I hope he can do good.
He's walking into a hornet's nest full of corruption.
I can say, I've known Jim's family (grand parents, mom, dad, brothers) for years and years, and they're good neighborly folk, in winter time, for example, Bill (Jim's dad) takes the tractor out and plows the neighbors drive way, other things, he does, is like, weld up a kids broken bicycle if cracked, a busted lawn mower, a mail box, a bbq, little stuff, I've seen it in his shop or in the back of his truck, fixing and welding things that, no one else would touch, you name it, a neighborly guy to strangers, helping other people, Jim's dad, Bill, is OK in my books. Naturally he welds much bigger stuff also.
His dad had been one of my few friends for 30 plus years, has helped me, driving me around or stop by on a job if he wasn't doing any thing or in the neighborhood, buying more than his share of lunches, reaching into his pocket to give me some spending money (not the only one), during this madness I've had with the Palatine police. As a matter of fact he went with me to court a few times. While Tatooles was screwing around with continuances (which I don't under stand because Tatooles and Scotillo are law bar buddies and this, is a defense lawyer's dream, to accuse a cop of being out of his mind at the time of arrest and being able to prove it, evidence provided by the cop). http://northwest-suburban-bar-association.blogspot.com/
Baker has terrorized these few friends also (up and down Colfax, left and right). I don't think he got Bill but Bill was worried, I don't think Baker will hit Bill for a shake down now or any time soon.
I would imagine this is the joke around town, for sure, up and down Colfax, lucky for Bill.
Since my arrest, his son decided to run for mayor, now his son is steeping into this crap, It seems, that, I have one less friend, regardless, he will always be a good man, in my books. I guess it's all my fault. These are the kind of friends I have, few, but, real Mc Coy's.
I did not ask Wenrich to be higher than a kite the night he pulled me over, I did not ask the Village of Palatine to cover it up, I did not ask, the Village of Palatine to produce false documents to a court of law. I did not ask Wenrich to give perjured testimony in a court of law. I did not ask Inverness mayor Tatooles's nor his brother (defense lawer #1 of 5) to aid in the cover up.
I feel this is obstruction of justice (to say the least), should not be allowed to happen to any one. I am sure it has.
If it happened to me, to that guy and that guy, it can happen to any one.
Mullins and her village council had no problem with this any of this, in fact encouraged it.
I hope Jim thinks this is a problem and convinces the village council to change their course of thinking.
Jim will be stepping into on going criminal activity. I would think, a lot of of elected officials do the same. Criminal activities that started way before he thought about running for mayor. But now, he should know before he gets there, and what to do.
For me it is simple, Jim will be either for or against this behavior. He now has a team, he is the head coach, kick off, first game starts shortly.
Let's not forget, he is not a politician yet. I hope Jim makes it, kind of like a grass roots thing. We all want to believe in a good thing. But often reality is much different and what we believe is good, is not.
But none the less laws have been broken and as long as every one is on the law less side, there is no problem.