….the short answer would be…NO GOOD.
It’s been a year this week since the abject animosity developed between our news organization and the former mayor of Harrisburg, this animosity developing NOT because we’re “trying to run him down,” NOT because we “are saying horrible things about his family”…but because it is our contention that Eric Gregg has violated, and probably continues to violate, the law in this state…and it pisses us off, as it should each and every one of you, that he continues to get away with it when the average citizen, you or I, would not.
More than a year ago we were engaged in a fact-finding mission about how Gregg got his current taxpayer-supported job (at $86k a year…$1,700 a week), as well as why he was being allowed to keep it while remaining in office despite Illinois statutes clearly stating he could not. In the course of that investigation, Gregg finally resigned his position as mayor in Harrisburg right after we stumbled over some history and associated content in Gregg’s life that makes him wholly unfit for a position on the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. But, like may of Illinois Governor Pat Quinn’s appointees, “fitness,” regardless of what the aspect of it is, doesn’t matter. Thus, you and I are supporting Eric Gregg and his ilk…one of the major problems with this state.
This ascension to a good teat job obviously causes the job-holders to believe that they’re above the law and can act with impunity, as this front-page article shows. For proof that that’s not going to be the case this time, be watching upcoming developments, as they’re in the works right now. In the meantime, here’s your noon Read the Lead, Ex-mayor issues threats:
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HARRISBURG—Another incident involving the former mayor of Harrisburg has resulted in a report to the local police department.
Eric Gregg, who resigned his position July 8, 2013, as mayor of the city of Harrisburg months after an appointment to a state job (the holding of which prohibited him from having any other elected, appointed or paid position) had a public fit at a Disclosure vendor on the morning of Wednesday, May 21, threatening and harassing a Harrisburg business owner to the point that she called Harrisburg police to make a complaint.
According to the complaint document, Gregg entered the Book Emporium that morning after scheduling a delivery of a local feel-good book about the city, “A Weekend in Harrisburg,” the publication of which is supported by the Saline County Tourism Board, of which Gregg is a member, and which last summer Gregg was pushing as the “real” Harrisburg, despite the significant problems the city has with crime, corruption, decrepit properties and other issues plaguing most downstate towns.
The former mayor had pre-arranged delivery of the books to Book Emporium with owner Josie Brooks, according to Facebook messages she submitted to police to show that there didn’t seem to be any problem before the May 21….
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To find out what happened next—and what’s GOING to happen in coming weeks—simply click the headline to the article above the excerpt if you have an online membership to the e-Edition; or, if you don’t, click this link to get started! Or, if you prefer to hold a paper in your hands, head on out to any one of our vendors in Harrisburg (which Eric Gregg has threatened to shut down): ROC One-Stop on Poplar and Commercial, M&H Liquors on Commercial; Discount Food Mart on Main; and Book Emporium on Gum Street (no, Josie’s not been shut down…she’s been on vacation and is back tomorrow). Support REAL journalism…because you know if a state teater doesn’t like it, we must be doing something RIGHT.