Replacing Pete MacKay
July 27th, 2009 at 01:08pm Wally Haas
Pete MacKay is one of those no-nonsense, straight shooters you seldom find in politics. Whoever replaces him on the County Board will have a tough act to follow. He announced his retirement last week.
MacKay will be replaced by a Republican, which will make traditional GOPers happy. MacKay didn’t always toe the party line. He made decisions based on what he thought was right, not on what his party thought was right.
Winnebago County Board Chairman Scott Christiansen has started accepting resumes. He’ll forward them to the Republican precinct committeemen of MacKay’s district. Those committeemen will make a decision. The candidate they choose would have to be approved by the full County Board.
It all needs to be done 60 days after MacKay retires. I’m sure Christiansen wants to avoid the hassles that occurred after Ted Biondo was named to fill Mary Ann Aiello’s seat.
Even though MacKay was just re-elected to four-year term on the County Board, his replacement will need to run for election in 2010. It’s some provision in the law that makes the appointee run earlier if there’s a lot of time left in the term.
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1. Chuck Sweeny | July 27th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
Pete is one of a kind. He’s an independent thinker and a very smart fellow who knew how to run the zoning committee properly, by the book.
Pete wouldn’t be the tool of the “geniuses” who think all Republicans should act like mind-numbed robots.
The question now, is will the Republicans do what they usually do and name a 20-something son of somebody important to the board?
Ah, stand back and observe the march of the C-minus students. Ain’t it grand?
2. Milton Waddams | July 30th, 2009 at 11:17 am
I wonder if there is anything in the IMRF rules that would prevent Pete from starting to draw on his retirement, at which point his benefit amount is fixed and then be re-appointed to fill his own seat. Would kinda be the best of both worlds. A long time, honest public servant can continue to serve the public and not be financially punished for it.
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