The outside factors might be trying to get his wife onto the Madison County Board, ratting out the useless trash that sat way to long on MESD, (including his buddy Ken Davis and our Nameoki Township Assessor's father), buddying up to Prenzler and any other situations that will further him politically or financially.
So many backs to stab, so many asses to kiss, so many deals to be made. How can he keep it all straight? He must be exhausted.