The Northwest Herald still won't cut Zane Seipler any slack on his going back to work as a deputy at the McHenry County Sheriff's Department on Monday, March 19.
The headline in today's paper? "Fired deputy returns to work on Monday".
Nope, sorry, folks. It's "Reinstated deputy returns to work..."
Why didn't the paper separate its stories and get them right, even at this late date?
Seipler beat Sheriff Nygren four times.
1. Before the Arbitrator
2. In Circuit Court
3. In the Appellate Court
4. At the Illinois Supreme Court
Rumor was that Nygren's attorney didn't want to drag the case to the Appellate or Supreme Courts. How much money did Nygren waste with his losing crusade?
Why was Zane fired? It wasn't over the warnings that he wrote. It was because Zane had complained about racial profiling by deputies.
Who says that was the reason? Zane does. Who else?
More importantly, the sheriff's own attorney said so in Federal Court on April 6, 2011. It's in the transcript. She said Zane was fired for complaining about racial profiling. What's not clear about that?
I haven't heard Nygren say that his attorney lied to the judge in Federal Court. I believe she was telling the truth. I was standing right next to her, when she said it. There was no hesitation, no mumbling.
Will Nygren have the check for 3 1/2 years' back pay ready for Zane on Monday morning? The very best thing he could do at this point is to have that check ready and to hand it to Zane himself, when Zane shows up for work.
Zane will have to be re-indoctrinated. There will be some hoops to jump through. Will there be any retaliation? Retribution? Will some supervisor say, "Raise your right foot. Now raise your left foot. Wait a minute! I didn't tell you to put your right foot down. Can't you follow instructions? Are we going to have trouble with your following orders?"
The sheriff and the undersheriff had better remind all deputies, including lieutenants and sergeants, to treat all deputies, including Zane, with respect and dignity.
The sheriff's department still needs a big cleaning up. Watch for more news in the next week about an example of poor leadership and false reporting earlier this month.
You never know who is interested…
3 months ago
2 comments:
We know, and mostly agree, with your viement dislike of Tin Star Keith, and what he did to Zaneomundo.
BUT, let's not forget that Zane did nt do his job correcly by issuing tickets to the non-drivers. It was a lack of poor judgement, which I believe he did acknowledge. But how many times did he do it without the public knowing? Hmmm?
So keep on rip'n TSK, but dont forge Zane faux pas'd too. Doh.
TMB, right you are. No one will forget but, in grand scheme of things, which is worse? A bad warning or ten felonies over a four-year period?
TSK could have put Pyle on unpaid admin leave. Lawyers can make a big deal over nothing, and no doubt his legal beagles would cry foul. But not too soon, because a big chuck of the $9,000/month might be paying legal fees right now.
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