
Joe, you got suckered. They couldn't see another car until they were inches from it?
Where was the sheriff's $75,000 Chevy Tahoe with the heated leather seats all this time? Did he give it to a deputy to run calls? Or was it parked in the garage at the sheriff's department?
How many four-wheel-drive vehicles are assigned to patrol staff? 12? 15? 18? Were there really only three on use? Where were the rest? Parked in garages or driveways of the take-home-car deputies? Why weren't these vehicles ordered into Woodstock and made available to on-duty deputies?
And where were the snowmobiles owned by the sheriff's department? Were they in use? Or were there parked safely in the trailer at the sheriff's garage on Russel Court?
How many deputies were stuck in their "regular" squads cars during this blizzard? And for how many hours? Not only were they at risk, stuck in snow on a County road, but they were not able to perform their duties or assist County residents!
Reporter Brett Rowland wrote, "... about half a dozen sheriff's deputies were stuck in their cars all over the county in spots including Marengo and Harvard. Many spent the night in their cars."
I hear that more than a few patrol deputies are mad, angry and disappointed. And well they should be. Of course, they aren't allowed to speak out without violating General Orders.
Sorry, deputies. Mail me your stories and your gripes. I'll publish them - without your names.
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Bitton also owner of DB Aviation t has or had the AIR-1 helicopter. Big buddy of Nygren. I laughed out loud when I saw that BS in the paper.
Some Sergeants and Lt's have Tahoes as do K-9. The Community Service Deputy drives one but she should have a van and let someone that is out on patrol use her 4x4. But she is SPECIAL. Make sure she can go to her meetings.
Chicago is buying Tahoes but they are not four wheel drive. They need the extra space because the Crown Vics are being phased out and Impalas are too small for two officer patrol. Actually the Impalas are pretty good in snow but in snow the Tahoes are much better.
I suppose they justify it because Tahoes get crap gas milage and the Impalas get good gas milage. How many days to we get big storms?
Kinda makes me wonder just where Bitton was "plowing", when Nygren asked him for help.
A reader wondered, "... why Nygren did not deploy the 'tank' to save residents. That would have handled the snow quiet well."
When I saw MARV last summer, I didn't notice any license plates or windshield wipers. Is it street legal, or does it have to be taken to and from the "scene of the crime" on a trailer?
All of the commanders with SUV's turned them in so the deputy's could use them. They still got stuck. There was no avoiding it, it was just that bad out. They did everything they could to handle calls and help people but the weather won the battle this time. And yes, Nygren was out in his own Tahoe the majority of the night until he received help from his "friend". Just because they're friends he shouldn't be helping him??
Maybe you should get your facts straight before you go accusing people of doing things, or not doing them.
Let's see if I have this correct... you weren't there since your bug was buried. You are so perfect in all respects that you can even take Joe Walsh to task for a typo or grammatical error... much the same as you do whenever a NIXLE alert is issued.
Now we see that you have written "According to reporter Joe Bustos, Bitton, of Johnsburg, coomplimented Nygren for sticking it out with his staff in the snow and wind. Nygren directed traffic as ice fell from his face, Bitton said."
So, the great Gus has screwed up. With your anal-retentive, always perfect attitude, it's little wonder you are so concerned with suicides. Your type - those that can never see any good in anything that anyone other than themselves can take credit for - are suicide prone, are they not? How else do the resolve the constant crisis between thinking they are perfect and continually seeing proof that they are not?
I certainly hope you don't commit suicide, Gus. That would truly be tragic. Your blog is the funniest thing to come along in a long time. Everyone I speak to that has seen it comments about how funny it is and how great people like Bachmann and Seipler, et al must think it is to have a tool like you to joust with Nygren.
If you actually paid taxes in this county (other than sales and income)your continual rant might have some shred of legitimacy.
Years ago I read a quote about taxes. It went something like, "No man is required to pay more taxes than he is legally obligated to pay." It might have been a U.S. Supreme Court case.
Since you don't see the tax collector at my door, be assured that I pay all the taxes required of me.
There - resting more easily now?
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