Community Corner
Letter to the Editor: Sheriff Joe Poor Choice for Speaker
Letter writer Corey Johnson criticizes the Kendall County Republican Central Committee's choice for its annual family picnic.
This week the Kendall County Republican Central Committee . Instead of inviting a speaker that unifies and motivates, they have instead chosen a speaker that is notable mainly for garnering a large amount of negative headlines.
Joe Arpaio is no one special; he is just another low life trying to cash in on his “15 minutes” of infamy. Like event organizers that tastelessly promoted a Casey Anthony dunking booth at a Kentucky Fair this summer, Sheriff Joe is taking his brand of snake oil on the road and trying to score a few bucks off the rubes at the fairgrounds too.
What is most disappointing is that after a run that distinguished Kendall County as home to both the U.S. Speaker of the House and the Illinois General Assembly Minority Leader, the leadership of the KCRCC has devolved to such a state that they believe they need a circus stunt to draw attention. Additionally disconcerting is that at a time when Republican strongholds in Illinois have been carved into virtual irrelevance through redistricting, the KCRCC has chosen to promote an event that divides our community, and alienates many residents of our County as opposed to an event that promotes unity and inclusion for all who call Kendall County home.
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While the KCRCC leadership is committed to the type of sensationalist garbage that sells tabloids they will fail to attract the caliber of individuals who will strengthen the organization and provide for its future vitality, and instead they will attract individuals that are motivated by radicalism, and divisive beliefs, rather than those who would have a desire to participate in a healthy discussion about how to create a better future for all residents of our County, our State, and our Nation.
Corey Johnson
Laborer's Local 149 and Yorkville resident
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