Yesterday local radio reported that John Blum, the current chairman of the Stephenson County Board, pulled his nominating papers for the Republican primary and will not be running for Stephenson County Board. Tutty posted this on Tutty's Facebook page yesterday.
According to the report on WFRL, AM 1570, "Blum will have more to say on the issue next week."
This series of events makes Tutty wonder many things. Does John Blum see the writing on the wall and that even if he could somehow win one of the two available Republican ballot positions (it was a four person race before Blum's withdrawal) it is very unlikely that he would be re-elected to the position of chairman. Under the Township form of Illinois county government after every general election the newly elected board chooses the next chairman for the next two years. With all of the public anger over Mill Race Crossing and the related debt, it is very unlikely that John Blum will have the support of a majority of the Stephenson County Board.
Tutty also wonders if there is not some sort of an investigation going on regarding some of financial activities of the the John Blum led Stephenson County Board. More than $6 million in public debt and not a damn thing to show for it other than ruined farmland.
Republican Representative Jim Sacia, who sponsored the law that made this debt possible needs to explain how under current Illinois law such a public debt can be incurred without so much as public notice or a backdoor referendum procedure.
Jim Sacia would just as soon ignore that for which he is accountable for.
Tutty wonders too if John Blum just couldn't stand the thought of not being the leader, it is obvious that his ego problems border on psychotic.
One thing is for certain, more will be revealed as the future unfolds before us. However, it is going to take plenty of future to get out from underneath that which John Blum and Jim Sacia have foisted upon the residents and businesses of Stephenson County Illinois.
As always, yours in honesty, Tutty Baker tutty.baker@gmail.com
He will be running as an independent so as to not waste time and money in the primary.
ReplyDeleteI see he is worried more about his own money than he is about ours.
ReplyDeleteTutty, What is this?
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That's his old internet page when he was going to run for Illinois Senate after Sieben quit. He withdrew from the race and Tim Bivins now holds the position.
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You three just don't get it do you?! His ego will not let him quit and run away. He is far more calculating than any of you give him credit for. The reasons you give for him not to run and are barely blips on his radar. I'm afraid the masses are not as intelligent as Mr. Blum is calculating. See you at the Polls!
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