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2012 Election Profile: Ken Toftoy

Republican Ken Toftoy is seeking re-election as Kendall County Coroner.

 

Address: 105 Timber Creek Drive E, Yorkville, IL 60560                                     
Campaign Contact Info: 630-788-6887, kentoftoy@gmail.com
Age: 54
Family: Wife, Dale, Married 23 years

Education: Newark HS. Completed Paramedic Certification at Waubonsee CC.480 Hours of continuing education at IL Law Enforcement Training Board in death investigations and other relevant subjects. Completed multiple other seminars and training as requirements, and best practices, of keeping curren tas a professional Coroner.

Previous elected or appointed positions:

  • Kendall County Coroner since December 1991
  • 34 years of fire service to Kendall County with 17 years as a paramedic/firefighter duties to Oswego Fire District
  • Member of the Illinois Coroners and Medical Examiner's Association for 18 years, president in 2002
  • International Coroner's and Medical Examiner's Association
  • Member of the Tri-County Elderly Abuse Prevention Council
  • Illinois Sheriff's Association
  • Illinois Police Association
  • Illinois Fire Chief's Association
  • Kendall County FOP Lodge 49
  • Kendall County Chiefs of Police
  • Aurora Shriner's Club
  • Mason's Lodge 303
  • Chairman of the Kendall County Republican Central Committee
  • Precinct Committeeman for numerous years of Kendall 3

Candidate Questions

1)   Why do you want to be coroner?

My passion has always been to help families in need at times of crisis. Whether as a firefighter/paramedic, where I started my career in service, or as your Coroner since 1992, that has been what motivates me. With your support, I want to use the next four years, of the final term that I will run for, to complete the work we have started in this office. First, I will complete efforts to establish disaster response plans, on a regional basis, with other Coroner's offices. Second, I will enhance our death prevention efforts by adding even more time and support to suicide prevention, DUI avoidance, awareness of texting and distracted driving dangers, and fighting drug abuse problems. Third, I will take a scapel to our already lean $152K a year office budget and see where we can maintain that budget level while providing the 24 hour/365 day service that this type of office requires.

2)   What experience do you have interacting with grieving families? What would your approach be to working with families who have lost a loved one?

I am not someone who has sympathy for families, just feeling sorry for them. I am someone with empathy, who grieves and often cries with them. You learn the difference between sympathy and empathy when you walk in their shoes. In 1992, when I was first running for Coroner, I learned this first hand. I was leaving from a community event with my Dad, Orrin, and was following him home on Highway 71. A drunk driver crossed the center line and struck his car head on. Despite my best efforts I was unable to save the life of my hero, the man who had given me life. A day does not go by, when I am helping families deal with their loss, that I don't think of how hard it was to lose my dad in a tragic accident. 

It does not matter what day of the week, hour of the day, or time of the year. The Kendall County Coroner's office, and the team of dedicated and professional deputies I have put together, are ready to stand beside the families and provide them the resources and information they need to handle difficult decisions and grief. This includes providing the names of dedicated clergy and pastors, of various denominations and faiths, to anyone seeking spiritual support. 

3)   How would you characterize the current management style in the coroner’s office? What changes, if any, do you think should be made in the next four years?

My management style is to put qualified and dedicated people in place and allow them to perform their jobs without micromanaging. I make myself available to fill in for staff and assist staff often and whenever needed. I traditionally handle a lot of the holiday calls so some of my younger staff, with families, can be with their children at Christmas, Easter, and Thanksgiving. 

Over the next four years we will continue to work under a lean budget and see where we can cut expenses. We have recently adopted a daily per diem system for out of county travel. This way, when we are at state mandated training conferences for continuing education, each employee, including myself, has a set amount of dollars to cover their meals for the day. This number is based on the average costs of the particular city we are in. So if someone wants a chocolate bar and a diet Pepsi for lunch and a nicer dinner they can do so as long as the total costs are under the per diem amounts. So the days of gadflys and voyeurs looking at every person's meal receipts are gone and a fair, easy to keep track of system, is in place. This will benefit the taxpayers.

 

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Stephen Youhanaie

12:50 pm on Monday, September 24, 2012

Ken Toftoy's Budget presentation in front of the Kendall County Finance Committee:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXWTw54tWYo&feature=vmdshb

For the discerning voter

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kman40

9:46 pm on Monday, September 24, 2012

There is far more to cause discernment amongst county voters other than just a budget presentation.

First off - having had such a credulous career as an emergency medical responder I would expect Mr. Toftoy be able to spell "scalpel" and not "scapel".

2ndly - Once again, Ken Toftoy has to bring up his father's death as a grandiose example to him being personable, and in touch which ultiimately serves as a means to his end. Ken Toftoy was involved in that same accident which his Father tragically passed away in. Actually, Ken Toftoy rear ended his father's vehicle in that crash. I wonder what "community event" it was that Mr. Toftoy was attending "that evening"? Maybe ask him.

Ken Toftoy's career as KC Coroner has been the ultimate example of the big boy "who you know, not what you know or how you work" network. How dare someone challenge him for the Republican seat in this race?!? Oh, what the hell does political affiliation have to do with Coroner? Answer - Multiple Choice of Don't Know and/or Nothing!

I applaud Ken Toftoy and his campaigning for further education surrounding DUI's, etc. Question is - I wonder what barstool/s it is that he'll come up with the next ideas surrounding those campaign action items.

Awful big town politics for such a small town county, wonder why that is?

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Jake Delrose

12:03 pm on Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Toftoy did not type the article. The patch did. So any mistakes on spelling you should contact the editor and not blame the person being interviewed.

Not a very good observation on your behalf

Stephen Youhanaie

3:54 pm on Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Wonder of wonder, miracles of miracles. Mr. Toftoy has a travel policy? You mean after Mike Dabney pointed the way, Ken followed? Well, not as of September 13th. Here's my FOIA of the Kendall County Coroner's Office Travel Procedures, and the Coroner's Office response:

http://www.yorkvilleinsider.org/Purcell/kcc911trav.pdf

Since he had to get the Patch Questionaire submitted by the 20th, I guess Mr. Toftoy had a come to Jesus moment,between the13th, and the 20th of September, concerning travel pay for himself, and his employees. However, did you note that he stated that he was not using the reimbursement system, which every accountable governmental entity uses. It's spend now (county credit card? again?), and figure it out later? Here's an example of his preparedness:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXWTw54tWYo&feature=vmdshb

Interesting that when Ken Toftoy went to the board, it was for a raise in his budget. Do you really believe that he's looking to chop expenses? He is now, since Mike Dabney has found a way to cut costs by at least 20%. It's called QUIT PADDING THE PAYROLL, by having employees that you don't need.

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Tim

4:04 pm on Tuesday, September 25, 2012

No, it's you and Todd are being insulted right to your face, without even realizing it.

I swear, you wouldn't notice the hand on the end of your arm unless someone pointed it out to you.

He's TRYING to shut you up by providing as much evidence as possible. But no matter how much you are given, you still fail to comprehend what you are looking at.

An honest question;
What is the highest level of education you have completed, Stephen?

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Jake Delrose

1:17 am on Wednesday, September 26, 2012

So any suggestions on who to cut? I guess developing a staff to be ready for the county is not a good thing, you know, in case of issues if certain people retire or die...
I guess Youhanaie your a budget wizard now and can foresee the future?
I cannot imagine what your disaster plan would be. Sounds like no plan.

Good thing Ken will win again. Thanks for the boost of confidence and admitting defeat!

Don't forget folks Dabney is your man for:

Fiscal responsibility while he has a home foreclosure, that's why he would like to get rid of the credit cards for the office because he could not hold one.. (Court info available case # 2010 CH 001118, if your interested)

A guy who has issues in his current career with disciplinary actions that involve lose of life and not reporting to duty because you cannot schedule your vacation properly in Michigan. There's 36 Hours of sick time docked there. (Now I know why he wants to be his own boss, then he cannot get written up any more)

And how is he going to be on vacation, if he trims all of this useless staff in the office?
This guy is not going to take a vacation in 4 years?? Doubt that!
Seems like he didn't care for his current job now, to at least get back to work..Nope let someone else cover it for me and pay them overtime!
That's your call of duty for service to the public and fiscal responsibility right there.

Stephen Youhanaie

5:00 pm on Tuesday, September 25, 2012

HI Tim,

Just the facts, see the hyperlinks, nice to see you are back. Wait until you see what we have for the public, you, Jake, and Ken next. Stay tuned. This is so much fun! So said the boy who noticed that the Emperor had no clothes on.

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Tim

7:32 pm on Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Those links do contain facts, yes.

Your interpretation of them, however, shows quite clearly that what has been said about you and Todd all along it also a fact. That being, that you have no idea of the structure of county government. You then take your incorrect understanding, and apply it to the 'hunches' you have in creating conspiracies that are flat out laughable.

Spend some time looking over Illinois State law, and less time conjuring up conspiracies based on nothing but hunches.

Todd fell awfully silent after he was shown to be a fool in trying to call the office holder a felon for not following 'county board procedures' for expenses. State law is quite clear in stating that the county board has no say whatsoever over any of the things Todd thinks they do. Todd, it seems, is as blissfully unaware of state law as you are. Most residents of your county are highly educated, and look at Todd as nothing more than a bitter old man with a grudge.

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Jake Delrose

1:27 am on Wednesday, September 26, 2012

You talk facts when YOU don't even know the other guy?! Name me one thing, that I stated, that was not true about Dabney?

Am I wrong on his foreclosure?
Am I wrong about his disciplinary issues at his current job?
Am I wrong on how he cannot hold a credit card in his name for the office?
Am I wrong on how he is not a viable candidate for this position because of the above questions?

I'll give you one thing so far, Steve. I have not found any litigation against Dabney yet. Most likely because when you have lost your house, he has no assets to sue for because of his dereliction of duty.

See you soon for breakfast! :)

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Stephen Youhanaie

5:06 am on Wednesday, September 26, 2012

God Morning Jake, You have admitted of lying, now twice on this blog. First, when you said that you had the Dabney personnel files that you had FOIA'd, and then said you didn't. Then you said the Oswego Fire Dept and Dabney were being sued, and now you say that you lied again. Like Jon Zahm said, hjow much spaghetti are you throwing up against the wall just to see if it sticks? Why should anybody believe you after you have, by your own words/admission, lied twice? By the way, I'll be collecting a FOIA request today that you, and the readers could find interesting.

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Jake Delrose

12:00 pm on Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Youhanaie,

Since you have never addressed the any of those questions to you, all of them are true.

Your silence in your non response only shows your inability to know who people are and your lack of character is clearly on display here.

You are an old man filled with hate and that is sad. I am sure you could offer much more in life but you choose to waste your time defending a guy(Todd) and ignoring the facts about a candidate(Dabney). I don't envy you one bit. Live life to the fullest not the least and contributing to Todd's grudge match against Toftoy, is the least.

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Stephen Youhanaie

12:07 pm on Wednesday, September 26, 2012

HI Jake, now you are saying that Dabney administered medications that killed someone, on another blog? Are you out of your mind? I'll see you at the Oswego Family Restaurant at 9am Friday (though I know that you'll never show). Bring your files that you say you got from the Oswego Fire Dept, and we'll walk across the street to the Ledger-Sentinel to drop our copies off. I'm sure they would be interested in your claiming that Dabney killed someone. I'll be wearing a ball cap with a car manufacturer's name on it. Oh, and since you think that I'm in legal peril for releasing the information that I had got from the FOIA request, have someone there to arrest me. You never put up, but you sure can't shut up, can you?

Stephen Youhanaie

6:11 pm on Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Before I forget, Tim and Jake, remember what Ken Toftoy submitted (above): "I traditionally handle a lot of the holiday calls so some of my younger staff, with families, can be with their children at Christmas, Easter, and Thanksgiving." I'm betting that is not true, but I have access to the FOIA'd records, and we'll see if someone died during one of these Holidays, and who took care of the situation. This is on a hunch.

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Concerned long time resident

8:09 pm on Tuesday, September 25, 2012

wow, dirty politics huh Stephan, looks like you have made my decision it sure is not your candidate

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Kevin Wagner

8:41 pm on Tuesday, September 25, 2012

I am just an innocent bystander but I am guessing that Todd and his team have chased a lot voters over to Ken's side. Dabney's chances may have been better had Todd and his pals supported Toftoy.

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Stephen Youhanaie

10:08 pm on Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Kevin, make no mistake about it, Toftoy is favored to win this race. He is the Republican incumbent in a 3 to 2 Republican county. The question that I ask is simple, "Are Republicans allowed to act lke Democrats while in office, and not be questioned?" I would have thought that this county would have had enough of that after Hastert left office. I see that I may have miscalculated. There are too many bloggers who support bureaucratic values. People who are willing to defend irresponsible governmental spending, and/or accountability. Republicans who should be ashamed of themselves for complaining how high their taxes are, but yet vote lockstep Republican without a question. It's like the voters are voting for who they like, not for who's best for them. Obama and Toftoy both won Kendall County in 2008. Chances are that the general election voter will vote for the incumbents with the best advertising. In both cases, I'm willing to fight the tide.

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Concerned long time resident

7:43 am on Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Stephan I am a registered Democrat but can't stand what the Dems have done in the past 4 years, so I will be voting the other way. shame on you for voting for a party that continues to run our country into the ground. politicians are politicians, they are all Hastert

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Stephen Youhanaie

9:00 am on Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Sorry concerned, Dabney is running as an Independent, not a Democrat, thank you

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Jake Delrose

11:10 am on Thursday, September 27, 2012

Jake Delrose
12:29 am on Thursday, September 27, 2012
Youhanaie,
I sent him an email too.. Ask to have him reply also. He graciously talk to me and in all reality, you guys should be ashamed of yourselves since you don't even know the guy, with your attempt to defame him, and he is not even an elected official.
He is not interested in talking or replying to you, Youhanaie. You should really pick your battles wisely here because he is not amused by your stupidity. His FOIAs he picked up for himself were not for his profession but his personal records.
He stated that,
"People had stated things to him and he wanted to make sure they were true and not to take it for face value until he seen it for himself."
He also stated it would be beneath him to work for a guy that could not even handle his own personal finances properly but wants to run a government office. Dabney's Foreclosure issue.
Classy guy because he did not say bad things that were not true. He did research for himself and made his decision. Never spoke any bad words of you, Youhanaie. Cannot say I would do the same for myself.
As for the allegations that have been posted on the Patch, he stated, "Most of the people making the claims on here lack understanding to how the office operates within state statutes." "I could have collected the full amount on my training, just as any other position I have had, but I chose to save money for the county." "I sacrificed and people still talk negatively. What can you do?"

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Jake Delrose

11:12 am on Thursday, September 27, 2012

That's why you cannot believe what they (Todd and That's why you cannot believe Youhanaie or Todd.) They just take the lie and take it to another post! EXPOSED!

Stephen Youhanaie

8:59 am on Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Well, I recieved my FOIA request information from the Oswego Fire Dept. I requested who FOIA'd MIke Dabney's personnel file, and what was given out. The name of one of the requestors is Michael Klimek, a deputy coroner. His address is 116 Tuma Rd Yorkville, Il 60560. His phone number is 815-474-7412. His email is michaelmklimek@gmail.com. We know that Todd Milliron highlighted his double dipping for gas, and then mileage charges to a St. Louis seminar. Is this the purpose for trying to find dirt on Dabney? To get back at Milliron this way? Maybe Michael thinks so little of Mr. Toftoy that he thinks that spreading dirt on Dabney is the only way for Toftoy to win. I didn't find any dirt from the files that were provided to me; a few minor disciplinary actions of no significance. Why not contact Michael and ask him his motivations for doing this? People have accused Kendall County of being like Cook County. Here's some proof of that.

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Concerned long time resident

8:23 pm on Wednesday, September 26, 2012

if you would read my comment, it states i am registered dem. but NOT voting that way. I am positive that your comments are not only hurting Mr. Dabney, but hindering him from being elected. I would stop while you are NOT ahead.

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FOIA Police

8:57 pm on Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Imagine that, someone who has been slandered for unethical and/or illegal behavior by the Dabney campaign is actually using the same laws to gather information on him.

If I were Mr. Klimek, I would file a complaint with the Illinois Attorney General's Office for unlawful disclosure of private information by the Oswego Fire Department in violation of the Illinois Freedom of Information Act Section 2 (C-5), and also take legal action against the Patch for allowing Mr. Youhanaie to reproduce and distribute it on their website.

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Stephen Youhanaie

10:43 am on Thursday, September 27, 2012

Here's Michael Klimek's response to my asking him about his motivations for going after Dabney's personnel records:

This is a request to remove me as a contact from your computer and any other operating device you own or operate. Any and all contact beyond this email will be considered harassment. If you violate this request, legal recourse will occur. Please be advised this is the only warning you will receive.

Michael M. Klimek

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 10:12 AM, stephenyouhanaie@aol.com <stephenyouhanaie@aol.com> wrote:

Hello Michael,

Would you care to post your motivations for going after Dabney's personnel file, and what you found, on the Patch? I plan on posting the copy of your request. I have already posted your name, position, address, phone number, and email address. After all, it all is now a public record.

Sincerely,

Steve Youhanaie

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Michael M. Klimek,

Here's a person who thought that he would dig up the dirt on his boss's opponent. To what end, you ask? I'm guessing that the voter's check thier mail the last week of the election for a hit piece on Dabney by some unkown "Citizen's Committee."
Jon Zahm knows about these things

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Tim

11:04 am on Thursday, September 27, 2012

Stephen,
I HIGHLY recommend you get yourself a lawyer. Up until now your ignorance, and constant inability to understand what has been told to you regarding state law, has been annoying. Laughable yes, but annoying.

I honestly think you have no concept of what you have just done, and you need to get someone who does this for a living to explain to you in terms you can understand, what you are pushing yourself into by your constant refusal to accept state law in your accusations.

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Stephen Youhanaie

12:55 pm on Thursday, September 27, 2012

Tim,
It's simple, you can't FOIA somebody without proper identification, and then hide behind a law. This was clearly a political act by Mr. Klimek. He exposed himself, not I. We fought wars against that kind of tyranny (secret government dealings against individuals for political purposes, and the like). FOIA is a great resource to keep the sunlight on our government, and governmental officials. Mr. Klimek happens to be one of them.

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Jake Delrose

7:48 pm on Thursday, September 27, 2012

Really Youhanaie! Your a joke... You ignore what the guy had stated to me over a phone and still accuse him of political dirt digging.

To be frank, if I had a chance to see who my future boss could be and some personal info about them, I would take a look too.

But again ignore the interview comments of Mr. Klimek and ignore the facts as usual.
You just are looking for enemies in the county.. Do you just hide when you see these people in the public? I doubt you talk like you comment on here, in the public.

Stephen Youhanaie

8:40 pm on Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Hi Concerned,
Thank you for your concern. If you plan on voting for Mr. Toftoy, that's ok. If others do, that's ok too. You, like Tim, Jake, and others like to hide behind a name that is not your own, and that's ok, too. Let the readers determine what is fair, and balanced. Although it would be eye-opening if Mr. Toftoy, states that he works on Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter to relieve his deputies. What if it were found out to be untrue? What if someone died on, let's say Easter, and one, or more deputies had to deal with the situation. Would you vote for a person who tries to tug at your sympathies, and then be exposed as someone who doesn't perform as advertised? I'm sorry, but I'm still betting that Mr. Toftoy isn't being genuine in his sincerity, and I'm putting that as nicely as I can. Furthermore, what do you think of the deputy coroner, Michael Klimek, going after Dabney's personnel file at the Oswego Fire Dept? His contact information is above. Take the time to ask him why he did that?

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Tim

8:59 pm on Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Why do you keep claiming Tim is not my name?
I'm not going to put my last name here, mostly because insane people like you would probably stalk me or post my personal information online for no reason whatsoever.

Literally nothing in your post is true. Nothing.

You keep coming up with these strange conspiracy theories, that run out to be not only untrue, but laughably so. And you don't stick to just one either, you have a new one on what seems to be a weekly basis.

Remember when you were so upset about taxpayer funded personal calls(even though you had zero proof they were personal calls), until it was pointed out to you that the bill has the charges listed as $0.00? That was only just last week, and now you are.

Remember when you were upset about the county board not paying the cell phone bills out of spite for the office holder? No, you probably don't remember that, because you haven't been paying attention to what has actually been going on. You have been too lost in creating nonsensical conspiracy stories that have never happened anywhere but in your mind.

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Jake Delrose

7:55 pm on Thursday, September 27, 2012

So Youhanaie, even if none of us where using our real names on the patch... Does this somehow discredit the facts that have been presented about Dabney, Todd and yourself?

No, it doesn't. The information that has been given here on the patch has never been refuted with any proof provided by you. You just go onto another tangent trying to leave what was stated with proper information and bring up some off the wall excuse of some other new revelation that you or Todd present. And each one of them fail..Miserably.
You guys even go as far to bring in a non-elected person and try to ruin his reputation with lies. Just because you guys have ruined your credibility with people doesn't mean people wish to join you and your depressing lives.

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Stephen Youhanaie

8:23 pm on Thursday, September 27, 2012

I reported that Mile Klimek went after Dabney's personnel file. I reported what was on the document that was filed to get Dabney's personnel record information. I asked Mr. Klimek for his motivations, and you saw his non response, because he knew he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar, similar to the travel money that he (shouldn't have applied for) recieved for the trip to St. Louis. You, and Tim brought Dabney's wife into the fray. You don't go after candidates' wives. See you tomorrow at 9am, Oswego Family Restaurant, as you agreed upon. I'm betting you will be a no show, as every promise that you have made on these blogs, has not come to fruition.

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Todd Milliron

7:58 pm on Tuesday, October 2, 2012

It’s called being truthful, the facts; Kendall County Coroner payroll records & monthly Coroner's Report do not lie. http://www.yorkvilleinsider.org/Purcell/kcceaster12.pdf
The video discussed how the Kendall Coroner's office went to a different "On-Call" compensation arrangement. That new "On-Call" compensation arrangement was instituted in April 2012 & that first pay period was the week of 4-1-2012 to 4-8-2012. Easter was on 4-8-2012. Deputy Coroner Mike Klimek caught the 4-8-2012 "Accident" call, which was logged in the April 2012 Coroner's Report as Case # 1204103, call time logged officially at 9:04AM. This case required an autopsy to be performed & toxicology body fluid testing, noted by the "Y"s in the monthly coroner’s report.
As a taxpayer, I believe in the concept of telling the truth & holding our elected officials to a higher standard. If that makes me a voyeur or gadfly to that elected official then I take that as a compliment, because I am that elected official’s employer. I, with other voters collectively pay that elected officials expenses and salary. Every boss I ever had made sure I was on the job, when I said I was & all expense reports were always subject to review and justification for necessity.
Mr. Toftoy's job review is on 11-6-2012, Election Day. It only happens every four years & Mr. Toftoy stated he only wants to do his "Coroner's" gig for only four years. Where is the incentive for Mr. Toftoy to change?

Stephen Youhanaie

12:44 pm on Thursday, September 27, 2012

You mean I was right from the start? Toftoy said he worked on Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter to give time off to his deputies, and then didn't work. This was a hunch, and it looks like I have been proven right. Ken Toftoy wants to tug on the voters heartstrings though deceit. If he's willing to decieve the public on such a matter, what about other matters?

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Tim

1:18 pm on Thursday, September 27, 2012

You haven't been proven right. You have been proven insane.

Nowhere does it say he didn't work that day. All it says is someone else was also working. The more sensible alternative that you ignored(of course), is that he was working that day so that TWO deputies did not have to work. One at the office, and one in the field. It's just not as much fun as conjuring up conspiracies though, it is?

Your ability to grasp at straws is laughable.

As has been said for quite awhile now, Todds time is running out. Once the bill comes for the audit he demanded for his political enemies, paid for at taxpayer expense, his 15 minutes of fame will come crashing down.

He will never be able to 'question' anything again, when he has been one of the biggest single wastes of resources and funds, all by his own doing.

Nobody is going to do anything but laugh at him, when he tries pointing out phone bills with charges totaling $0.00, after a bill comes due for tens of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money for the audit he wanted for his political enemies.

Todd Milliron

1:35 pm on Thursday, September 27, 2012

Tim,
It is Easter Sunday, the office would be closed to the public.

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Tim

1:49 pm on Thursday, September 27, 2012

Nowhere does anything you have provided say that Ken Toftoy was not in the office working.
Nowhere.

You have shown time and time again that you have absolutely no idea how the office runs under state statutes, so it is less than surprising that you have no idea what needs to be done other than responding to calls. Was there paperwork left over from the calls the night before? Do you know? Did you find that evidence, and leave it out because it doesn't fit with the story you are trying to tell?

This is why nobody takes you seriously Todd. You can be counted on to leave out anything that doesn't fit your stories, because you have been shown to have done exactly that on multiple occasions so far. You may be telling the truth, but you have burned so many bridges by your omissions in the past, that any trust you once had left in the public eye, is long gone.

Your speculations, are not facts Todd.

Stephen Youhanaie

4:07 pm on Thursday, September 27, 2012

http://www.yorkvilleinsider.org/Purcell/kcceaster12.pdf

a better copy showing the work done on Easter, by the deputy coroner, not Ken Toftoy.

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Tim

4:20 pm on Thursday, September 27, 2012

That's not a 'better copy'. It's exactly the same thing. I would like to hear you rationalize how the timesheet for one person, somehow shows that another person who does not have to fill out timesheets because they are on salary, was not working.

This should be fun.

You and Todd are the best advertisement for the current office holder. I know you don't realize how uninformed you sound, but a lot of people do. You have no facts, only stories of things that never happened that you are trying to 'fit' into the facts that do exist. There has not been ONE single factual thing you can point to as an actual problem, only your made-up stories of things.

Stephen Youhanaie

5:14 pm on Thursday, September 27, 2012

Hi Tim,

We're talking about going to an accident scene at a residence, establishing the cause of death if possible, and transporting the body to the appropriate location. It's not rocket science, and it doesn't take a crew of people to handle the job. The Coroner's Office should have the equipment to handle this, and the dead are not in a hurry anymore. So it comes down to what you choose to beliieve. I just guessed that Toftoy had his deputy(s) work on Easter. I really didn't expect to find that it was true. If someone had not died on Easter Sunday, Mr. Toftoy's above statement would have a much better ring to it. However, my guess was based on all the reports that I have heard about how Mr. Toftoy performs his duties, over the recent years. As Board member Robert "Heavy Duty" Davidson stated, (paraphrased) "Ken Toftoy's mouth is his worst enemy" Ken didn't have to put the "Holiday thing" in his answers above. That can of corn is easy to see through. Also, he didn't have to talk to a reporter, and say (again, paraphrased),"If the voters don't like the job I am doing, find someone to run against me." Or this one (paraphrased), I've eaten filet mignon paid for by the county, and I'll do it again, because it's what I like" So, a word of advice, since you are so willing to give yours. Tell Ken Toftoy to think before he speaks, quit embellishing his performance, and remember that he is a Republican (currently he acts, and speaks more like Obama).

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Tim

5:42 pm on Thursday, September 27, 2012

BINGO!
"So it comes down to what you choose to beliieve"

I choose the believe things that are backed up by actual facts, not stories that you have invented.

The fact still remains, that you have absolutely zero evidence that Ken Toftoy was not at the office working. You have evidence that a deputy coroner went off-site, that's all. One does not imply the other. Think about it for a second;
"I have evidence that there was a hit-and-run accident. You were not home when it happened, therefore you committed a felony hit-and-run."
That is exactly what you are doing here, and I think you are so lost in your personal hatred of the man, that you honestly do not realize how far into nonsene-land you have wandered.

All you have a story that you like to keep repeating, but no actual evidence to support it.

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Stephen Youhanaie

10:03 am on Friday, September 28, 2012

As expected, Jake, who challenged to meet me at the Oswego Family Restaurant, nevered showed. A friend of mine, and I were there from 8:45 to 9:30, and enjoyed a great breakfast. I couldn't have made myself any more conspicuous, with my "Chevy" ballcap on (as promised). Wouldn't you know that Matt Schury pulled in to work across the street at the Ledger-Sentinel, as we were leaving. My friend said howdy to Matt. So Jake "No Show" Delrose didn't show. Nobody walked in from 8:45 to 9:05, except an elderly couple. So I hope the viewers of this blog take whatever Jake says, as bogus. He's made all kinds of statements, and promises, and nothing has come to be. We did have a good discussion about Congressman Randy Hultgren assisting Matt Prochaska, and Scott Gryder (with robo calls, and mailings). I wonder how the other Republican candidates for county board feel about that?

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Tim

11:01 am on Friday, September 28, 2012

You sure have a high opinion of yourself. Did you even consider nobody wants to play your insane mind games? One other public official is on record stating that you are harassing him, and most responses on this blog are ones of utter disdain for your behavior.

You have no intention of talking about the actual duties of the job, but instead veer off into conspiracy land. You have no evidence, only stories that you and Todd have made up.

You just aren't as important as you think you are. It's time to adjust your ego, and realize the world moves to schedules and priorities other than the ones you define.

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Jake Delrose

4:11 pm on Friday, September 28, 2012

Sorry, I walked into the restaurant at 9:20am. Never been to the place before but let me describe it.. Small rectangular place, kind of old or outdated look. Appears to be a place that locals hang out. A bicycle shop is across the street with a bar on the corner. Not to many people were there, so you must have ate your food very fast and skated up out of there quickly. Does this sound like the right place we were to meet at? If not, provide an address so I can get near your feeding trough.

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Stephen Youhanaie

5:09 pm on Friday, September 28, 2012

Nice try Jake,
You didn't walk in at 9:20, and there were plenty of people there. No one walked in after 9:15 to 9:30. I was barely ten foot from the door, and facing it with my ball cap on. You couldn't have missed me if your tried. More than that, I could never have missed you. The Ledger Sentinel is acroos the street. Any other figment of your imagination coming?

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Stephen Youhanaie

5:12 pm on Friday, September 28, 2012

Tim,
All but a couple of responses, that have been negative, have come from you, and Jake. Take yours, and Jakes out and then comment. What is it with you two? By the way, we have got some great stuff coming. Stay tuned.

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Tim

6:22 pm on Friday, September 28, 2012

Sure, you have some 'great stuff coming'. None of which of course has anything to do with the duties and requirements of the position involved.

It will be great alright, great to show that you have no concept of what the office even means.

And yes, I'm sure you think that anyone that has the audacity to prove you wrong or demand evidence(real evidence, not your stories passed off as evidence) is 'negative'. Reality isn't interested in satisfying your sense of self-importance.

Todd Milliron

3:45 pm on Friday, September 28, 2012

Tim,
Here is some other documented evidence
http://www.todd4kendall.org/resources/toftoyexpense.pdf page 6 to 43 of 43
and Mr. Toftoy's claim it is all false.
http://www.todd4kendall.org/resources/ls022312toftoy.pdf
It's not about conspiracies, it's about documented evidence regarding Mr. Toftoy's words & deeds. I take ownership for my research & use my full, real name. I use my full, real name because I provide documentation to back up the words I write. Kendall Government transparency has been in the dark ages far too long. I document the underbelly of the status quo & have exposed it to the sunlight of discernment; the goal is to raise questions. The days of Kendall County Elected Officials getting a free "election" pass are over. America is founded on the concept of competition, get use to it.
Tim, you seem to defend several incumbents, yet complain about the professionalism of local law enforcement agencies. Did it ever dawn on you that all municipal police dept. chiefs of police are appointed by elected officials? The Sheriff of Kendall County is an elected position. The Kendall County Coroner is also an elected sworn law enforcement position. I’ve pointed out several extravagant spending vouchers & unwarranted compensation because no policy existed for coroner’s staff for travel expense and personal/sick time. yet these policies do exist everywhere else in county government. You claim state statutes which are vague and open ended, my goal is to corral spending

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Jake Delrose

4:22 pm on Friday, September 28, 2012

Your platitudes go beyond anyone in history
"I take ownership for my research & use my full, real name. I use my full, real name because I provide documentation to back up the words I write."

"Tim, you seem to defend several incumbents, yet complain about the professionalism of local law enforcement agencies. Did it ever dawn on you that all municipal police dept. chiefs of police are appointed by elected officials? The Sheriff of Kendall County is an elected position. The Kendall County Coroner is also an elected sworn law enforcement position." AND DID YOU KNOW THE SKY IS BLUE....

I guess the officers and deputies along with administration people, who need training should live in tents and eat field rations to appease Milliron. This will make him feel better about himself.

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Jake Delrose

4:27 pm on Friday, September 28, 2012

But when someone else does their research and calls him on it... Watch out! Your not a real person or you use a fake name. or or prove what you found because I did but there's no way you could have. I'm Milliron the only man in the world that can FOIA information!

Get bent buddy. People find out information everyday. Did you think that you could hide Dabney's faults and just try to point out someone else? You have very little clue in life if you thought you would get away with that. AND you still never acknowledge any of your candidate's issues, Todd Milliron Campaign Director/ Manager for the committee to elect Michael Dabney.

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Tim

6:09 pm on Friday, September 28, 2012

Your 'goal' is to attack your political enemies, you only use the pretense that you care about spending. If you 'care about spending' why don't you go right ahead and file a FOIA request for the hours expended on all of your requests, and then tally up the 'savings' you have made. If the amount of time/money spent, is more than what you have gained in savings, you should immediately cease your actions. That is, if you actually care about 'saving the taxpayers money'. Of course, you won't do this, because you don't actually care about the taxpayers, you care about your own political motivations that are fueled by your massively inflated ego

The state statutes are not 'vague', they are clearly worded that the county board has absolutely no authority over the coroners budget after it is approved. This is done PRECISELY to avoid the type of political nonsense you are trying to create for an law enforcement office that deals with life and death.

The county board doesn't understand it either, which is why it is clearly printed on the county budgets every year just to remind them of that fact.

Your ally, Ann Vickery, took her childish antics to such an absurd extreme that she thought not paying the coroners cell phone bill until it got disconnected, was an appropriate action.

Like I said, the voters in the county are highly educated and booted her out of office at the first opportunity for this behavior, among many more instances of her pathetic political nonsense.

Stephen Youhanaie

12:09 am on Saturday, September 29, 2012

Ode to the Ancients:

There once was a man, who traveled from Scotland to Troy,
He found a young woman, he came to enjoy,
When her husband found out, he was overcome, so distraught,
He placed the bow towards his head, and the arrow was shot,
He fell to the ground, with no witness around,
His mother came 'round, and what had she found?
The love she had born was lifeless, head torn
She didn't know why, that her young son had died
So she went to his wife, to plead to her why?
But the wife couldn't see, any guilt because she
Had to care for her daughter, food, shelter, and water
Her lover had power, convinced a jury to shower
The woman with wealth, it was done with great stealth.

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Jake Delrose

10:20 am on Sunday, September 30, 2012

This is an Ode to Milliron and Cronies...

There was once a man who lived in Yorkville with his buddies in the area.
They kept on complaining to people about others, that were doing bad, with such hysteria.
They told tales that were so gory that
No one could understand the issues because they never gave the full story.
The populous listened in shock to the lies,
but they were able to decipher Todd and his buddies guise.
November finally came with Dabney, Todd and his buddies
and they lacked in all of their studies
Toftoy won the election
despite never having any of Todd and his buddies affections.
The next day came and Milliron could not get away from the ignorance he could never admit.
Because of the issue for himself he knit!

Todd Milliron

5:13 pm on Tuesday, October 2, 2012

@Jake, here are the facts gleaned from the past 46 months of Kendall Coroner monthly "On-Call" Duty schedules, period covered 12-1-2008 to 9-30-2012.

Patch Question # 3 Quote from Mr. Toftoy's candidate questionnaire ,"I traditionally handle a lot of the holiday calls so some of my younger staff, with families, can be with their children at Christmas, Easter, and Thanksgiving."

FACT - 11 named holidays by Toftoy in this period, he ONLY scheduled himself to work two of them. What is Mr. Toftoy's idea of the term "handling a lot of holiday calls?"

Christmas 2008 = Jacquie Purcell 24 Hours On Call Duty
Easter 2009 = Herb Walton 24 hours On Call Duty
Thanksgiving 2009 = TOFTOY 24 Hours On Call Duty
Christmas 2009 = Jacquie Purcell 24 Hours On Call Duty
Easter 2010 = Jacquie Purcell 24 Hours On Call Duty
Thanksgiving 2010 = Mike Klimek 24 Hours On Call Duty
Christmas 2010= TOFTOY 24 Hours On Call Duty
Easter 2011 = 4-24-2011 = Amy Mitchell to Sunday 7am and Jim Detzler -7am Sunday to 7am Monday
Thanksgiving 2011 = Jacquie Purcell, now with toddler and infant child = 24 hours On Call Duty
Christmas 2011 = Jacquie Purcell, now with toddler and infant child = 24 hours On Call Duty

Easter 2012 = documented and discussed already - Mike Klimek took that call for an accidental death when Ken Toftoy was scheduled for 24 hours of duty that Easter Day. No one calls it job abandonment when you are the Boss and you do not respond when you were scheduled to work.

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Tim

5:47 pm on Tuesday, October 2, 2012

You painted yourself into a corner, and now you are trying to back out of it. It's too late, you buried your credibility in the ground a looooong time ago.

First you claimed he WASN'T working on christmas, now you are claiming he was scheduled to work but that someone else handled a call that day instead of him. Of course, you never bothered to get any other information, such as if he was actually working on something else at the time, instead you stopped short of your 'information gathering' when you had just enough info to plug into your fictional 'story'. You cut out the activities of the day before, when there were other calls, and not understanding even the basics of the office, you simply disregarded that fact because you don't understand that there are follow-up duties involved that EASILY carry over into the next day.

That's not how someone interested in the truth, like you claim to be, operates. It is however, how a political lackey operates.

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Jake Delrose

1:02 am on Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Ok.... So Mr Toftoy by record did not cover those times. How do you know that if there was a call out and that deputy was at a family function, that Mr. Toftoy would not cover that call? i.e. Help out your subordinates.

I imagine people swap hours with one another or help out another person in the office, if a call happens to happen.

So then Mr. Toftoy would be accurate in saying "I cover for my deputies so they can be with their families."

Just because you FOIAed a schedule does not mean you get the whole picture from that day.

Milliron,
Are you just slow or is your judgement that clouded in hate that you will create any story possible? because you just showed how little you know in how that or any other office could operate.

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Jake Delrose

1:08 am on Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Milliron Campaign Director for the Committee to Elect Michael Dabney,

I have a good question for you!

Ask Dabney how he plans on covering hours at the Coroner's office, like the time he decided to go to Michigan for vacation and forgot he swapped time with another paramedic, then he was docked 36 hours of sick time? Happened pretty recently too.

I imagine he has a memory issue and might forget that a call happened and then he will forget to show up to the scene also..

My story sound about right? Maybe you should FOIA his record too?

Oh, but I forgot you would not bring out information on your candidate..That would be to much truth. Right Mr. Campaign Director?

Stephen Youhanaie

7:54 pm on Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Actually Tim, Todd pointed out that it was last Easter. Here's the link:
http://www.yorkvilleinsider.org/Purcell/kcceaster12.pdf
Here's another link that shows Mr. Toftoy's professionalism, and command of the facts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXWTw54tWYo&feature=vmdshb
For the viewing pleasure of the public.

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Stephen Youhanaie

8:03 pm on Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Actually, I'm kind of sad for Ken. It seems that he actually believes what he says. It's so sad, but I'm not going to vote for him out of pity. On second thought he might think that the citizens are a bunch of suckers that will buy what he's selling, since he's the incumbent Reublican Coroner, and the leader of the Kendall County Republican Party. I guess we will see how many lemmings there are, in Kendall County, on Nov 6.

Eric

11:41 pm on Tuesday, October 2, 2012

I couldn't think of a better way to respond to the bickering back and forth than with the response of a classic Saturday Night Live skit where William Shatner tells a Star Trek convention crowd to "get a life."

For anyone's viewing pleasure: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x930vt_william-shatner-snl-skit-get-a-life_fun

The "get a life" part is at the 4 minute mark or so.

If any of you have families, I hope you give them the same effort/attention to which you are giving this.

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Stephen Youhanaie

8:21 am on Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Eric,
Good government is every family's business. If you live in Kendall County, take a look at your tax bill. Toftoy's spending abuses, and lack of management is rampant in just about every Kendall County taxing district. Even in Bristol Township, the current, and first time elected Highway Commissioner reduced his budget by almost 40% because he found wasteful spending going on there. Mr. Dabney, a former deputy coroner, has found that if the Coroner's Office were run to peak efficiency, more that 20% of the spending can be eliminated. My question is simple, "How many more taxing districts in Kendall County could find and eliminate their own excessive spending abuses, if they tried?

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MBA

8:57 pm on Sunday, October 7, 2012

It's ironic that, since he's such an economics wizard, he was unable to run his own household budget efficiently enough to make his mortgage payment. Well, if at first you don't succeed, give it a second try with someone else's money.

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Stephen Youhanaie

9:40 pm on Sunday, October 7, 2012

Hi MBA,
Remember, the budget is set by the county board, and so are the coroner/deputy corner salaries. I noticed that this is your first comment on the Patch. Which fake name are you replacing? Jake, or Tim?

Stephen Youhanaie

7:22 pm on Sunday, October 7, 2012

Congratulations to Ken Toftoy,
He won the yardsign battle in Millington. He has all the yardsigns there. Half of them at residences, and the other half on the properties of the bars there. No surprise. Bottoms Up!

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Jake Delrose

12:37 am on Monday, October 8, 2012

So what you are saying is that there is only one house and one bar in Millington? Sounds like if you blink your in and out of town.

Yo-yo your funny! You and Todd keep up your efforts and some one, and I literally mean one person, will notice! :)

Stephen Youhanaie

12:21 am on Wednesday, October 10, 2012

The Coroner's race is over. Nobody won, but someone will be elected. The race has morphed into something rather strange. Jon Zahm has now put up a website named www.nodabney.com. He lives well outside of Kendall County. In tomorrow's newpapers, it will be shown that he now is offering to stop sliming Mike Dabney, if Dabney withdraws from the race. However, Dabney can't opt out because the ballots have been printed. Zahm has done the unimaginable; he is shaping a local election, yet he doesn't live in the county that the election is in. He must be wealthy, well paid, or a patriot looking to clean up Kendall County politics (but I could be mistaken)

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Stephen Youhanaie

11:02 pm on Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Well,
The Matt Schury article is published. Now, my challenge to every Republican resident office holder will be launched. I am prepared to pay any Kendall County Republican office holder's campaign committee $100 if they are willing to state that they have read the article , and believe that Ken Toftoy is telling the truth. This includes Tom Cross, Kay Hatcher, Eric Weis, Jill Ferko, Debbie Gillette, Becky Morganegg, all the republican candidates up for re-elecion for the county board. They have to place these words to the Kendall County Recored Newspapers before the November 2012 Electiion
.

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Jake Delrose

11:48 pm on Thursday, October 11, 2012

So what was published that is so unbelievable by Mr. Toftoy? Trying to look for a Toftoy comment in the article but cannot find one. Maybe you have a different newspaper, Youhanaie.

All I see is Dabney throwing his fellow co-workers at the Oswego Fire Dept. under the bus!! Shall I quote the paper... "Dabney explained that he and four other responders responded to an accident involving a child who had jumped out of a moving vehicle and suffered a head injury."
Dabney, "What we did, it didn't harm the child, it was just we followed a different protocol than what was called for and that was all."

I guess the term "Different Protocol" is a professional way of saying opps I screwed that up.
Well, well that was all.. No big deal right?
Youhanaie remember how you just played the whole information issue off and claimed I did not know anything. Time to eat crow!

And no one else was disciplined in the whole incident besides Dabney and he uses the we claim in his screw up. Dabney is great at politics already, spread the blame around to everyone else!

Shame on you Steve for your lies and misleading people here, who thought this was just mudslinging on a guy, when it was truth!!

You and Todd have tried to defame many individuals on here, elected or not, and you have just lied one after another. When you either of you ask for forgiveness to these people for your actions and words?

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Jake Delrose

12:03 am on Friday, October 12, 2012

Oh I found the comments by Toftoy... Again what was so unbelievable here? The comment about how Dabney, the human blame goes to everybody besides me person, or Toftoy stating how running around with a sign about eating chicken and making up stories about using taxpayer dollars inappropriately?

Again. What is so unbelievable besides Dabney trying to give excuse after excuse for his lack of duties in his current job?

Answer: Toftoy wins the election due to Todd thinking he can support a guy with serious financial issues along with work issues and get away with it. Meanwhile, Dabney's skeletons emerge and his people claim foul. Game Over!

Remember:
Dabney claims fiscal responsibility but has a home forclosure on him back in 2010
*He makes over SIX FIGURES IN HIS HOUSEHOLD!
Pension from Aurora Police Dept.
Current salary of $73,000 from Oswego Fire Dept
His wife works also making a good wage from what I understand
BUT HE CANNOT KEEP UP WITH HIS MORTGAGE, WHY?!

This is the guy who says he can get the budget together and cut issues in the department budget for Coroner?

Get your own house in order first! Your 20% cut in the budget is a myth due to you not knowing the operations of the Coroners office, the same as you know on how to operate a computer for your reports, Dabney.

Stephen Youhanaie

11:25 pm on Wednesday, October 10, 2012

that's Record Newspapers...and they have to state that they believe,James Wilson, and Henry County resident Jon Zahm's statements in the article..

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Jake Delrose

12:10 am on Friday, October 12, 2012

Youhanaie,

How remarkable that Mr. Wilson's and Mr. Klimek's comments over the FOIA's was similar.... Conspiracy here? Is there another claim you would like to make or have the chickens come home to roost? :)

This sinking ship is brought to you by: Todd Milliron Campaign Director to Michael Dabney, Blogger Steve Youhanaie that supports Dabney, and a slew of other whimsical supporters to Dabney that have no clue to the race at hand and drink Milliron's Kool Aid.

Amy Miller Jackson

9:05 am on Sunday, October 14, 2012

I will copy and paste my response to another article I responded too

I cant wait till this election is over. There is nothing worse than watching people who failed to get elected try to get back at those who did not accept them. It bothers me when people switch parties because they cant win primaries. It bothers me when people at the last second get to be on the ballot because nobody else ran as an independant. Todd how many elections have you lost and how many different parties did you run under? Steve how many elections have you lost? You guys cant even get elected to head of the neighborhood watch. So because you werent accepted to the circle you wanted to be in you became extremely resentful and bitter. Hell hath no fury type of actions. I take nothing you guys seriously because I feel you are not doing all this out of "for the good of the taxpayers" Your doing this out of revenge. Even the good points you make are drowned out because the way you go about things. You act more like stalker ex girlfriends than you do political watchdogs. Even if Dabney was qualified which he is not, you guys really screwed the pooch on his election. Toftoy is the most qualified for this position and you all know it. Bitterness has clouded all your judgments, its time some of you leave politics

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Todd Milliron

12:28 pm on Sunday, October 14, 2012

Amy,
Anybody can run as an Independent, there is no primary for Independent Candidates; it is not a last minute affair. The rules for a run as an Independent are set by the IL. State Board of Election. Those rules are written to discourage one from campaigning as an Independent. Mr. Toftoy needed around 160 signatures for his Republican Candidate petition. Mr. Dabney needed over 1600 petition signers to get his name on the Ballot as an Independent Candidate for Coroner, a significant amount of work and accomplishment just to follow those written rules to have one’s name on the ballot.

Mr. Toftoy and his team of Deputy Coroners have chosen to discredit Mr. Dabney, instead of choosing to campaign on his Record of running the Coroner’s Office. Mr. Toftoy is a Manager of a Fleet of Deputy Coroner’s, Mr. Dabney has said he running for Kendall County Coroner to be the Coroner and do actual coroner duties, do his own investigations instead of farming all that work out to others, like Deputy Coroners. By doing that workload himself, he can reduce the Kendall Coroner’s Budget by over 20%. We had 256 deaths in the county last year, less than 25 deaths required On-Call/ On site Investigations, We do not need all the Deputy Coroner’s we have now, nor do we need a fulltime Administrative Deputy Coroner with County Benefits. The Dabney “Spending Reduction Plan’ scares the Toftoy Campaign and they have chosen to attack Dabney’s creditability, not run on the issues.

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Tim

3:07 pm on Sunday, October 14, 2012

Run on the issues?
Todd, if you ever wonder why people don't take you seriously, this is a perfect example. You have spent the better part of a year trying to make the 'issue' the content of a mans dinner, or the unbilled calls on a cell phone.

You have spent that same amount of time ignorantly presenting a false representation of county and state laws, calling the actions of public officials a 'felony'.

You have zero credibility Todd, and no amount of sweet talking now is going to make people forget the past year that you spent making personal attacks on office holders.

I imagine most if not all residents want nothing to do with someone who freely admitted he has no idea how to use a computer to fill out reports holding an office with such a high level of accountability, both legally and fiscally. I imagine most residents do not want to see the E&O insurance that the county has to take out to protect itself massively increasing because reports are constantly filled out wrong.

You have avoided these issues the entire campaign, instead trying to make an issue out of the choice between a $20 meal, and a $25 meal. You are an albatross to any candidate in or running for office, and the sooner public officials realize this, the sooner the county can get on the business of moving forward instead of seething in your personal disappointments.

Jon Zahm

11:59 pm on Sunday, October 14, 2012

http://nodabney.com/2012/10/15/dabney-lost-oswego-home-to-foreclosure-in-2011/

Above is the proof of the foreclosure in 2011 by Dabney. He needs to get his own affairs in order (this and 5 disciplinary write-ups in 10 months on his job) before he tries to get his paws on taxpayer money from a public office. With his record Dabney would have a hard time getting a job running a cash register at a convenience store let alone a 24.7.365 office that serves the public.

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Stephen Youhanaie

10:17 am on Wednesday, October 17, 2012

I find it interesting that Jon Zahm's wife is being paid by Tao Martinez, the Democrat for Coroner, in Kane County. Is she really doing political work, or is it a way for Jon to make a few bucks?
http://thefirstward.net/2012/10/16/why-cant-kane-county-republicans-just-get-along/

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Jake Delrose

1:48 am on Thursday, October 18, 2012

Sounds like Yo-yo is diggin more dirt than anyone here... Going a little over board huh Steve? You need to go to the lengths, such as this, to hopefully be heard on issues not related to the Coroner's election??

Not one of the Coroner's deputies has come on here to say anything, yet you claim they are trashing Dabney..Trying to see where they are doing this but cannot find one place where they have said anything...

Maybe those guys made the greatest distraction by getting those FOIA's on Dabney and you have fallen for it? Sounds like the best answer to this story!

Tina Conley

5:33 am on Monday, October 15, 2012

Hey guys, there's a Pumpkin Race on the 20th...you should battle it out there and help a good cause!

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Stephen Youhanaie

12:09 pm on Thursday, October 25, 2012

"For less than a buck and a half I come to your house and take care of whatever-if i's a natural death or if your dad hung himself in the garage...Ken Toftoy" That's what's in the Oswego Ledger=Sentinel today. I can't add anything to that.

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Jake Delrose

2:24 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

No, but the Ledger=Sentinel can remove words to make up their own meaning by not quoting the whole quote.

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Jake Delrose

2:23 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Who cares about a guy, living in another county, opinions?

I guess any time you take a guys quotes and chop them down, you can manipulate the meaning as this guy has.

Jeff Ward can take his opinion to the toilet like Yo-yo and Milliron

Stephen Youhanaie

8:43 am on Wednesday, October 31, 2012

I got the Kenny mailer yesterday. I wonder if Jon Zahm will take credit for it. On one side you have to strain your eyes to read it because of the small font. On the other side you've got endorsements from Republicans, and the fact that he's the Chairman of the Kendall County Republicans. That side isn't that bad if you were running in a Republican primary, although there is a risk of offending certain groups in the Republican Party that find Joe Walsh not of their liking. Also, there are thousands of Democrats in this county that don't vote in the primaries. Obama did win Kendall County 4 years ago. I'm not so sure that the average voter wants to spend 10 to 15 minutes of his or her life, reading about a Coroner.

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Jake Delrose

2:20 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

The reason for the small font is due to the many accomplishments Toftoy has done. Cannot be said for yourself Yo-yo.

Stephen Youhanaie

11:02 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012

I voted for all Republicans save one race. Any guesses? It's about time that Republicans act like Republicans. Wasteful spending, padding the payroll, and paying for ammunition for non-salaried employees is not my Republican way of thinking. Although I contributed to Republican Rob Russell, Jon Zahm, and his wife have a point. If you think that the Republican nominee is not acting like a Republican, you can go out and work for the other guy. Zahm's family is working for both Republican Toftoy, and Democrat Martinez. He, and his wife think these candidates are the strongest. He, and his wife are paid by these candidates, so they must think this way. I'm just a rank amatuer, as Zahm puts it. I reserve the right to think freely.

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Jake Delrose

2:19 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Youhanine,

Zero relation to this current election

Jon Zahm

12:12 am on Friday, November 2, 2012

Harry "Phony Name" Chicken, Tao Martinez is not a liberal by any stretch of the imagination. He is a conservative Democrat who has announced his endorsement of conservative Republican Chris Lauzen for Kane County Board Chairman.
Steve, you have the order of things wrong. I decide who I am going to support and then I decide who I work professionally for. I have that ability because there are more people who want to hire me than I can possibly work for. I have a great deal of respect for Ken Toftoy and his record of service over two decades. And his opponent is such an embarrassment with his disciplinary record and his personal finances. This is documented at www.nodabney.com.

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Stephen Youhanaie

8:24 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012

Mike would like to thank the Toftoy crew for picking up Mike's yardsigns. It's less for him to deal with, after the election. Grow up children.

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Jake Delrose

2:06 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

That's interesting... Toftoy lost several signs in a spot where Dabney's crew dropped off flyers at peoples front door's.

Are you sure Yo-yo you have it the other way around???

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Jake Delrose

2:09 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Kenny would like to thank his supporters for all of the diligent work they have done to replace signs lost from Dabney's crew taking signs. It's amazing that all of the signs that are lost from Toftoy supporters came with a Dabney flyer at their front doors....

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Jake Delrose

2:18 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Here is the day of reckoning...

Dabney,

It's over. Take your multi-pension self and pay a mortgage for once to keep your home.

Stop pretending to play fiscal responsibility and come forward with all of your issues and maybe you would be a viable candidate.

Milliron,

Great waste of your time and efforts on articles that went no where. Thanks for wasting tax payer funds supporting your rights to FOIA info that lead no where with a coherent thought.

Yo-yo,
Your future is living in obscurity and no one will ever take you serious the rest of your life. Good luck in living in your apartment, alone.

Now time to get back to business and take care of county business without clowns pretending to be fighting for the little people.

Game over!

Todd can give up the articles now because this is another lose that he hopes everyone will forget.

Randall won
Lea didn't
Toftoy won
Dabney didn't

Milliron, own it!

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