Mr Opdycke comment from Evanstonnow.about firefighters support

The follow are Mr Opdycke comments from Evanstonnow.
 
"Dear Mr. Anonymous: You should know that the Firemans' Political Action Committee called me.I did not call them. I was told by their representative, Mr.Timothy Gobat, that whomever the PAC chose to endorse for Mayor would receive a monetary contribution and other campaign assistance. I told Mr. Gobat that while I would love to have their endorsement, I could not accept any favors because I felt that it presented a conflict of interest. That is how it was left.It is not a question of sour grapes Mr. Anonymous. Rather,it is a question of whether public servants should allow themselves to be influenced by,in this case, Union favors.I think that they should not. Stuart Opdycke"