Supporters of Eric Gregg may be haranguing Disclosure in an effort to detract from their favorite pol’s problems, but the bottom line is: He brought it all on himself.
Commissioner John McPeek and former mayor Eric Gregg
Eric Gregg didn’t resign as mayor on April 27, 2013, like he should have when he was appointed to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board.
He lied on his application to the PRB by stating he didn’t have income from the multitude of jobs he’d held over the previous year prior to signing on May 20, 2012.
He continued to use city equipment in violation of city ordinance, just like he claimed Gerald Mahan did…which was cause to “get rid of” Mahan.
And something or someone of high importance, according to Evansville, Indiana, authorities, intervened on behalf of his nutjob daughter, Paige, after she allegedly beat her husband bloody with a shoe heel, much like what she did to Dr. Larry Jones’ son, Braden, a few years ago in Carbondale.
This latter factoid is what Gregg used as an excuse for his atrocious behavior since June 14, a few days after we began investigating his whacko daughter and when he accused Ang of “extorting” him, a claim he made public (albeit not mentioning names) just two weeks later…and about a week and a half before he resigned his position. Read now all about what Eric Gregg put us through for those two weeks—his final weeks in office—in this Read the Lead offering, “Mayor uses public resources for private problem, leads to assault on Disclosure.”
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HARRISBURG—The mayor of Harrisburg has been using city, county and state resources to intimidate Disclosure and, at one point, in an effort to have publisher Jack Howser’s wife arrested.
Since June 14, Eric Gregg has utilized resources that entail private use of public funds for his own purposes in an attempt to keep Disclosure from publishing not only alleged criminal activity of his elder daughter, but his own alleged criminal activity, including vast sums of money discovered missing from city funds, as well as threats issued against Angela Howser, both direct and indirect…both of which could be charged against him as felonies, and both of which involve substantial evidence which would aid in prosecution.
The threats, posturing and increasingly-bizarre behavior displayed by Gregg comes at a time when state legislators are scrutinizing his executive appointment to the Prisoner Review Board, with more and more senators openly stating that, per statute, Gregg can’t be holding a job with the PRB at the same time he receives other income from any source, or at the same time he’s holding a public office (mayor; see related story page 1).
But all of it is serving to show that there’s a serious problem with Gregg, which many Harrisburg residents are now attributing to a mental condition. What that’s brought on by, however, remains unclear at this point; but the following information will underscore just how significant it is, and what it means for the future of the city.
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