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[Jay Weigel]

At one time in my youth, I dated a guy who was a rising star in local
Democratic politics in Dane County, WI. He later became the county sheriff,
but was about as far from your concept of "traditional LEO" as you can
imagine. Anyway, I got to know a lot of both elected officials and local
and state functionaries through him. It was an interesting time. I had met
some of these people previously because one of my best friends in
elementary school was the daughter of a woman who was a tireless worker in
the state and local Democratic Party and her parents and mine became good
friends. Also I met a few on the other side because our neighbor across the
street was an official in the Republican state administration for many
years.

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 12:12 PM, Mahoney, W. Michael <wmmah at stoneledge.net>
wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 11:29 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I don't even think "honor" or "public service" are values held by
> > elected officials anymore, at least in Illinois.
> >
>
> I was a career "Fed" but my job entailed a lot of contact with politicians,
> both elected and appointed.  I knew some very good men and women -- in both
> parties.  Some were people that the older of you might well remember.   I
> also knew some that I would happily have avoided.  Some of these you would
> remember, too.
>
> That was a long time ago and I have the sense that I would not now enjoy my
> job as much as I did then.
>
> Mike M.
>