Thursday, October 28, 2010

Nygren files appeal; to waste more money

Sheriff Keith Nygren is not only a poor loser. He is a free-spender of tax dollars, to the detriment of McHenry County taxpayers.

At 2:51PM the Northwest Herald posted an article online that Nygren is appealing Judge Meyer's decision regarding the Zane Seipler reinstatement. You can read the entire article at www.nwherald.com/2010/10/28/nygren-again-appealing-deputys-reinstatement/aek4adq/

The arbitrator ruled against Nygren. Judge Meyer ruled against Nygren. Now the case is headed to Elgin and the Illinois Appellate Court Second Division. That's the court that delivered a knock-out punch to Nygren in the Bob Schlenkert case, taking only three days to deliver its blow.

Nygren apparently told reporter Jill Duchnowski today, “My position on that has never changed." But Nygren's position did soften after Judge Meyer ruled. Did he forget?

Maybe his attorney had a little heart-to-heart with him. From the Northwest Herald article, "After McHenry County Judge Thomas Meyer’s ruling Sept. 28, Nygren appeared willing to consider reinstating Seipler as part of a 'creative solution' that might have involved ethics or other training."

Why didn't Nygren reinstate Seipler?

Today's NWH article continued, "But, Nygren said, Seipler never showed interest in returning.

“He never once reached out to us,” Nygren said. “He has no interest in resolving this from what I can tell.”

Surely, Nygren can't be so stupid as he sounds in those remarks. But is he that stupid? To try to fix the blame on Seipler? No interest in returning? Of course, Seipler is interested in returning. And it was Nygren's responsibility and obligation to contact Seipler, not vice versa. Nygren is the one who lost in court. Nygren is the one who was told to put Seipler back to work.

I am reminded of a remark made to me by a Woodstock cop, after a deputy refused to issue a ticket to a driver on my complaint. He said, "She (the deputy) has no idea how much grief you are going to cause her."

Well, I guess Nygren has no idea how much grief Zane is going to cause him now. I have an idea what is up Zane's sleeve, and it's not going to be pretty. Nygren may be on really shaky legal ground. I wouldn't be surprised if his attorney advised him just to put Zane back to work.

I'm sure that readers, and taxpayers, will be seeing much more in the courts over this. And Nygren shouldn't be able to escape the consequences of his decisions by merely retiring on December 2. He should be held personally accountable for his decisions.

Does Nygren have a grudge against Zane that goes beyond the official employer-employee relationship? Zane has kept the heat on Nygren relentlessly through www.mcsdexposed.blogspot.com Well, it looks like Zane will have a paid vacation for a few more months. I mean "paid", because Zane will get all his back pay, once MCSD runs all of its options. Where will it go, when Nygren loses in Elgin? The Illinois Supreme Court? And after that?

3 comments:

GeneL said...

Gus, you should FOIA the legal bills and see how much of OUR money the bully has wasted fighting this deputy. Your story below has a picture of Nygren's Florida home, I'm sure Zane will make good use of it after he wins this case and his federal case.

Zane said...

Nygren is a liar. Plain and simple. I have seen Nygren, his lawyers and his supervisors numerous times in the last couple of months. Heck, I was in a room with one of his Sergeants for four hours today. He's scared. I know all the department secrets. Both Nygren and I, know it's over. He's just prolonging the inevitable.

I am also feel confident in speculating that Nygren's attorney didn't want to appeal Judge Meyer's decision or arbitrator Malin's decision.

It's your tax money that is funding Nygren's personal feud with me.

I will continue to win and the taxpayer will continue to foot the bill.

VOTE NYGREN OUT!!!!!

Hey Keith, I will never bow to the likes of you.

Gus said...

Daily Herald, 9/28/10: "McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren says he's "willing to try" reinstating a former deputy and staunch political rival after a judge Tuesday upheld an arbitrator's decision to suspend the deputy rather than fire him."

Now that looks a little different to me.