Bad manners? Who released letter?

Check out the cease-and-desist letter on the McHenry County Blog, sent by Bob Bless' attorney to County Board District 1 challenger Nick Chirikos.

The letter (undated as reproduced on McHenry County Blog), prepared and sent by Attorney Ronald Justin of Arlington Heights to Nick, threatens Nick with legal action and is prefaced with "Notice to cease and desist".

I don't know if Attorney Justin does his own typing or if he needs to hire a new secretary. The heading of the letter indicates the letter is to "Nick Chirikos" and the salutation reads, "Dear Mr. Nick Chirikos". The letter contains no reference as to whether it was mailed by U.S. First Class Mail, FedEx'ed, e-mailed, faxed, sent by Certified Mail or even whether it was sent.

At 5:11PM I sent a text message to Nick that I had posted a comment on McHenry County Blog, and Nick replied that he hadn't seen the letter yet. The publication on McHenry County Blog got him by surprise.

I know Nick. I believe that he would not speak ill of a person in an election campaign. I believe Nick would not libel or slander anyone. He's a businessman, and no doubt he understands the consequences of such action.

Now, what if he has accurate information about a candidate running against him. If the information were significant to the campaign and of a type that the voters should know about, this is another story.

Attorney Justin threatens to "... file suite [sic] for slander and libel ..." File "suite"? Now, that's sweet, isn't it?

The Daily Herald endorsed Nick, along with Anna May Miller and Yvonne Barnes. The paper endorsed on three of the five candidates. It did not endorse Bob Bless "because of 'a pending ethics investigation by the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission',” according to an October 16th article on McHenry County Blog. (Just as a defendant is innocent in court until proven guilty, innocence before the ARDC should be presumed.)