Comments on: Guest Column: Ted Biondo: Who does the ‘law’ apply to?

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:50:00 +0000

Why cant you just simply vote him out and stop crying like little girls.

By: John M Stassi

John M Stassi — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 14:10:53 +0000

The Rule of Law is an instrument created by the rich to legitimize their crimes against the poor.
– John M. Stassi

By: Jerry Bohumolski

Jerry Bohumolski — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:31:37 +0000

I applaud these ladies for their perseverence and attention to detail. Perhaps Mr. Buscato does have bigger fish to fry. But is this a violation not worthy of his attention? Ignoring a minor violation is a slippery slope…how flagrant must the violation be before “his majesty” pays attention? Ted may have stamped Joe’s membership into the “Good Ol’Boys” club.

By: Kathy J

Kathy J — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:34:18 +0000

I think it is high time for Ted Biondo to step down. I don’t understand why it is being left up to Mr. Biondo. Do the right thing, Mr. Biondo, you are breaking the law.

Yes, John, this is important to us. We are residents of Winnebago County and we are so tired of the law being broken and exceptions being made for the Good Old Boys.

We will continue our pursuit because we care.

By: Mona M

Mona M — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:06:19 +0000

John states that there are other elected officials to prevent Ted Biondo from seizing power, no these “elected officials” were forging ahead to try and get this law changed.
We will continue to fight this and bring to everyone’s attention what is going on. We do care.
It is time to put an end to all the backroom deals going on.
Ted Biondo is breaking the law and it is time to step down as determined by the Attorney General.
So yes John this is important to us as is everything that goes on in Winnebago County that is not being followed by the law.

By: Rockford Citizen

Rockford Citizen — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:43:47 +0000

I can’t wait to cast my ballot for David Soll for Winnebago County Board, then this law change won’t have to take place and jeopardize ALL future elections. Anyone know who will be taking over the RVC Trustee position that Mr. Biondo has ipso facto already resigned. YES, by accepting the County Board position, he has ALREADY resigned the RVC board position.

By: P.S. Ruckman, Jr.

P.S. Ruckman, Jr. — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:12:34 +0000

John makes a good point, violations of the law are only serious and worthy of consideration when they are committed by people he disagrees with. It is the whole “government of laws not men” thing. Duh!

By: George

George — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:10:09 +0000

Ted should care. He has written about conflicts of interest on school Boards. In April of 2011, he wrote two articles about a 205 School Board member having a conflict of interest because her husband is a 205 teacher. In the two articles, Ted wrote (in the comments section while responding to another comment) “Don’t you think the facts ought to be brought out, so informed decisions can be made on the issues? I wanted to emphasize the situation so that future actions by that board member and others on the board would be looked at with all information available.” So, I think Ted would want everyone to know about his situation. I think he would want all the facts out there. I think he would write a blog about this if it were not about him. So, I agree with Ted on this one, the people have a right to know everything. He is ignoring the law as affirmed in the legal opinion of the Illinois State Attorney. Anyone doing business with Rock Valley College ought to be concerned. If I am bidding for a contract, do Ted’s votes count? If I have bid on a contract, do they count? Where are the other members of the Rock Valley College Board of Trustees? Olson was mentioned. What are Mike Olson and Mike Dunn going to do? Are they going to continue to support an action that could result in a class 4 felony? Are they going to open the college up to costly legal challenges if people start to question Ted’s votes? Where are Olson and Dunn?

By: NL Sammon

NL Sammon — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:49:19 +0000

John hit it on the head, no one cares. We don’t have enough individuals in our community who care. Who care about who are leaders might be, who they work for, who they might owe a favor to.
As a group we continue to fight this complacency. We continue to watch and dig for unreported facts. At the very least it will be printed. It will be on record. Back room deals and violations of the law will be known whether the people responsible for upholding the law act or not.
Ted Biondo is violating the law. It is simple. He must step down from one of his positions. This stunt, put forward by Syverson in our State Legislature, is short sighted and narrow minded.

By: Kenneth Darnell

Kenneth Darnell — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:37:46 +0000

Ted Biondo is soley responsible for causing a manufactured crisis among the RVC administrators and the faculty. Biondo doesn’t belong in political office. And it’s funny that has resorted to being “appointed” to serve in elected positions and has to claw his way to stay. If Biondo had to run a campaign, he’d lose. Ted Biondo represents the past— a corrupt establishment who cares nothing about the people of Rockford. Kick him off both boards!

By: John

John — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:27:00 +0000

Of course, there is another possibility. Maybe nobody cares? Maybe Joe Bruscato has enough work that her deems far more important then this to pursue. As the States Attorney, I would imagine that Mr. Bruscato has any number of high-visibility crimes to prosecute. Maybe Ted Biondo holding two elected positions, when, in fact, there are other elected officials to prevent Mr. Biondo from seizing “power” and becoming a “despot”.

It’s laughable to even think about a member of the RVC Board of Trustees becoming a “despot”.

Then again, why is this so important to Mona Marcinkowski, Kathy Johnson and Nichole Larison Sammon????

By: P.S. Ruckman, Jr.

P.S. Ruckman, Jr. — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:19:14 +0000

As long as they don’t conflict with each other? What a joke! Sen. Syverson, please consult page 5 of Board of Trustees Report for November 29, 2011, which reads, in part, “”Trustee Ted Bionod retracted his yes vote and abstained in reference to item C, Refund to Winnebago County.”

By: Kenneth Darnell

Kenneth Darnell — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:24:35 +0000

I hate to have to say this but, as someone who has worked with Ted, I can assure you Ted does not care about the law. Ted cares about Ted. Mr. Biondo has been completely consumed with letting as many people as possible know how smart he thinks he is and that he knows more about everything than anyone else in his presence. While he has had some good things to say over the years, his ego has made him nothing more than a grade-A, A-hole. And to that I have to say, “Ted, step down so the people of Winnebago County don’t have to listen to you any longer and have to fall prey to your fascist style of government. Enough is a enough, Ted. Go drive a wedge into some other organization and leave our community college and Winnebago County board alone.”