We respectfully disagree with McHenry County Judge Joseph Condon’s decision to seal from public view the results of an evidence locker audit performed after a McHenry police officer was accused of taking seized drug money.

We are not lawyers. But we are staunch advocates of open government. And we feel strongly that the public has a right to know the specifics of what that audit uncovered.

Former Officer Dale A. Hojnacki was charged in May with theft and official misconduct after a routine audit revealed that money was missing from the McHenry Police Department’s evidence locker.