Sunday, January 8, 2012

Sorry, Ken; ROE candidate isn't fully qualified

Last week the McHenry County Board Chairman, Ken Koehler, was bemoaning the "glitch" that has surfaced in appointing a person to fill the role of Superintendent of the McHenry County Regional Office of Education.

According to the Northwest Herald, Koehler said a fully qualified candidate couldn't be appointed. No, Ken, that's not right. A fully-qualified candidate can be appointed. The problem is, you have apparently chosen someone who isn't fully qualified.

There is a qualification that candidate doesn't meet, so it is not fully qualified.

That candidate, who might be otherwise qualified - even highly qualified - cannot serve. Period. Surely, you are familiar with the Illinois Election Law. Aren't you?

You will run into a similar problem, should Sheriff Keith Nygren bail out before November 2014. If you want to appoint a fully-qualified person as the next sheriff, that person must be a McHenry County resident. That's just the way it is.

The sheriff's hand-picked successor lives in the County. But is he the right person to lead the 400+-employee McHenry County Sheriff's Department? Will you appoint the best person to this most-important position?

The right successor doesn't have to be the winner in a popularity contest, but he does need to be squeaky clean.

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