Nygren provides affidavit in FEN case

OK, everybody. Put on those reading glasses. You know, the special ones. The ones that let you read between the lines. Even as I write these words "between the lines", I am about fall off my chair, laughing, because I'm thinking of the late William Oncken, Jr., a businessman and speaker well-known for his popular Harvard Business Review article, "The One-Minute Manager Meets the Monkey."

In his humorous, and pointed, article and recorded talk, he advises never to read a written report from a subordinate without that subordinate being right in the room, because 50% of it will be "bullshit" and the subordinate is the only person who will know which half.

Pete Gonigam, publisher of FirstElectricNewspaper.com (FEN), wrote on January 20th about the affidavit that Sheriff Keith Nygren provided to the McHenry County Circuit Court in FEN's suit to get Don Leist's "investigative" report about Undersheriff Andy Zinke's outing of a confidential DEA investigation to political friend and Nygren and Zinke contributor, Brian Goode. Goode is President of RITA Corporation, to which a truckload of illegal drugs was heading from Texas. Zinke decided it would be okay to tell Goode about this.

Read FEN's article here. It's titled "Sheriff "Thoughtfully Considered" Facts, Inferences In Zinke Report

Judge Meyer will hear arguments on January 29. Legal wrangling is expected to delay release of the report until after the March 18th Primary Election. My guess? If it ever sees the light of day, it will be after November 4. If Zinke wins the race for Sheriff, it will never be seen. 

Why doesn't Zinke just write a note to Nygren, "Boss, give 'em the report."