Seipler back at work yet?

Recently Zane Seipler won "again" in his on-going battle with Sheriff Nygren to get his job back.

The Illinois Supreme Court refused to take Nygren's appeal of the decision against him made by the Appellate Court. And that was after Nygren lost at the Circuit Court level. And that was after Nygren lost to the Arbitrator. So it looks to most (maybe, in fact, all (except Nygren)) that he has run out of options.

When will he put Seipler back to work and pay Zane all his back pay (three years' worth)?

Is Nygren now just going to try to "run out the clock" and stall in every way he can to avoid putting Zane back on the payroll while he is still in office?

Many think Nygren will bail out (retire) as soon as the 28-month window before the next election has arrived. Within that window it's the County Board that will appoint Nygren's successor to fill his unexpired term. If Nygren left office sooner, the voters would elect a sheriff in November 2012.

Did Nygren say in his campaign that he would serve out his four years? Did anyone ask him that question before the November 2010 election? Some might have wanted to and might have tried to, but when was he around to answer?

And has he been around (say, working in his office) much since that election? Is someone keeping a calendar and putting a little checkmark on it for each day Nygren has worked since the last election?

Being Sheriff for $145,000/year plus benefits, is pretty cool, especially when you consider the sheriff doesn't have to answer to anyone. I am often asked to whom the sheriff reports; i.e., who is his boss?

He doesn't have one. As an elected officeholder, he is accountable only on one day every four years, and that's to the voters.

And so, when the voters are mad at him for wasting three years of pay and benefits (Seipler's pay and benefits) and several hundred thousand of dollars in legal fees to his outside counsel, the only way they can gripe is on the next Election Day.

Well, that's Illinois for you, folks. Some states have Recall of elected officials, but not Illinois. Guess who made that law? The Elected Officials!

Of course.