Like I said, his allies. Of which, Mr. Dabney, is one. Perhaps you noticed he is the one running against the current coroner. Todd has given his support to Mr. Dabney, and literally works for the campaign. Todd can be found handing out flyers to support Mr. Dabney on any given weekend.

Like I said, Todd would have a LOT more supporters if his actions were not so incredibly transparent. If he was really 'looking out for the taxpayers', why did he just happen to leave out all of his political allies from his requests?

Todd hasn't 'saved' you a single penny. He holds no position of authority whatsoever to make those decisions. Or are you honestly going to say the actions that you like of the elected officials are actually Todds doing, but the actions you don't like are their own doing?

When Todd decides to hold his political allies to the same standard, I will take him seriously. It's obvious his motivations are selfish political ones, disguised to look like he is 'looking out for you'.

Feel free to show the FOIA requests he made for the person who is actually responsible for approving these payouts. I could care less who makes the requests, I want to know who signed off on them as valid and paid them out, and why.

That person is Anne Vickery, a political ally of Todd. Yet Todd is focused on who made the requests, and not who authorized them. Again, it also just so happens that those who he is requesting this information on, are his political opponents.

Are you starting to see how embarrassing it would be if he actually brought up the fact that his political ally was the one who actually approved all these payouts? Instead, he is focusing on who made the payout requests, which is utterly and totally transparent political nonsense.

So, if I am to understand you correctly, Tim, when someone on a "Training Trip" pays for fuel using a County Credit Card and then also submits the mileage for reimbursement, this to you is an acceptable practice so long as the accounting person approves it?

I'm shocked, SHOCKED at your accusations that Mr. Milliron's FOIA requests were motivated by (gasp) POLITICS! (imagine that!) As turnabout in politics is fair play, if you are really interested in outing Anne Vickery, why don't you pay the tab for the FOIA and get the records yourself. Of course, the point is mute since Anne Vickery has already been voted out of office in the primary (and I say good riddance).

The political motivations of Mr. Milliron do not make the activities found in the FOIA requests any less abhorrent. Anne Vickery may have been complicit in "signing off" on the misdeeds, but now it's time for Kendall County voters to rid ourselves of the perpetrators of these unscrupulous activities.

Travis,
Todd lost the election, and Anne Vickery as a current office holder failed to even win the nomination to appear on the next election ballot.

The voters of Kendall county are not as stupid as Todd or you like to think they are. Todd has been playing his games long enough for the majority of people to understand what he is doing. While you are focusing on $40 steak dinners, important things like the crumbling infrastructure of your county goes unaddressed. What the voters see, is a severely skewed version of priorities that they want no presence of in an elected position.

Todd can play petty personal politics all day long for all I care, it will keep him in exactly the same position he is in now, and exactly where the large majority of voters think he should stay... a sore loser ankle-biter, with no real power whatsoever.

Tim,

"While you are focusing on $40 steak dinners, important things like the crumbling infrastructure of your county goes unaddressed."

I think the steak was a lot more expensive than $40 and you also forgot to mention the Escargot appetizer. I also fail to understand how allowing Ken Toftoy and his cronies to continue these escapades, as you seem to advocate, does anything to address a crumbling infrastructure.

Maybe if we get rid of the "Good Ole Boys," we can elect people who will actually work towards the betterment of Kendall County instead of working on bettering themselves and their friends at taxpayer expense.

I appreciate that you keep posting to this thread as it keeps bumping this to the top and provides more visibility to the issue.

What does this have to do with the article. I watched the video provided by the post earlier (stephen youhanine) and was shocked to see that this man has been the coroner for over 20 years and has no clue about his budget.

I watched the video too. Seems the issue is not the person operating the post. i.e. Toftoy. But the lack of common sense on the board members knowledge of operating procedures for Labor Laws. A legal adviser to the county said don't do this, but the lady in the background does not understand who this person is and has to be told, but she still looks lost. Also seems like to board has a little more say so in the Coroners budget. Ever think that's why he might not know all of the budget allowances due to it getting set by the board? I doubt it.

It's not a hate issue, it's a deception issue with Milliron. He never gives you the whole story just part and creates a narrative that resembles a fiction story. I'm sure this whole fiscal responsibility thing is not a grudge match at all...Sure. Let's see. First it was the Sheriff's office and Milliron backed Lea, now it's the Coroner's office and Milliron backs Dabney...See a pattern here. And another thing, How much have these witch hunt FOIA's cost the county taxpayers that came up with nothing??? Milliron?? Blue Gil? Oswegomarts? Michelle? Got Duped? (Seems like the appropriate name for you since you cheer on Todd) and Youhanaie? Seems like you guys have this insight that is blind. Care to share the whole truth? Your true issue is the communication between board and departments including certain members on the board having little clue on what to do that is legal and correct.

Who his allies are has nothing to do with the 'information' he has discovered? Is that why he never discovers(or even requests) information on a single one of his allies?

Todd has a history of backing the loser in every single race, yet he has not put 2 and 2 together yet to figure out that these people keep losing BECAUSE Todd is the one backing them.

Can't wait to see the bill for that audit that Todd demanded of his opponents on the board. $10K of your tax money well spent, so Todd can back another losing candidate.

How does this guy's issues have anything to do with the coroner's budget or race?? Trying to some how connect the two...... Oh a person that works in the office is the spouse of this guy. How low can one person go? Blue gil found it

Fred Rogers commented 8:20 Monday Sept. 3, 2012 on your blog post, CHA-CHA-KA-CHING, Taxpayer Approved:

"Jake does make a good point......Milliron is a hypocritical political hack. I seem to remember him publicly excoriating Purcell over that, and now he's eerily silent. But that's always the story with him. It's not about ethics, or fairness or honesty - just about who he can smear to help a political ally."

Fred, please see the link http://www.yorkvilleinsider.org/kcb/purcell/propertytax.pdf and documented proof of my statements, I only referenced and discussed Mr. Purcell’s failure to pay his property taxes in 2009. Mr. Purcell is still the President and Acting Agent for Harmony Development, Inc. (Sec. of State Cyberdrive File # 60287724) Click and go, enter file # provided http://www.ilsos.gov/corporatellc/CorporateLlcController

Again Todd,

How does the actions of Mr. Purcell have anything to do with this race??

Another distraction to get away from:
1. The lack of good personal financing of Mr. Dabney (Home Foreclosure)
2. The little experience on real cases Mr. Dabney has for this department
3. and the made up narratives of FOIA's Mr. Milliron presents to the people, that happen to get duped, and support his candidate that he has never said in this forum of his work directly related to Mr. Dabney's campaign.

Now there is the truth.

Ok if your candidate is qualified for the job, how many cases has Mr. Dabney submitted, on file, in the coroner's office for his experience in the six years he was on? Care to share that document, Mr. Milliron?
Because you sure did like to hide the fact that your candidate had a foreclosure on his record and now you are trying to justify it by bringing up irrelevant issues outside of this race. Or is that another distraction that you like bring up to hide other issues your candidate has? So Kendall has a high rate of foreclosure, is that an excuse for a candidate wanting to hold or control the budget of an office to get votes at the expense of the taxpayers? No Way! Keep that guy away.
Want to share some other financial tips Mr. Dabney can help out with since he cannot control his own house budget?
Maybe you want total transparency and disclose Mr. Dabney's household income for the past several years to justify his foreclosure?
I bet there are more skeletons in the closet then you can contain Mr. Milliron.

@Jake,
I did FOIA on 7-10-2012, requesting the number of “coroner calls” information, & asked to have it broken out by the number of calls each deputy coroner took from Fiscal Year-2000-2001 to Fiscal Year-2010-2011, which ended 11-30-2011. The ONLY detailed records for "Call" breakout and annual hours logged by each deputy coroner exists for just one year and was only produced for that one year period of time from 12-1-2002 to 11-30-2003. Here is what was provided by FOIA Officer Purcell for FY 12-1-2002 to 11-30-2003. It is the only fiscal year in the 11 years requested which detailed activity records apparently were tracked and recorded.
Jim Detzler - 5 Calls – 288 hours
Marcy Thompson – 11 Calls -216 hours
Charles (Herb) Walton – 11 Calls – 516 hours
William (Bill) Perkins – 1 Call – 0 hours
Mike Dabney – 12 Calls – 288 hours
Jean Hilger – 0 Calls – 0 hours
Jackie (Marcellis) Purcell – 7 Calls – 142 Hours

Coincidentally, No detailed Call or Hour Records were provided for Coroner Ken Toftoy whose Kendall County Coroner’s Office was $14,000.00 over budget for this 2002-2003 fiscal year.

Feel free to FOIA my 7-10-2012 FOIA which was fulfilled on 7-17-2012, 12 pages total. I will see what I can do to get my computer help person to give me a hyperlink for this 7-10-2012 FOIA so it can be shared with the voting public. I think the electorate will share my concerns regarding current record keeping at the Kendall County Coroner’s Office.

Where are your FOIA requests for Mr. Dabney when he was a firefighter?

Are you going to stop pretending this has anything to do with 'caring about the taxpayers', and finally admit that you are picking specific political enemies to dig up information on?

Only then will you construct a narrative AFTER you read what was returned, that borders on paranoid delusion.

For all your talk of 'transparency', it is amazing that you can't yet realize that you are the most transparent of them all. After reading just a few posts of yours, almost everyone has been able to see right through you Todd. There is a reason you, and those you throw your support behind, keep getting roundly defeated in elections.

So what was the $14,000 over budget for?? Was it an equipment issue along with other unforeseen issues that can come up with any department? Why just stop at saying $14,000 over just describe what the $14,000 was for...Or you just not want to share and make up another supposed story of mismanagement?

As for the experience... I'm shocked you did not demand to have someone look up the other files for Mr. Dabney's experience. I bet if we do an in depth review of the cases from the other years, we would find Mr. Dabney has very little experience in anything with the Coroner's office. Anyone care to take a trip to the Coroner's office and look through case files?? I have already scheduled myself time off to find out.

And how can Mr. Dabney feel the pain of the other taxpayers? He does not even pay real estate taxes remember? His house was foreclosed on.... Look it up at the Recorders office online. Ask the search to find Dabney. Nothing found. Zero results. So how can he feel the pain in the taxpayers wallet? Good question when you don't even pay into the system.

Todd,
Can you FOIA Mr. and Mrs. Dabney's 1040 forms for the past 5 years to see what they made combined and give that to the public? Then explain why they mismanaged their own finances and how Mr. Dabney would be able to do that for a government budget?

So, Page 9 of the FOIA is directly related to the number of cases that has increased over the years in the county and the county board failed to allow a larger budget expense to cover the deaths. Plus the price for toxicology tests did go up also, $400. Again Mr. Milliron puts together a novel that fits his narrative. That's where the $14,000 budget overage went too.

Just a remnder that Jon Zahm is being paid to represent Ken Toftoy. Not to say he would not be truthful, but understand where he is coming from. This is the unvarnished truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXWTw54tWYo&feature=plcp
Was Ken Toftoy prepared to present his budget?
Was he found out to have padded his budget, by Jessie Hafenrichter?
Did he actually ask a subordnate if he could change his budget line items?
Was he so flustered, that he waked out saying whatever the board wants to do?
You make the call!

Well I'm not getting paid for this as supposedly Mr. Zahm is. Yet no one has yet given a good answer to my questions. Just distractions about other people and personal remarks not associated with the race, a candidate that says he's fiscally responsible yet hides the fact that he had his house foreclosed on all while jabbing the incumbent about his office spending and his experience that is non-existent. Can any of you supporting Dabney or friends of Milliron answer these questions in truth?
I doubt it since it would ruin the race for your candidate and your efforts would be lost. Just remember, as you guys tried to hide this foreclosure issue more truth will come out in the months to come. There is your warning.

Mr. Youhanaie,
I guess you just don't understand budgets. The board has a larger authority over the budget than the elected official of that office. If he requests a larger budget in a certain area and they are not going to give it to you, Why fight with the people in charge of the budget. Look at some of the board members.. They don't even understand the labor laws involved and why they had to switch the other deputies to a per hour basis... Then the lady said she doesn't care. She didn't care if the actions of the board violated Labor Laws!

Remember some of those individuals don't care for this man and he is not going to deal with them anymore. Some are leaving this November and good riddance!

The best part about it, we won't hear from Milliron until the next time he looks to support a losing candidate, so he can take pop shots at individuals while hiding behind someone running. Bet me if I'm wrong.

Jake,
I do understand the budgeting process. Had you been to that meeting you would have seen prepared public officials lay out their requests, very professionally. They knew what they were talking about. When questioned about any line items, they had clear, thoughtful responses. It's called caring about your work, though preparation. No professional business person, or governmental official could possibly look at our Coroner's performance and say that he conducted himself, with a high level of professionalism. I am a Republican. Our coroner is the Chairman of the Republican Party of Kendall County. I expect the utmost in professionalism from him, more than anybody else. Why? Because I'm a citizen that goes out, and asks people to vote Republican. I don't need an Independent voter pointing to this man and say, "You want me to vote for that?" Don't get me wrong, Kenny's a nice, freindly person. He's been in office a wee bit too long. He's lost perspective. How can I confirm this? His own words, He said this is his last term. Why should I think that you care to do the job, after a performance like that?

Wow Mr. Youhanaie, I guess the Reagan model of not to speak badly of other Republicans has gone out the window for you.... Then does that mean you are supporting Dabney the non-Republican in the race? Or do you also have a grudge with Mr. Toftoy? It seems to show.

Jake,
The video speaks for itself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXWTw54tWYo&feature=plcp I have absolutely no grudge against Kenny, personally. However, he was given advice, by a fellow county wide elected Republican, and he chose to ignore it. This advice concerned the exact issues that Mr. Milliron has been bringing up. If Mr. Toftoy doesn't care how to run his office, he is no Republican that I can ask the voters to support. Just because the primary is over does not mean that I, as a volunteer Republican have to become mute. If any incumbent Republican fails to conduct their office with a high level of professionalism, I will work to defeat them, and then find another candidate to support in future primaries. By the way, Reagan's 11th commandment has to do with primary campaigns by opposing candidates. I am not in that arena.

So Mr. Youhanaie is voting for Dabney. Since other "supposed" countywide republicans gave him advice. What Republicans(names) and what advice?? Was is good advice for the office, Coroner's budget advice or personal advice? Give some details not vague answers to why these so called "countywide republicans" are upset with him.

HI Jake,

The advice came from Sheriff Richard Randall. It had to do with the proper execution for the reimbursement of travel expenses. I never stated that Sheriff Randall was upset. Kenny was upset that one of the county board members would not allow Kenny's travel expenses to be paid. The Sheriff informed him that even if he spent less than what he was due (if he followed proper procedure), he has to follow the rules. This conversation was held at a GOP precinct committeeman meeting at the White Tail Country Club, that I attended.

So one board member denied Mr. Toftoy traveling expenses for county business or for whatever reason they gave. Which board member? and what procedure did Mr. Toftoy not do to recover expenses? Since this procedure was not supposedly followed, does that negate that it was a county business issue? Gotta remember, procedures often change in large corporate or government settings and people forget to communicate, with others, over the change. Then that's where people get messed over.

In a prior post I made, Why fight with people that are going to do what they want to do anyways. They control the budgets of the departments.
Mr. Youhanaie stated
Was he so flustered, that he waked out saying whatever the board wants to do?
You make the call!

Yes, who wouldn't be if you had to deal with people that lack enough sense to understand simple labor laws, lack in understanding that the county is growing in population and didn't appropriate enough for department to cover the costs of deaths and other related charges to the county for those deaths and lastly have board members that might have ulterior motives to submarine to guy because that's the only way to get to him.

Hi Jake.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXWTw54tWYo&feature=plcp
Everytime you come up with nonsense, I'll just keep reminding the readers to look at this video. We, as Republicans, ask all kinds of people to follow the rules. Take immigrants. Republicans are for legal immigration. Ask the keynote speaker from last years GOP picnic, Joe Arpaio. FOLLOW THE RULES. Mr. Toftoy didn't state who denied his claim, or what he did not do to follow procedures. Bottom line, FOLLOW THE RULES. If you don't, be prepared to suffer the results of not following them. If you are an an elected official, FOLLOW THE RULES, especially if you are a Republican. To allow yourself a better chance to get re-elected, conduct your business, professionally. Being a professinal entails many things to include FOLLOW THE RULES. If you don't, you run a higher risk of defeat. FOLLOW THE RULES. No one is above them, or the law, for that matter.

Mr. Youhanaie,
I did watch the video. The issue falls under the autopsy and toxicology issues. Now, I am not a scholar on death but do you think you can predict deaths in the county?? You have board members that understand numbers and I am using the term "understand" loosely with certain members in attendance to this meeting. More people live in the county = more deaths. Simple formulation needs common sense response to increase the amounts needed to provide a service to the county. Not obstructionist people who think that his budget proposal was not up to their personal standards. If you can do better, run for the position yourself.

Hi Jake,
As Reagan would say, "There you go again." Talking non-sense, so here's the link for all people to see for themselves:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXWTw54tWYo&feature=plcp
Had you been there, and had the information, you wouldn't be talking your non-sense, again. Mr. Toftoy has incorrectly, routinely, and consistenlty under budgeted this account by at least 50%. At the end of the year, he moves money from other line items to fill that gap. The issue that the board has is why doesn't he raise the budget for that line item, to a more correct anticipatory amount. He says he has enough excess budget line items to cover it. That means, as Jessie Hafenrichter noted, he is asking for too much money on the other budget line items. Why did he not properly budget? He doesn't; his underling does, as you may have heard him ask permission to change a line item, but was shut down by his underling. After seeing his performance, and knowing that he said this is his last term, why vote for him? What could possibly motivate him to improve? Nothing that I can think of. Is he someone who doesn't really know all facets about his job well (after 20 years), or someone who is there to collect a check? Either way, that's not the Republican way of thinking.

Well Mr. Youhanaie, I guess you have made up your mind in who you will vote for. See you in November as you waste your vote just as you probably did back in 2010 for a different Sheriff.

Now there's compassion for a dead campaign. "Here my man. Here's some money. My condolences." RIP

Since we are able to make requests, I request Mr. Milliron post how much money he has contributed to the Dabney campaign for materials, advertisement, fuel, time and how much he has cost the county in FOIA's. Thanks.

Well Mr. Allen good point...but Mr. Dabney is claiming he is experienced. I think it is better to review case files and find out what type of experience he is talking or touting about. I am not a Coroner's expert but I imagine that not one case is similar to the next. And 12 cases sounds like a short stack of experience.

And what business of it is mine. Easily answered. When the person that writes this article portrays himself as a champion for the people and hides the fact that he is actively campaigning for a candidate, does that person have something to hid? So far Mr, Milliron has had plenty to hid since he has not answered the question and you obviously have not read most of the posts, challenging Mr. Milliron that he has failed to provide full truths and mostly made up narratives to his FOIA's to support his candidate.

See this is how it should be titled, CHA-CHA-KA-CHING, Taxpayer Approved by Todd Milliron Campaign Director to Elect Michael Dabney for Coroner.

This small truth is never found, WHY!? Because it would be declared a bias article to the reader and the reader would understand that Mr. Milliron has a vested interest to the race. That's why it's my business.

So Jake, Your interest in this race is to go after Milliron, because he has a vested interest in this race? That implies that Mr. Milliron wants something from Dabney, or is upset with Mr. Toftoy for not giving Mr. Milliron something. Here's an idea, if you are open to it. Mr. Milliron goes to every County Board meeting. Why don't you find him, and take a few minutes to chat with him about what he is doing. Then, form your opinion.

@Jake,
The last 15 years of Mike Dabney's work experience at the Aurora Police Dept. are well documented with numerous duty recognitions & awards. This is the 1990-2005 span of time in Aurora that I call the "Dodge City Days", when Aurora, year after year was experiencing & had a very high number homicides/murders with additional countless shooting investigations that did not involve loss of life, just only loss of limb, disfigurement or a disability suffered by the shooting victim. Mr. Dabney, as part of the Aurora Police Dept. Investigations Unit during this period processed over 100 death scenes & personally attended even a higher number of autopsies. That accumulated CSI experience & his dedication to doing a thorough & complete investigation while at the Aurora Police Dept. is one of the primary reasons he was asked to work at the Kendall County Coroner's Office. Mr. Dabney’s time spent at the Kendall County Coroner’s office only added to his wealth of CSI work experience.

I too wanted to know how many cases Mr. Toftoy & each deputy coroner did on an annual basis. As you can see from my 7-10-2012 FOIA I specifically asked FOIA Officer Purcell for that information, she verbally told me those records were not available, when routinely other county coroner’s do track that “per call” activity for all personnel. My gut tells me those records are not kept for a reason, it being Mr. Toftoy's lack of work ethic and his being a Part-Time ($57,000 a year) Coroner.

Todd,
Post the evidence that led you to make the statement;
"routinely other county coroner’s do track that “per call” activity for all personnel."

Where is the documentation to support that claim? Where are your FOIA requests for the other 100 counties in Illinois that led you to think it is 'routine'? Or is this another one of your 'gut feelings'?

Again, where are all your FOIA requests for Mr. Dabneys service in Aurora? Are we just supposed to take your word for it? And if so, why is your word suddenly good enough, when you are making proclamations from a pedestal of 'transparency'.

This is why the majority of people think you are a hypocrite. You do not apply the same standards to yourself, that you hold others to. Since it is obvious that you have no intention of ever doing so, you and those you support will continue to securely hold last place in any election related to you.

For someone who claims to care about the taxpayers and voters, you certainly don't seem to care when they continuously hand you defeat after defeat in elections. By now, most people are tired of your 'I-know-better-than-you' attitude, and vote accordingly.

Mr. Milliron,
Please disclose the amount of annual monies received by Mr. Dabney from all sources that comprise his yearly income from 2007-to present. From the retirement funds he receives to the current amount he gets from the Oswego Fire Department. Then explain how he could not keep his house out of foreclosure and how he intends not to have fiscal issues come up IF he wins an election? Cannot boast yourself as a champion of fiscal responsibility if you cannot take care of home first!

Tim,
Just FOIA my FOIA's and you can find out what I already know. If you want to participate, then I suggest you do some work of your own and then you too can post it using your real or full name just as I do.

Todd, the onus is on the one making the claims, not the one questioning them. You made the claim, you provide the evidence to support it. Until then, there is no reason for anyone to believe it.

This is a decades old concept, better known as 'russels teapot'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot
"philosophic burden of proof lies upon a person making scientifically unfalsifiable claims rather than shifting the burden of proof to others"

Seriously, do you honestly not understand why you keep losing elections with such a basic flaw in reasoning as this?

Jon, where do you get the $25/hour pay from? That's just about what the Coroner gets paid, if he worked 40/hours weekly. As was pointed out in the recent Finance Committee meeting, the deputies were never paid $25/hour for anything. So try again, it's on the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXWTw54tWYo&feature=plcp

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Mr. Zahm,
Please confirm for the record, that the statement of explanation which you have provided on 9-5-2012 regarding Mr. Klimek's $211.00 in Gas Credit Card charges has now been officially reclassified by the Kendall County Coroner’s Office to an award of compensation for time spent by Mr. Klimek on this March 2011 St. Louis training trip. Please confirm in writing that a $211.00 stipend has been or will be actually awarded to Mr. Klimek as trip compensation. Please confirm in writing for the readers of this Blog that the decision to do an official override and official reclassification for the $211.00 in credit card gas expenses was performed by Kendall County Coroner Ken Toftoy and it is his official explanation for the record for what I discovered.

Well Mr. Youhanaie, If you watched your own video that you keep posting as a link you would understand. So now it seems that you, yourself have never watch something you claimed to have seen and have given your best personal opinion. Get all the distractions away from yourself and listen to how much the deputies are paid for their time. It is specifically said that the deputies get paid $25 per hour for going out to calls or to represent the county in some fashion... You just have to get by your hate for one man for a moment and listen to what is said. Then you might understand how the savings came about for the county.

Just another Todd Milliron narrative debunked. Double dip, I don't think so! The man saved the county over a thousand dollars.

So which story will you hear from Milliron:
1. It was inappropriate for him to double dip like this.
Answer: We saved the county money by not paying him for his time but we allowed him to get mileage and gas.

or narrative 2.
Toftoy blows money, that belongs to the taxpayers of Kendall County, away and spending large sums of money without saving!
Answer: We saved money to be exact $1039 by not paying him for his time. If we didn't, we would have taken advantage of a person.

Which one is it Todd?

Why don't you confirm Mr. Milliron, "how much money he has contributed to the Dabney campaign for materials, advertisement, fuel, time and how much he has cost the county in FOIA's. Thanks."

Why don't you confirm, Can you FOIA Mr. and Mrs. Dabney's 1040 forms for the past 5 years to see what they made combined and give that to the public? Then explain why they mismanaged their own finances and how Mr. Dabney would be able to do that for a government budget?

Why don't you confirm these Mr. Milliron before you get to ask anyone else to confirm anything. You take half truths and make up stories that should be sold as best sellers on the NYT best sellers list.

You confirm these then you might be in a position to demand. See you in November and thanks for wasting your vote on another candidate you supported because they are to blind to see that you are ruining their reputation in the county.

@Jake,
Mr. Zahm has claimed to find the answers to the questions I raised originally in this blog and that was the purpose of this blog was to get some answers. That was my sole intent as a tax-paying citizen to get answers, I deserve a confirmation for, and to the claims, that Mr. Zahm has made today on and in behalf of his candidate, incumbent Kendall County Coroner Ken Toftoy.

Jake, I did have fun, yesterday. Thanks for the banter. The $25/hour was not in place during the trip in question. But let's say it was. Now you are telling me that Mr. Klimek is allowed to be paid more money than Jacque Purcell [the supposedly acting chief deputy coroner (Jim Detzler listed as chief)], she's paid around $17.50/hour, if she worked 40/weekly. Wasn't there another deputy coroner who attended the St. Louis trip? Jake, please tell me her name, and why she didn't get paid the $25/hour that Mr. Klimek is due, but didn't claim?

Now, if Mr. Toftoy was told by another source that this device was to work, as you state Jon, Mr. Toftoy should pay the money back himself, because he must not have known what he was doing. Why should the taxpayers pay for incompetence, of the Coroner's own doing? So either Mr. Toftoy pays, or John Purcell's Ace Hardware pays. Who should pay Jon? It's not the taxpayers fault, is it?

Jon, why not return the item, or have Mr. Toftoy pay for it? You say it desn't work. The point is that it starts with small items, and works to higher priced items. Let's say that Mr. Toftoy is assured by a car dealer that a Pruis is large enough to carry a stretcher. Mr. Toftoy doesn't take measurements, and purchases the car. He takes it to the office, and puts a stretcher in it to find that the stretcher doesn't fit. Does this qualify as an item destined for your repurposing excuse? The item in question is primarily used for watching HDTV from your PC. That or the product makers are advertising, falsely. It hasn't been returned, so we know that it is/was being used as the product was intended to be used. Also, how is it that Jacque Purcell can make purchases at Ace Hardware (owned/managed by her husband John Purcell, our County Board Chirman), using a county charge account, and then signs to authorize payment on the document submitted to the county treasurer? Who's minding the store? What's to stop Jacque Purcell from buying items at Ace Hardware, where she profits from the sale? You can't answer this one, because she already has done this.

Milliron you have dodged all questions I have presented to you also. Get over yourself

You have your explanation and now you don't like it to bad. See you in November.

Yawn..... boring

On subsection Q - 74 under paragraph 8 you will see that bla bla bla bla......

The funniest thing about this, is how Todd takes his misunderstanding of what he reads, and then tries to tie it into the stories he constructs. Either you are doing this to be funny, or you honestly don't know how silly you sound.

Your game is over Todd. Anyone running for office in the future would be wise to keep you as far from their campaign as possible.

Mr. Milliron,
Did you honestly interpret section 5.3 to pertain to the attendance at a seminar, required by the State?
This section clearly refers to an employee taking courses to advance ones knowledge in a field of study. Evidence of this would be in the paragraph above the one you posted:
The course work must be directly related to the employee’s job function (or proposed functions); be accomplished outside of working hours; be from an accredited institution of learning; and the employee must receive a passing grade of “C” or higher and not exceed one class per semester (or quarter).

See the wee bit about the "outside of working hours..."
Now, if Mr. Klimek was getting paid to take night school classes at Waubonsee CC, then I could see you might have a point, but really, I think you're clutching at straws here.

Oswego Resident your “outside of working hours” point is well taken, there were two Part-time KC-Coroner employees on this March 2011 St. Louis Training trip. Ms. Mitchell did not submit a mileage voucher as Mr. Klimek did, so where is her stipend? That is an inconvenient and documented truth. (http://yorkvilleinsider.org/Purcell/kckoronerklimek.pdf ) Mr. Klimek charges are on page 4 of 25 and Ms. Mitchell charges are on Page 24 of 25. You have two employees with the same job description on the same trip that are being treated in an unequal manner. Note there are only two mileage entries for this 2010-2011 fiscal year, see page 2 of 25.
Both part-time employees discussed have no set or prescribed work schedule. Therefore, what is “outside of working hours” if there is no set work schedules? I felt that passage would not be applicable to these two part time employees and their work as needed schedule. During this March 2011 period, in question deputy coroners were paid $2.00 per hour to be “On Call” and $125.00 per Death Call taken.

(cont.) It is very disingenuous for Mr. Zahm/Jake Del Rose to claim $25.00 an hour now when that new 2012 Deputy Coroner compensation policy had not even been thought of yet. Kendall ASA, Leslie Johnson who acts as the county’s HR person had not been assigned those new HR duties ( that took place 12-1-2011 when she got her $17,000 raise) and the 2010-2011 audit had not been performed which took Mr. Toftoy to task with several findings directed specifically at his management practices in Jan. 2012 . Now we are told and are led to believe that this new $25.00 an hour “on-call” compensation policy was in effect in March of 2011. Kendall States Attorney Human Resource ASA Leslie Johnson said this was a needed to change, but that need for change did not come about until after Tonya Mack’s Jan. 2012 Audit presentation.

You cannot retroactively make a county credit card charge made for gas a stipend. A stipend is a form of income; it is not a double-dip expense you want to go away.

This is exactly why people dismiss you Todd.

"there were two Part-time KC-Coroner employees on this March 2011 St. Louis Training trip. Ms. Mitchell did not submit a mileage voucher as Mr. Klimek did, so where is her stipend?"

Did you bother to find out if they car-pooled? Not everything is a giant conspiracy to take your money, Todd. The fact that it is your default position on EVERYTHING says more about you, than it does about the people you are accusing of felonies.

Take a step back and look how twisted your logic is becoming. You are upset that there was only one stipend, and that somehow, the fact that there weren't two of them(one for each employee) means the only person who claimed it MUST be stealing.

Do you understand what you are doing? And I mean this in the most serious way possible.

Regardless of Todd's motivation, the bottom line is that Klimek took money that was not due him. Creating a stipend over a year later, with funds from a different fiscal year does not change the original action. Can you imagine someone going to a bank, demanding money that is not theirs, and then returning it a year later with all sins forgiven? That dog won't hunt. Additionally, no one has addressed the fact that Jacque Purcell makes purchases from her husband's business (Ace Hardware), and uses a county credit line to do it with. Then she's the one who signs off for the county treasurer to pay the bill. It doesn't make it any better that John Purcell, the County Board Chairman is her husband. Is there anyone out there that thinks this practice should continue? If so, why?

Stephen, it has been shown beyond a shadow of a doubt, that nobody took money not due to them. In fact, it could even be said that Ms. Mitchell DID NOT take money due to her.

It is not 'regardless of Todd position' once his entire position has been shown to be a jumbled mess of paranoid constructions, combined with a misunderstanding of what is actually allowed, that leads him to think his delusions are equal to truth. Todd then takes that confused position and makes felony accusations against individuals in the public sector using public records that only very slightly even relate to what his accusing people of.

Todd doesn't care about anyone but himself, and his political allies. He certainly doesn't care about you. The more he talks, the more transparent he is, and the more of a sad joke he is becoming.

Tim,
Mr. Klimek’s last gas credit card charge fill up was for $56.00 on 3-18-11 at the Shell in Mazon, IL. He also filled up at Yorkville Shell on 3-13-11 for 80.00 and again filled up on 3-13-11 in Edwardsville for 75.00, which is just outside of St. Louis, grand total $211.00. Ms. Mitchell’s last gas credit card charge was also on 3-18-11 was at the BP Fast and Fresh in Morris, IL. and was for $42.80, prior to that gas charge Ms. Mitchell filled up on 3-18-11 for $81.88 at the BP in Livingston, IL, grand total for Ms. Mitchell of $124.68.
You have brought up and have tried to float this turd Car Pool scheme, the purpose of car-pooling is to save money, not charge county taxpayers a combined $336.68. The highest gas price for that week was $3.70 a gallon in Yorkville that means the car they took averaged 5.7 MPG at S3.70 a gallon. Please tell me how two county employees that are car-pooling use $42.80 of gas between Mazon and Morris a distance of about 10 to 11 miles. Even if they car-pooled in military hummer, it does not add up and that turd will not float. Tim, I am glad that you agree with me this could be a felony.

Todd, you are a grown man. It is time you understand that the date a charge posts on a card is not automatically the date the charge took place. How can someone who trumpets his own superior 'fiscal management' not know such a basic fact? Is it because you continue to be stuck in your pattern of thinking that any thought you have is automatically true?

You are grasping at straws in a pitiful attempt to accuse people of 'milking the taxpayers'. Because nothing portrays living the high more life than driving for hours on end to go sit at a conference while eating cheap food.

You complain when one person buys steak dinners on your dime at a mandated conference that person had no input whatsoever into the menu choices, and in the next breath complain that someone is spending money on cheap gas-station food during a conference.

In no way do I think there is a felony here, I would commit myself to a psychiatric ward if I ever got that paranoid and delusional. The amounts you are trying to portray as 'felonies' are less than the man-hours that were required and paid for to dig up the information you are claiming is a 'waste of money'. It's time to look in the mirror Todd, for YOU are the biggest waste of tax dollars in every single one of your supposed 'felonies'. Every time you play this political nonsense, someone is taken off their regular duties. Maybe you could bother the HWY dept next to keep them off of fixing the crumbling roads and bridges in the county

Tim,
Please note the referenced Trans (transaction date) and the Post (when charges were submitted and cleared) dates are both 3-18-2011, for both Morris and Mazon gas credit card charges. There is no ambiguity here. The St. Louis University Medicolegal Death Investigation Course concluded at 11:30AM on 3-18-2011, a Friday. Both the Morris and Mazon gas credit card charges referenced were transacted and posted on 3-18-2011, a documented basic fact you are unwilling to accept, there was no car pool.
Regarding your lack of “Menu Choice Floater,” in this case a choice of a filet mignon steak dinner Mr. Toftoy has publicly discussed on the record and in the KC Record. Any mandated conference I have ever attended that did not have a menu choice had those meals included at the training site & those meals were automatically included & were part of the fee paid to attend that conference. If one chooses to go off site to dine, that is an entitlement choice; one that is not needed or a government necessity. I as a taxpayer already paid for the meal provided at the conference site and should not have to pay for a second meal when a conference meal is being served.
Please show me where I referenced “someone is spending money on cheap gas-station food during a conference.” I have only discussed credit card gas charges, a questionable HD-PCTV chip that is being repurposed (whatever that means) and two pet laser toys, that I still do not know the necessitated government use.

Tim,
If Klimek didn't steal the money, then Ken Tof toy doesn't have to create the stipend

Todd,
What do you propose for people to eat when representing the county?? Mickey D's, or splurge and go to Wendy's? Or you could be smart and look up the averages for food in St. Louis or any other major city to see what it would cost for a day of eating in those major cities. I bet it would have cost wayyyy more then what was submitted by those who went down to St. Louis. But you'll hide that fact won't you. I guess I get those figures for you and debunk another distraction.
Game Over Man!

@Jake/JZ
Double dip again, See 10:50PM BREWHOUSE (3-16-11) receipt (page 14 of 25) that is curiously not an itemized receipt, as required by County Accounting Policy in the amount of $34.46. (page 14 of 25, top right) http://yorkvilleinsider.org/Purcell/kckoronerklimek.pdf Then see (page 19 of 25) where a training course dinner was provided to Mr. Klimek and served at 7:30PM on 3-16-2011 at the St. Francis Xavier Church. Why as a taxpayer must I pay twice, again?

Was this even a meal, it appears to me the only training being done here at 10:50PM was several late night, one-armed 12-ounce Curls for several rounds at the Hyatt BREWHOUSE? Where is the itemized receipt for this particular credit card transaction? Was this purposely withheld by Mr. Klimek or was the concealment done at the Kendall Coroner’s Office by our County Coroner or his Administrative Deputy to conceal the purchase of alcohol by a county employee on the county credit card, which would be grounds for termination for those involved?

Another curious observation, why is it that both Jake Delrose and Mr. Zahm choose to comment late at night and at similar times when the rest of us hard working taxpayers are in bed getting ready for another workweek so we can afford to pay our property taxes.

JZ, dig a little deeper as the bogus hole you are digging for Mr. Toftoy just keeps getting deeper and deeper.

Milliron,

Your looking up out of the hole not down in it....From a different perspective outside the hole looking at the one shoveling it and it's not dirt.

Milliron,

Is your accusation, of Mr. Klimek, stating that since the bill was not itemized and it was late at night(10:30pm is not late for me) and supposedly he was feed at an event for the training, He was drinking and charged it to the county? Are you sure he made the dinner event at the training seminar? And are you accusing him of unprofessional conduct?

Now think about what you are about to say or not say, it could cost you here.

Back to you Todd.

Lookie here... http://www.hyatt.com/hyatt/images/hotels/stlrs/Food_3.19.12.pdf

Seems Mr Story teller has made up another story. The Brewhouse at the hyatt. Looks like they have wonderful food there. Not to expensive and price nicely in a major city hotel! Yes they do have drinks but from what it looks like that is a very low bill (Mr. Klimek submitted) that would have drinks on it to plus gratuity..... No it does not pass the smell test here Todd. Try again! Game Over Man!

And pertaining to my hours posting, Todd. If your are insinuating that I do not work or taking advantage of the hard working taxpayers, How is it that you have all of this time to gather FOIAs costing the county thousands of taxpayer dollars and can attend meetings that I have no time for?

Really go find a real job where you don't have the time to try and untangle your lies in this fictional story you keep adding chapters too.

Didn't Mr. Klimek stay at the Hyatt for his training time. Only makes sense to eat near the place your at.

Please. I wish I could meet the guy(Jon). I would shake his hand for taking the time to debunk your stories. Seems like he can use his time more constructively than you. And I am sure you have complete access to the SOI Data base and access to IP addresses, right... Give it up. See you in November.

Oh Todd, please give me the place you guys will be celebrating Mr. Dabney's loss. I would like to get him a sympathy card.

For everyone's enjoyment,

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://thepoliticalzealot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/aliens_hudson_game_over.jpg&imgrefurl=http://thepoliticalzealot.com/2012/03/21/game-over-mitt-romney-wins/&h=275&w=365&sz=39&tbnid=MKbNZuGy2_fGhM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=119&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dgame%2Bover%2Bman%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=game+over+man&usg=__tHtfBy7Eg1hSZ8aLZDzCMyK7C9Y=&docid=m_HpmhSa8teVJM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TGdJUMHrI4qM2gWQmoGYCQ&sqi=2&ved=0CDUQ9QEwBA&dur=75

Jake,
Next time, use the 'full-size image' link. It's much shorter.
http://thepoliticalzealot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/aliens_hudson_game_over.jpg

Along the same thought(and amusingly, from the same movie);
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd220/wallstuff4/nuke_it_from_orbit.jpg

I guess Todd should stop writing stories then just from your statement Mr. Allen.

Is it a personal attack on a person running for a government office, that requires someone to maintain a budget, yet his campaign manager denying the fact his candidate in question has been foreclosed on in the county, all while said campaign candidate and manager write articles claiming fiscal responsibility is lost from the guy running the office? Seems a little hypocritical to point a finger while fiscal responsibility has been a major issue on the Dabney campaign's side, right?

The honesty seems to be lacking on a particular side that seems to be hiding the most, from the challenger. See you in November, Game Over Man!

Mr. Zahm/Jake,
Some people do have to work, run a business and cannot stay up to all hours of the AM commenting. I also volunteer for activities that are going on in our schools, which I did yesterday.

I am not the campaign manager for Mike Dabney, be advised I have my own agenda. There is considerable waste and questionable spending in the Kendall County Coroner's office. It needs to be addressed. A change in attitude can only come about at the ballot box. Issues of concern can only be identified and discussed when others are willing to consider and reflect on past spending decisions, then vote accordingly. This is why I am doing it now and do what I do.

I do know we have a new Chief Deputy at the Sheriff's Dept for a reason and several folks helped to identify those reasons, I am not the only one who wants to take to task those in-elected office that feel they are entitled at the expense of the property taxpayer.

Todd's taking credit for a guy who needed to leave from a harassment suit. This is rich!
"I do know we have a new Chief Deputy at the Sheriff's Dept for a reason and several folks helped to identify those reasons, I am not the only one who wants to take to task those in-elected office that feel they are entitled at the expense of the property taxpayer."

Don't break your arm trying to pat yourself on the back, Campaign Manager Milliron.

Todd,

And who are you talking to Mr. Zahm or me? We are not the same person and if you need clarification, you can name the place and you'll see. Then your paranoid delusions will really kick into high gear!

As a business person, Kendall is a get place to begin. Yes the tax base might be high but the area is great to provide a service to others. Kendall still has great potential for attracting large companies and the Economic Development team or an individual in the near future needs to have the foresight to see the "future" (not trying to sound like I can see into a crystal ball here)

Why would anyone want to move here, I ask the question Why would someone not want to move here?
You still have a small town atmosphere here that has many professional people that reside within Kendall.
Did you know that Kendall has the highest percentage of people with higher educations than the other surrounding counties? Per capita. And we do not even have a college, university, or junior college here besides a satellite campus on rt 34.

Look at the crime that Kendall has to deal with. It's not like the other counties that either cannot handle the issues or the people who live here look to do crime. We have a state's attorney willing to prosecute individuals by state statutes. Then those individuals decide to take there issues to Kane(Aurora) or Will County. Quite more lacks on laws and sentencing.

I still believe those foreclosures were due to the individuals reaching outside their financial boundaries and could not see that. It's good to purge the financial system of these people and teach others a lesson as I did with ARMs

And I learned the lesson about ARMs in high school. To bad many of these individuals did not have the teacher I did or else we would not see this issue within the county.

I can agree on the assessor part along with the appeals process, it does seem a little odd ballish on how they handle the cases. They are not the sole reason as being high taxes and people leaving their homes. Personal responsibility still falls on the individual. If a bank offers you a loan that has the potential to go up to double digits in percentages for interest and your monthly payments will change within a couple months, why live in that uncertainty? It was always wiser to go with a fixed.

Now we have a population influx that increased quickly and is now declining quickly of those same people that possibly changed the demographics of the county. So these same individuals are seeking assistance within the county when the county is not set up for that.

Mr. Zahm,

Don't get to upset with Todd. He knows not what he does and it seems even fewer people understand what he does or says too. I find it funny that he thinks I am you. Sorry I have not met you before and you are being accused of being me. I'm sure if we stood next to each other, Todd might be able to see the difference in people but most likely not in idea over this issue.

On a side note, Is this Todd guy as disrespectful outside of the internet, as he is online? I imagine that does not win many people over for him.

Jon, It's about procedure. If Mr. Klimek did nothing wrong then no "one year after the fact" stipend has to be created. If he did something wrong then he has earned the consequences. He is not above the rules, or the law. You, yourself said that he shouldn't have done things the way he did, and that's why they created the stipend. The extent of any criminality is up to the State's Attorney. Me, I would hope that he pay it back. Then, if he is due any money, award him the money. He should get his proper due. HE SHOULD NOT GET PAID A CENT UNTIL HE PAYS WHAT IS OWED FIRST!!!

Todd, you need to check yourself into a hospital. There is a serious problem with your memory. Not that long ago, you were harping on the fact that the coroners office DIDNT have a FOIA officer. Now you are claiming each FOIA you submit is handled by a different full-time officer who only does this.

Which one is it Todd? Either there is a dedicated officer promptly giving you the responses to all of your requests, or there isn't a dedicated officer. You cant claim one thing one day, and one thing another day depending on which point you are trying(and failing) to make.

You are running out of memory space to keep track of all of your political 'truths', and the lose ends and contradictions are coming back to bite you in a most embarrassing way.

Your Waterloo moment is coming up soon Todd. I can't wait to see how much that audit of your political enemies ends up costing the taxpayers.

I think it is very telling that you have no problem abusing the services of the county FOIA offices, paid for by the taxpayers, to attempt to use the information gathered for purely political purposes. But someone bought a dinner that costs $34? This makes them a 'criminal' in your mind, and with no further evidence, you proceed to make these accusations of criminal acts against both public officials and private citizens.

@Tim
The Kendall County Coroner's office did not have a formal FOIA Officer designated until on or about 4-22-2012. Steve Lord, reporter for the Aurora Beacon News was present the first time I went into the Kendall County Coroner's Office and when I asked who the designated FOIA Officer was. Mrs. Purcell said they did not have one, I looked at Mr. Toftoy, he then delegated that responsibility to Mrs. Purcell and he stated," I guess Mrs. Purcell you are the FOIA Officer”. Until that day, the Kendall Coroner's Office never had a FOIA Officer.

As far as prompt FOIA requests, the Kendall county Coroner's office is using every day of the 5-business day rule. Tim, my memory is quite good and I have asked you to provide some substance to your assertions about me, to date you have not documented anything, yet every time you ask me, I provide you the documentation you sought.

I have limited time. I have chosen to bring the Kendall County Coroner’s spending expenditures into the sunlight. Something no one else has done, just like in 2010, when I found questionable credit card spending and professional behavior at the Kendall County Sheriff's Dept., which I also documented. http://www.yorkvilleinsider.org/kcscredit.html

Yeah Todd, Jon wins elections...ask Dr. Tiballi of Kane County

oops, my bad...Tiballi didn't come in first place...sorry, Jon

Mr. Zahm,
I have been sued for defamation before by Don Hamman, who was the priniciple party to citing a landfill within one mile of my home. That landfill affair was a well-coordinated scheme with the City of Yorkville and the Administration of former Mayor Art Prochaska. That (SLAP) defamation lawsuit was unsuccessful and done to scare me. I assure you I am not scared of losing my home after taking on Mr. Hamman and his army of attorneys.

Please be advised I am a great "Insurance Man" and i have paid my premiums to pass certain risks onto others that are willing to assume those risks, which I have from of being a homeowner and also an active citizen, one whom just had to pay his last installment of his family’s excessive property taxes.

Jon, now that you plan on practically daring Mr. Klimek to sue, do you plan on helping him pay for the attorney fees?

Mr Zahm,

Just had to look up the difference between the two and here they are:

In common law jurisdictions,
Slander refers to a malicious, false,[not specific enough to verify] and defamatory spoken statement or report.

Libel refers to any other form of communication such as written words or images.

Libel is the winner in this case.

Seems like Todd and Stephen have crossed the line on this, by making baseless claims, in the form of an accusatory question. Somebody could have an issue here since it's all posted online. Now that could be Game Over Man!

Who will finance Dabney now? or another candidate? Milliron could be broke! What will all of those evil politicians do since we wouldn't have Mr. Milliron to protect us with all of the FOIA requests? The Calamity!

Ralph of course is correct about the county employee having nothing else to do. Filling out FOIA requests may be keeping Mrs. Purcell (the Coroner's office FOIA officer) from attending "training events" that are expensed as "office supplies."

Its amazing to me all of the energy being made to attack Todd for filling out the FOIAs. Apparently, the failure of oversight to prevent the practice of both billing gas to a county credit card while at the same time expensing the mileage to the county is acceptable practice to some on this forum. It isn't to me. If we continue to elect the same weasels into office who allow these activities, we deserve to pay among the highest property tax rates in the country.

Keep up the good work, Todd. I've shared what you've uncovered with my friends and neighbors and I have yet to find anyone who hasn't been appalled by these activities. We will be motivated voters in November.

Travis McGee,
Could you point me to where an employee has charged both gas and mileage for using a vehicle? I saw where Mr. Klimek charged gas for his trip to St. Louis, but not the mileage as well. Thanks.

People are not attacking Todd for filling out FOIA requests, they are attacking him for filling them out for his political enemies, and then constructing a false narrative of wrongdoing WITH ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE. His accusations have been shown to be wrong, not only in this thread, but during board meetings, yet he still persists in this methodology.

Meanwhile, he never filled out a SINGLE FOIA request for his political allies(like Anne Vickery), who was actually brought before an ethics board for her proven misuse of county resources(using county computers and time to send out her fundraising emails).

In Todd's world, this is ok because she is his political ally. Anyone that believes he is 'looking out for the taxpayers' is simply not paying attention to his actions over time(and his inaction in the face of ACTUAL wrongdoing).

@ Oswego Resident - here is the mileage voucher link you requested http://yorkvilleinsider.org/Purcell/kckoronermileage.pdf

Tim,
At least tell the whole story. Mrs. Vickery used her public email for private use. She was asking if folks wanted to go to someone else's fundraiser. It was absolutely wrong for her to do this, but at least recognize that it was not Mrs. Vickery trying to raise funds for herself.

Travis,
It's a little strange that you complain about billing of gas and mileage but didn't understand that the county was saved over a $1000. So, how much was Mr. Klimek compensated for his time down in St Louis for training by the county? Do you think that any other official from a deputy to a department head is not paid for their time at training? Here, he was clearly not paid for his time. Which one of the two scenarios would be best for taxpayers?

A: Let him collect gas and mileage
or
B: Let him return the gas credit and get paid for his time at training.

As a taxpayer, I choose A
If you cannot understand that issue now, you clearly have neither held a job or owned a business to understand laws for workers compensation of labor(and that includes training).

Hi Jake,
I appreciate the choices that you offer, but add one more: C. FOLLOW THE RULES FIRST. Whatever money that you are legally due, apply for it. NO MORE, NO LESS. Oh, and before I forget, here's your sign:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXWTw54tWYo&feature=plcp People, watch and wonder why your taxes are high. HIs performance is the epitome of government without a care for the people. It has been assumed that Marie Antoinette stated "LET THEM EAT CAKE!" It didn't work out too well for her. Now, we have elections instead. After Mr. Toftoy's statements in the newspaper, it can be said that he is promoting the phrase, "LET THEM EAT STEAK!" His risk is losing the election, not his head.

Try that again, here's your sign: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXWTw54tWYo&feature=plcp

Youhanaie,
There's really something funny about Mike Dabney and his supporters talking about Toftoy's work ethic and fiscal responsibilities. I recently FOIAed some information myself and guess what???
Mr Dabney has had no less then 6 disciplinary actions against him in the past 2 years that lead to suspensions and lawsuits against him and the Oswego Fire Dept. In addition, Dabney and his wife make a combined $150000 annually(Just about the same as the Coroner's office budget) from 3 incomes and he yet cannot manage to budget his own finances and lose a house.

So Youhanaie, did you yet decide to give up the idea that Dabney is better at finances? HE MAKES $150000 EVERY YEAR AND CANNOT MAKE IT RIGHT NO MATTER WHAT! YOUR ARGUMENT OF TOFTOY IS DEAD.

Hi Jake,
What the heck are you talking about? The next thing you'll accuse Dabney of doing is walking out of the world's largest gay bar, with his son. Then you'll provide a photoshopped picture of him, and his son walking out of Wrigley Field.

See Youhanaie! Your head is stuck somewhere and you cannot even begin to understand the truth about Dabney. You don't even take the time to properly vett your own candidate that you support because your hatred for one guy has clouded your judgement. You better start looking into those matters too and not just ingest the junk Todd is shoveling. Your opinions are looking like you have no idea what is happening around you!

200 U-tube views and climbing

I think the most telling part of this entire comment thread is that there is not one single complaint about the job performance of the current coroner.

Todd is digging into line item expenses, used in the performance of the duties of the position, and 'complaining' that money is being spent. Nothing will ever satisfy Todd, as this is not about money, it is about Todds personal frustrations that he continues to be handed his hat by the voting public.

The fact that Todd fails to mention, is that this office is UNDERFUNDED compared to surrounding communities/counties. Instead of trying to get the best service for the dollar spent(not the cheapest), Todd is wandering off the path into the world of obsessing over the minutiae of gasoline purchases, and using childish nicknames for the victims of his political stalking; 'kenny' 'kenny boy', 'boss hog', and on and on.

No rational voter, without the mighty personal axe to grind as Todd seems to have, looks at any of these 'complaints' as a reason the current office holder is not fit for the job. What they see instead, is a petty attack by a petty man, who while his intentions were once in the right place, have veered off into irrelevance.

I think its long past time for Todd to stand up and say he will drop this pettiness if his candidate loses the election in less than 60 days. Todd, you can go all out and full speed ahead with whatever tactic you want, but the day after the election, you have to HONOR voters wishes.

@Tim,
If Mr. Toftoy's Kendall County Coroner's office is so underfunded, please explain why Mr. Toftoy was able to cut $3000 in training expenses in the video above as he bumbled his way through his FY 2013 Budget Presentation to the Kendall County Board Finance Committee.

180 of those viewings by Todd.

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

Clearly shows that he is OVERFUNDED, by Mr. Toftoys own words, not Tim's/Todd's/Vickery's/Mine/Zahm's/Ralph's/ Travis/Oswego Resident/Jake/or anybody else.

The women asking him questions were not even aware of what the IRS was, and why the methods of payment had to be changed. I imagine it would be difficult for him to be prepared for such astounding ignorance. It is also why these women lost their respective elections in the primary (as incumbents no less).

Feel free to point out the results of poor job performance. Dealing with ignorance board members is not his primary job function. Where are the news stories about the lawsuits the coroners office has lost because of not following proper procedures. Where are the cases that the coroners office has caused to be dismissed due to poor handling of a scene of death?

There are no such instances. THIS is what people care about. They don't care about your claims of someone 'milking the taxpayers' who is actually doing their job and spending money during the course of those activities. They don't care about your obviously transparent political nonsense. Not one single thing has been addressed as to the actual functions of this job, giving voters further confirmation that these attacks are completely irrelevant. The coroners job is not to placate the county board, or even respond eloquently to their obvious confusion. These are secondary duties, and the fact you are attempting to make them seem like the primary duties by over-inflating their significance shows that you also have no idea what the duties of the office entail.

Nice? That's some tough friends he has in his circles. Nice is not the word I would use.

One question: If the guy has been in there for over 20 years, where have all you critics been the past 2 decades? That's how you know you have band wagon participants in the complaining department from the author and his Cool Aid drinking parrots. They just repeat the same complaint and it sticks to the wall like jello!

I hope you do, then maybe your association will wake up, and get involved in the electoral process.

to do whatever... if 'whatever' means the stated reason in the video (about 10 seconds later) to purchase a new vehicle for the office in the next fiscal year, then yes.... its to do whatever.

I can't imagine why you left out that he specifically identified the purchase of a new vehicle as the reason for keeping that money on-hand, and that because of state laws the purchase can not happen until next fiscal year. It's almost like the person in charge of the office knows how to properly run, manage, and fund his own office and is able to anticipate for long-term expenses.

So, no. You did not hear the surplus was to 'do whatever' with. You made that part up all on your own.

When you talk to your association, perhaps you would be better served by looking closer at the language of the local SSA's, and how many have signed an agreement when they 'bought' their home acknowledging these taxes would increase every year by a certain percentage, to be included in the tax bill.

For all this talk about 'fiscal responsibility' there sure doesn't seem to much coming from those who demand it the loudest. What percent of your fellow residents also agreed to this in their SSA's, yet also signed the 'cut taxes 20%' petition? Were they confused? Forgetful? Not paying attention? And from the likes of these groups, we get people like Todd, and Stephen Y, and you. Sorry, but I don't think someone with the attention span of a goldfish is going to make sound fiscal choices.

@Got dupe
You heard right. There is substantial and considerable mail-it-in-entitlement arrogance, spending waste and incompetent mismanagement within the current Kendall County Coroner's office. An elected office ran by 20-year incumbent Ken Toftoy, who has never faced any review of his office or spending scrutiny during any general election these past 20 years.

There is no problem in making a 20 percent cut from the Kendall County Coroners office's proposed FY13 budget. It can be done EASY, without having to make any sacrifice in needed services for those who must face the death of a loved one or the sudden loss of life. Where is that “Staples-Easy Button,” all one has to do is vote, “Ya that was EASY.”

Got duped, it starts with your informed vote, and then making that conscious decision to tell others, what you know. Please help inform others and share the information you know as fact. You as a voter now have a cost effective option for Kendall County Coroner, his name is Mike Dabney, exercise that option, let’s send a message to other elected officials at school board, township and city/village levels of government as their turn is next in Spring 2013.

Open up your email address book, then share with others. You now have a true choice in candidates; compare and contrast, decide whom you will vote for. Make a commitment to yourself to talk with others, they too will value your opinion, and they too will pass on the information you have learned and shared.

Got Duped,

This is not a very high number for discretionary funds. Run a business and that number can remain there until it is used. If it is not used it remains there like a line of credit to cover unforeseen costs related to operations.

Now the question should be was the money used? And what for?

From budget year to budget year, it has to remain in the budget unless used. If you remove it, it will have to go to another budget, in another department and that can potentially short that budget in case an issue comes about from that department that has been shorted. Then let's say you have a problem in that department say a car goes dead. That money is now gone and then we have to wait to allocate the funds again when it should have been there to avoid issues.

That's why we need it in the budget and that goes with any budget.

What questions exactly, did he not answer? I see a bunch of confused board members, but that's about all.

You have not addressed one single thing about the duties that the job actually entails. Illinois code explicitly states that once the board allocates the money, they have absolutely no say whatsoever over these 'line-items' you and Todd keep trying to distract everyone with. It has literally ZERO significance to any point you are trying to make.

The IL code is explicitly written down on the first page of the coroners section of the budget.(page 42)
"55 ILCS 5/3-3003 The county coroner shall control the
internal operations of his office.[...] Compensation of deputies
and employees shall be fixed by the coroner [...]"

Did you not notice the part where it explicitly defines that the board has no say whatsoever over the internal pay structure of the office? You must have skipped over it, because it would be embarrassing to continue trying to argue the point you are, if you actually understood the office. Meanwhile, Todd is trying to claim it is a felony, because of his misunderstanding of the office.

You keep trying to make issues out of things that are not only irrelevant, they are actually specifically listed as NOT being relevant by the IL state code. It is just one more way you will talk about anything other than the actual duties of the office, because in reality you have no idea what it entails.

Tim,

Don't give such strong facts to Yo-yo. He will just post the video again thinking that it validates his argument. And I am still trying to understand what video his is watching. I think it's the Todd Milliron edited copy because Yo-yo keeps leaving specific sections out of his argument or the details.

please do keep posting it. It will give everyone an idea of the kinds of twisted logic you must have to see that as a negative for Mr Toftoy.

You can even hear the audience sneering at multiple points at the two board members who don't seem to understand they have no authority whatsoever over these line items. If you missed it, turn up the volume a little bit, or get someone younger that can hear higher frequencies. No matter how many times it is explained to them, this information doesn't seem to be making its way into their long-term memory. I imagine this is why the IL law that dictates they have zero reason to focus on line items it is actually printed right in the budget for the coroners office. I do see why incumbents on the board could not get elected to their own party ticket. The voters aren't clueless... you are. The voters decisively booted them(and Todd) in the last election.

Please! Post your as a reply to every comment I make, get it out to everyone.

Here's your sign (as Bill Engvall would say):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXWTw54tWYo&feature=plcp

LOL at the Bill Engvall reference! Although I think Jeff Foxworthy might be more appopriate in this instance...

If you believe that it is acceptable to dine lavishly on meals of Filet Mignon and Escargot while attending training events, you just might be a Ken Toftoy supporter.

If you believe that it is acceptable for employees in your office to pay for gas with a county credit card while subsequently billing the taxpayers for mileage, you just might be a Ken Toftoy supporter.

If you believe that it is unnecessary for county officials to track the sick leave and vacation time of their subordinates and then grant whatever paid maternity leave their subordinate requires, you just might be a Ken Toftoy supporter.

If you believe in cronyism; that you should hire your friends in county positions and spend taxpayers' money in their businesses (yep, when I need to purchase bottled water, the first place I think of to buy it is John Purcell's Ace Hardware store), you just might be a Ken Toftoy supporter.

Thank you very much. I'll be here all week. Try the veal and don't forget to tip your coroner.

@ Travis....lmao

@ Travis ...LOL!

Hey Travis, I gotta good one here for you

If you support a candidate that has a foreclosure on his record, all while jabbing your opponent on fiscal responsibility, You might be a Michael Dabney voter/campaign manager/financier.

If you cost the county thousands of dollars for FOIAs for witch hunts that lead to ruining the challenger's name and losing an election disastrously for him, You might be a Michael Dabney voter/campaign manager/financier.

This is pretty good! I enjoy this!

HI Jake,

Here's your sign:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXWTw54tWYo&feature=plcp

Please refrain from referring to me as Yo-Yo. I don't play the cello, and I have not called anybody a name in my postings. No, it wasn't edited, as I was at the meeting.

Aside from the fact that you are obviously incredibly new to even looking at the office, lets pretend for just one second that what is in your field of perception is all that reality actually consists of. Otherwise, its going to be hard for you to accept that this was discussed LAST YEAR. You must have missed the part where the board member was aware of this expense BEFORE Toftoy even stated it in your video.

The head guy might look 'lost' to you, because you have a problem decoding body language in social situations, and are externalizing your own inner shortcomings onto others. See! It's fun to just throw around accusations without any proof whatsoever.

Hey got duped, Just remember my name is Jon Zahm/ Jake Del Rose to Mr. Milliron. Hey Milliron! Have some respect and spell my last name correctly. Delrose.

Just remember about those "DOCUMENTED facts" You must understand fully the scope of the office and relationships with the board members. From what I hear, Ken has little likeability from several board members and it has nothing to do with his ability to do the job. Several individuals lost elections and are heading out of office and they blame him directly. So, under the bus you go to Mr. Toftoy, as some of those board members are doing. Look at the frustration on this guys face that is caused by this board. He knows these people will be gone and understands they are getting their last jabs in.

Now who is going to deny that story? No One Will! Because its the truth. This has nothing to do with line items or steak dinners.
Again, this budget is no larger than the top high school administrator in Yorkville and all of this is because someone has a grudge and has twisted stories to the point of this whole article being a libel suit against someone.