Last night I heard the following quote from Michael Sheahan, the Sheriff of Cook County. The context for the quote is that Mr. Sheahan has appointed a new director, Salvador “Tony” Godinez, for the Cook County Jail which has had quite a number of problems lately. Mr. Godinez is currently the warden of the state prison in Joliet, Illinois.
This is a verbatim quote (I heard it with my very own ears):
“Tony certainly has the experience for the job and in my experience it’s experience that’s important.”
This actually makes sense in a Chicago-politician-mangled-English sort of way. But it struck both my wife and me as a “What the heck?” moment.
