A few weeks ago I noticed something peculiar about a contribution made to Andrew Zinke’s campaign for sheriff. The contribution was from the IUOE or the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150. What I found peculiar was that they were not Headquartered in McHenry County. They are in over 40 counties in 5 states for this local. They have a Hall in Lakemoor, IL but that I believe is actually in Lake County not in McHenry. Why would they have an interest in this sheriff’s election in McHenry County?

In trying to provide myself some clarity on the subject I sent a letter to James Sweeney the President and Business Manager for Local 150. In my letter to Mr. Sweeney, I asked what is the Union’s interest in the sheriff election for McHenry County. I also asked if he was aware of the way that the sheriff’s office conducts themselves. I liken their behavior as “gangsters,” but noted the reasons why I did. I told Mr. Sweeney if all possible I would like a response in a couple of weeks and a lack of response was a response of affirmation that they did understand that they supported gangsters. My article and copy of the letter that I sent can be found here, Will McHenry County be Ripped Off by Special Interest in Sheriff Election? While I waited for a response that I was never to receive, I found some things of interests that explained that they do indeed know that they are supporting gangsters in the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office. First, people that I talked to about these guys were afraid to talk about them. I heard the same reference from people over and over again,  “I don’t want to get ran off the road.” If they were familiar with this union at all, that was the standard reply. I could except this once or twice, but after that I felt like there was a real trend here. I started to do my own search on the web and then I fully understood their fears. The International Union of Operating Engineers is the tenth largest  union in the country, or at least that is what I could find. Then they are divided into Locals across the country and members report to their Locals. In short, we have to look at this from a national and local level. As of July of this year, members of Locals 12 and 501 have filed suit against their union. They have cited that the International Union of Operating Engineers have violated the RICO Act (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations). You typically only hear the RICO Act being cited in mob cases. Some of the allegations being made are death threats against restive members, kickbacks to officials from employers that have short changed pension and training funds, one official is accused of using union money for entertainment and breast enhancements for a girlfriend; and another flew to auto races and family get-togethers on an $8.6-million jet ostensibly purchased for union business. You can read the LA Times article here. In a Wall Street Journal article from this year states that Richard Griffin, former attorney for IUOE has been named as a defendant in federal racketeering lawsuit that claims he was complicit in covering up union embezzlement. The Wall Street Journal article can be found here. Here is another article written by Rebekah Kearn of the Courthouse News called, Members Say Bosses Ran Union Like the Mob. This is more of the same thing noted in this article. Here is another article from the National Legal and Policy Center linking IUOE to the Gambino crime family in New York. The article is called the Gambino Mobster Sentenced in NYC Construction Scam. Here is an article the New York Daily News from December of last year about a Colombo Mobster named Charles Panarella, getting am award from the IUOE. This is while he is being charged with racketeering conspiracy and supervising the Colombo crime family’s influence over union Locals 14 and 15 of the IUOE. Mobster, 90, who avoided trial claiming too ill, makes appearance to receive award. There were many, many more articles that I could have continued to cite about the union at a national level, so let’s change gears and look at Local 150 themselves. William “Bill” Dugan was the previous President of Local 150. He stepped down from his position in June, 2008. He stepped down after the Chicago Sun-Times disclosed that the FBI and Labor Department were probing his potentially illegal use of union resources. He was sentenced to three years of probation for demanding farm equipment for his buffalo farm in Maryland from organizations that employed Local 150 workers. He was also sentenced for committing related offences. He had to pay over $40,000 fines and restitution. Here are a couple of articles on Mr. Dugan from the National Legal and Policy Center. The fact that Mr. Dugan was a thief stealing from his own union and from business’s’ that employed Local 150 workers did not prevent the current president Mr. James Sweeney from presenting Mr. Dugan with an award. Here is a document from the States Attorney’s office requesting a denial of Mr. Dugan’s request to travel and receive this award. If you want to learn more about Local 150 and it’s allegations of RICO (Racketeer, Influenced, and Corrupt Organizations Act) search “International union of operating engineers” “local 150” RICO. These guys strike fear in those that oppose them. From death threats, to destroying trucks and equipment of non-union members, and intimidation. Don’t take my word for it on these guys, do your own research, it is actually rather easy in this case. This brings me back to Undersheriff and Sheriff Candidate Andrew Zinke.

This is one of Andrew Zinke’s biggest supporters. They gave him over $12,000 just for signs. If you are contemplating on voting for Andrew Zinke, really think about who he is bringing to the table. We recognize supporters, supporting their candidate because they reflect their own values. What is the moral values of the leadership of the International Union of Operating Engineers?  Based on their rap sheet you would have to suggest Death Threats, Embezzlement, and stealing from their own membership is the values that they hold true. They see the best candidate in support of their values is Undersheriff Andrew Zinke. Simply put, gangster money for the promise of a gangster sheriff. The moral compass tells us to be on the opposite side of this one. If you have not come to the conclusion already, this is easily one of the most important elections in McHenry County in decades. It is an opportunity to get our community back. A community that has been hijacked by special interest for at least the past 40 years. A vote for Zinke is continuation of Nygren’s Good Ol’ Boy network of self-interest. We are not asleep anymore and our eyes are wide open to the tyranny that is on display. This article is only one more example of many of what is now in the conscious of the community. Do not wait for the DOJ (Department of Justice) to fix our community, we are all armed to defeat them. We are armed with voice to get the word out and a vote to execute change. We have an option in Bill Prim for Sheriff. It is time to commit for change, down with the Regime!!

 

 

 

 

 

KNOWLEDGE CENTER

I have put together some of the articles that I have written that are prevalent for the upcoming election in MARCH!. This is the Republican Nominee election but probably more important than the general election. It is most likely the winner in March will win in November and become sheriff. If you review the articles in the Knowledge Center, you will read all kinds of unbelievable things as it relates to this election.

 

Freedom of Information Act Appeal to get the remainder of my father’s file. In my efforts to get to the bottom of my father’s murder and what the McHenry County Sheriff’s office has done to me and my family 33 years ago. I filed a FOIA Request (Freedom of Information Act Request) to get my father’s case file. Many documents were withheld from my request. It is my believe the documents are withheld to protect guilty individuals that are known to Sheriff Keith Nygren and Undersheriff Andrew Zinke that covered up who actually killed my father during the original investigation. Start on page 11 to read what sounds like a murder mystery thriller, but this is my true life. It is backed by FBI reports, witness statements, and newspaper articles.

Andrew Zinke for McHenry County Sheriff, Really??? This article is based on my own father’s murder investigation and Undersheriff Andrew Zinke. I talked about how he made his own milestones and failed to meet every single one. How it took me calling NBC News Chicago to get Andrew Zinke to return my phone call about my father’s murder investigation, as he was the lead investigator. I am fighting to get the remainder of my father’s case file. It is my believe that Undersheriff Andrew Zinke and the Sheriff Keith Nygren are hiding and protecting individuals that covered up the true killer of my father during the original investigation.

Andrew Zinke plus Rita Corporation equals ON THE TAKE Brian Goode and his RITA Corporation was a person of interest and focal point for the investigation of the distribution of 30 plus tons of marijuana. Undersheriff Andrew Zinke told Brian Goode of the investigation. Two days later, according to Koziol, (Sgt. Koziol was working on the investigation and filed a complaint against Zinke) Goode gave Zinke’s election campaign a $5,000 donation. The RITA Corporation address is the same address as Andrew Zinke’s campaign headquarters.

McHenry County Deputy Zane Seipler under siege, Again!! Zane Seipler is a whistleblowing deputy that was fired by Keith Nygren after he exposed the sheriff’s office for racial profiling. Nygren was forced to hire Seipler back after he lost an arbitration ruling, a court hearing, an appellate court hearing, and a failed attempt to be heard by the Illinois State Supreme Court. After Seipler was hired back, Nygren fired him again. Zane Seipler is currently fighting to get his job back.

Another McHenry County Deputy under siege, Scott Milliman Scott Milliman was a deputy and former right hand man to Sheriff Keith Nygren. He was fired by the sheriff for whistleblowing that the sheriff allegedly transacted in ticket fixing, bribery, general corruption, fraud in a SBA Loan, and in tapping Milliman himself to kill a McHenry County Judge and a Coroner’s Candidate. Scott Milliman is currently fighting to get his job back.

How Gary Gauger got to DEATH ROW This is the real life, tragic story of Gary Gauger. He was falsely arrested and sent to Death Row by the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department for the double murder of his parents. Investigators from the sheriff’s department rigged a false confession so that they could convict him.

 

McHenry County Ethics Commission, Ethical or NOT!?!? The McHenry County Ethics Commission conducted a hearing of a complaint filed by Cal Skinner that Undersheriff Andrew Zinke used a government computer for a very politically charged email. The hearing was ran over by Zinke’s attorneys Mark Gummerson and Rebecca Lee. The sign up sheet to speak at the hearing went missing but found in the possession of Rebecca Lee. The commission went into secret session, made its decision, and did so without explanation.

First Electric Newspaper v.s. Sheriff Nygren and EEO Officer Donald Leist Pete Gonigam won a Public Access Bureau (Illinois States Attorney) appeal for the release of a 100 page report conducted by the McHenry County Sheriff’s office. The report exonerated Undersheriff Andrew Zinke after he told Brian Goode that he and his RITA Corporation was a the focal point of a drug investigation by the DEA.

Zinke’s middle finger may cost Cal Skinner $5,000 After filing a valid ethics complaint against Undersheriff Andrew Zinke for using a government computer for his campaign, Cal Skinner was to face Zinke’s attorney Mark Gummerson. Gummerson was lobbying for a $5,000 fine against Skinner filing a valid complaint. An act of bulling and intimidation of a McHenry County citizen.

Will McHenry County be Ripped Off by Special Interest in Sheriff Election? I question the interest and the contribution to Undersheriff Andrew Zinke’s campaign from the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150 election. I send a letter to the President-Business Manager of the union James M. Sweeney.

IUOE Local 150 and Andrew Zinke. Is this Gangster Money for a Gangster Cop? The International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150 contributes money to Undersheriff’s Andrew Zinke’s campaign. They have known ties to the Colombo and Gambino Crime Families.

 

Undersheriff Andrew Zinke Shuts Down Cal Skinner’s Blog Site Undersheriff Andrew Zinke’s campaign was able to get Cal Skinner’s website, mchenrycountyblog.com shut down by falsely accusing him of stalking and linking to obscene material. Read here on how Zinke’s campaign resorts to breaking the law to silence a citizen’s voice.

 

Andrew Zinke Fearful to Debate Bill Prim Lies to Get Out of It. Undersheriff Andrew Zinke is so fearful to debate Bill Prim for McHenry County Sheriff that he lies to get out of it. Zinke knows that he would be out matched, outwitted, and the truth of his corrupt character would be revealed to the citizens of McHenry County. Instead of enduring such damage to his campaign he lies to coward out of it.