After having
- been fired by McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren almost four years ago and
- won an arbitrator’s decision that he should be re-instated with a three-day suspension for the ostensive reason for his dismissal and
- won a Circuit Court decision from Judge Thomas Meyer ruling that the arbitrator’s decision was reasonable and
- won an Appellate Court decision that the Circuit Court decision was OK and
- prevailed in a last-ditch Illinois Supreme Court appeal by Nygren to stall matters still further and
- run against his former boss unsuccessfully in the 2010 GOP primary election and
- sued Nygren in Federal Court for wrongful termination and
- sued for the appointment of a Special Prosecutor,
Zane Seipler is reporting back to work today.
Or as Tribune reporter Bob McCoppin put it:
“Yet the sheriff lost every legal round. Seipler was awarded back pay for the nearly four years he missed and — whether the sheriff, who declined to comment, likes it or not — the right to return to work.”
The Chicago Tribune has a good sized story about the saga in Monday’s edition, which you can read here.
I would encourage you to do so.
Thank God!!
The Northwest Herald surely does not want to give the straight story.
Best to you, Zane.
Show them how things should be done.