Re: Dirty Antic Exposed With Doc. PART 2 / Why Tammy Hanfelder is So Confident That She'll Keep 2 Jobs Archived Message
Posted by SoapBoxDerby on December 8, 2013, 1:04 pm, in reply to "Dirty Antic Exposed With Doc. PART 2 / Why Tammy Hanfelder is So Confident That She'll Keep 2 Jobs "
If you really stop and think about it, you come to realize that the elected position of Nameoki Tax Assessor has been a part-time job far longer than it has ever been a full-time job. For many years the previously elected Nameoki Township Tax Assessor held the position while concurrently employed as a full-time engineer with the McDonnell Douglas/Boeing Corporation. It is alleged that he spent nights and weekends assessing. (See http://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/illinois/news/nameoki-township-assessor-retires-after-years/article_07c41089-8249-5d5e-ab23-29d6d98c5ccc.html) Yep, that's his story and he's sticking to it. It does not take most politicians long to realize the true benefits of their elected positions if they can carry a budgeted staff on their payrolls. This benefit typically comes in the form of nepotism. Public officials realize you can't go very wrong hiring relatives and drawing the gold from the new mine shaft you have been placed in charge of using family members and friends. As a matter of fact, if the relatives will work full-time, the elected official probably does not need to. And in most cases, won't! The previously elected Nameoki Township Tax Assessor employed his wife for 29 years (see web-link above). He also employed his daughters, a son, and two neighbors at various times while serving as the Nameoki Township Tax Assessor. It is no wonder he felt his staff was critical to the office's success. Even the previously elected Nameoki Township Supervisor had his wife on the payroll while working his full-time job. Although there are few who would believe the Supervisor's position would require full-time hours. But, then again, why miss any available gold when it's in your mine? And if you ask the elected official why they hired a relative they inevitably will say, "Who better can you trust than your family members?" The Nameoki Township voters must feel very secure when there is this much "trust" in their Township office. The previously elected Nameoki Township Assessor never lost an election and held the position for 35 years. So for elections spanning 35 years the voters of Nameoki Township voted for and elected what they thought to be a full-time Tax Assessor? There probably wasn't a discussion board like this one back in those days so the facts may have not been quite as well disseminated amongst the voters. However it appears that there is a prevailing mentality amongst the Nameoki Township voters that requires the Nameoki Township Tax Assessor position to be part-time. After having a full-time appointed tax assessor under contract for four years, the voters almost overwhelmingly elected a new Nameoki Township Tax Assessor that they knew already had a full-time job. Coincidence? I'm sure it didn't help that the appointed Nameoki Township Tax Assessor was so busy assessing things that she forgot to take up residency in time to appear on the ballot as anything other than a write-in candidate. But then if maybe she had only been a part-time assessor she would have been able to spend more time making sure that what happened didn't happen. Some might say, "Well, the voters thought that the official they elected would be surrendering their non-elected job." However, the incumbant's political campaign against the soon to be seated Nameoki Township Tax Assessor pointed out the dual-employment possibility long before the voting took place. Even copies of Nameoki Township minutes were available showing that the township lawyer at the time indicated Ms. Hanfelder, if elected, could not hold both positions (although no law or statute has ever been cited that supports this). I guess you could be thankful knowing part-time politicians tend to be much less dysfunctional than performing dysfunctionally full-time. ________________________________________________________ If you seek to find the truth, follow the facts. If you seek to find corruption, follow the money.
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