Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Lake County deals ...; why?

Today's paper reports a "deal" struck by Sharon Hyde and the Lake County State's Attorney's Office. Hyde was accused of making off with over $100,000 of Island Lake's money while she was director of the Village's Creative Playtime Preschool. She was accused of collecting for hours that she didn't work.

The charges go back to 2009, but Village administrators weren't worried enough about it to remove her from her post. Innocent until proven guilty? Or friends don't let friends do without jobs?

According to the Island Lake mayor, Hyde resigned Friday. That was October 28. Reporter Joe Bustos wrote that the Northwest Herald obtained a copy of Hyde's resignation letter through a FOIA request. Let's see; what's wrong with this picture? If Hyde resigned on Friday and the reporter could write that the paper had her resignation letter already, how did that happen?

Here's the smelly part. Hyde was accused of three counts of theft, three counts of official misconduct and one count of making a false entry.Under the "deal" those seven charges are dropped, and she pled guilty to one charge of Obstruction of Justice, which was filed on Monday!

The paper reported that Hyde was ordered to pay $629 in court costs. What about the $100,000?

And all that took almost 2 1/2 years of investigation and prosecution. Kinda makes you sick, doesn't it?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Another crook taking advantage fo the public they're supposed to serve. Other than the "rank" of her position and the dollar value pilferred, really, what's the diff between her and Ryan & Blago? There isn't any... they took advantage of their position and the public's trust. It's happened everywhere- Lakemoor, McHenry, Spring Grove, Cicero, Chicago, etc.
And all they get is a slap on da wrist.... ARGH!!!!

Karen30036 said...

Now they're hiring for that position ... maybe I'll apply! Crime DOES pay!!! woohooo!!!

Anonymous said...

I already applied... but I'd have to pass a alcohol test. Doh.

Karen30036 said...

That town embraces liars, cheaters, thieves, drunks and all kinds of scum. No wonder I didn't get the job. DOH!