OCTOBER 2, 2010
I love this time of year. The crisp, cool air gives you a feeling of peace and tranquility. The wildlife is active as it hoards for winter. The birds you see are different each day. Some come through, some leave, only to return when the seeds in the earth become active.
I attended a campaign fundraiser for Tom Doherty on Thursday evening. It was a good old-fashioned Chili supper. The food was good and the company was better. Tom has always been a hard worker. He is a caring, loving man concerned for his community, family and friends.
Be sure to visit Tom’s campaign website; http://tomdohertyforjudge.com/
He has another fundraiser tonight. It will be a good time, with great food and entertainment. Tom just might even be there. He needs your help and vote. Don’t forget to vote for Tom Doherty for Judge on November 2, 2010.
He is running against Judge Jordan Gallagher, a nice enough guy. If, however, he wins, and is seated in this county, it will dramatically increase the cost of running the State’s Attorney;s office, if his daughter wins that job. I make a living as a lawyer. I know at least five lawyers who will seek a transfer away from three of the currently sitting judges in all criminal cases if the daughter becomes the State’s Attorney. If Judge Gallagher wins and is seated here, that will be four Judges many criminal defense lawyers will not appear before. There are only five Judges in the Courthouse and one is retiring soon. In order to keep those cases in DeKalb County, Judge Barnhart will have to hear all of them, not fair to her, or, a Judge would have to travel here from Kane or Kendall County. The DeKalb County State’s Attorney could also be forced to travel to Kane or Kendall with their cases, increasing the cost to everyone involved.
Good luck Tom, you deserve to win. The County needs you.
Good-bye Rahm. I can’t say it was fun but at least everything you did was wrong. You will be a perfect non-fit for Mayor of Chicago. They know how politics works in the Windy City and your style will get old quick. In Chicago, they indict, murder or freeze-out people like you. I hope nothing works out well for you. You are supposed to get rich when you become Mayor, not start out rich. This isn’t New York City, or as Jesse Jackson calls it “Jew York City”. Of course, this could help Rahm who is Jewish. His name, Rahm, means high or lofty in Hebrew. He is trying to live up to his name.
The latest childish game of tag being played by the powers of the City of DeKalb just underscores why the voters need to ‘throw the bums out’ at the next election. Every current elected official should be voted out. Every currently serving appointed official should then be replaced by fresh blood. Locally, we have a Library Board incapable of doing its job. It isn’t even good enough to do something behind closed doors. Their obvious effort to help a local institution out from under a white elephant did not go as planned, if they had a plan. They have a lawyer giving them legal advice that isn’t working. We have a State’s Attorney, who is a lame-duck, owing to no one, who is giving lame-ducks a bad name.
Now, the Mayor of DeKalb fires a longtime local official from a seven member board that was already one member short. Two quit in protest, leaving three people on a seven person board. We do not need the board. Do not replace them. Disband the board and have the City professionals, who are schooled, trained and paid for this type of work do whatever this board does.
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BRUCE A. BRENNAN
