EXPOSING HIDDEN TRUTHS
SERVANT-LEADERSHIP
Why it's not an oxymoron
Servant leadership is a powerful paradox where a person leads most effectively by prioritizing the growth, well-being, and needs of others. While traditional leadership focuses on what employees can do for the leader, servant leadership inverts this dynamic so the leader acts as a resource and support system for the team.
Why It Feels Like an Oxymoron
- Contradictory roles: People often assume a leader gives orders from the top while a servant takes orders at the bottom
- Power dynamics: Traditional models equate leadership with authority and status, making the idea of a "high-status servant" sound like a contradiction.
- Misunderstood weakness: Critics mistakenly view service as passive or lacking direction, rather than an active choice to remove roadblocks for others.
Why It Is Not a Contradiction
- Shared focus: The philosophy centers on a simple premise: a person's primary desire to serve naturally inspires them to lead.
- Inverted hierarchy: Instead of commanding staff, a servant leader supports managers and employees so they can successfully serve the mission and customers.
- Accountability remains: Leaders often provide clear direction, make tough final decisions, and hold teams accountable, but they use their power to elevate others rather than themselves.
- Servant-leadership is employed by HOT Government, often our supporters come up with the agenda HOT disseminates locally & to the state.
So why did Sheriff Schmaling destroy his own legacy by being a part time sheriff ?
When you look at his 30 + year career with the sheriff office, Schmaling had an impressive resume with accomplishments.
Career and Background
- Early Career: Began his law enforcement career as a deputy sheriff in 1995, spending 16 years in standard deputy and operational roles.
- Elected Sheriff: First elected in 2010 and taking office on January 3, 2011, he became both the youngest and the longest-serving sheriff in Racine County history.
- Tenure: Served four terms spanning 16 years as the county's top elected law enforcement official.
- Retirement: Announced in January 2026 that he would not seek re-election and plans to officially retire on December 31, 2026.
Key Initiatives and Public Stances
- Department Goals: Early in his tenure as sheriff, he focused on establishing a countywide drug unit, tightening courthouse weapon security, and introducing video conferencing for jail inmates.
- Federal Testimony: Testified before a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in 2014 regarding legislative protections involving domestic abusers and firearms.
Notable Controversies
- COVID-19 Orders: Received public attention for pushing back against certain statewide pandemic restrictions and mandates.
- 2020 Election Inquiries: Led an investigation into members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, later referring criminal charge recommendations to the Racine County District Attorney Patricia Hanson
- In October 2021, Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling announced the results of a 10-month investigation into the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC). The probe focused on guidance issued by the commission to nursing homes during the 2020 presidential election. The investigation sparked intense political debate across Wisconsin regarding election administration.Core Allegations and Findings
- Special Voting Deputies: Sheriff Schmaling and his lead investigator Mike Luell w/ Eric Kaardal alleged that the WEC broke state law by advising local clerks not to send Special Voting Deputies (SVDs) into residential care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. State statute typically requires these deputies to personally assist and oversee voting in nursing homes.
- Nursing Home Voting Issues: The investigation began after a complaint regarding a resident at the Ridgewood Care Facility in Mount Pleasant. Investigators asserted that facility staff improperly assisted residents with diminished cognitive capacities in requesting and casting absentee ballots.
Recommendations for Criminal Charges- Referral of Commissioners: In November 2021, Schmaling officially referred criminal fraud charges against five of the six WEC commissioners—
- Margaret Bostelmann, Julie Glancey, Ann Jacobs, Dean Knudson and Mark Thomsen, three of the five are highlighted & still on the commission with Ann Jacobs & Mark Thomsen being attorneys.
- representing both Democrats and Republicans—who had voted in favor of the pandemic guidance. He initially requested a statewide investigation from corrupt Attorney General Josh Kaul, who declined.
- Jurisdictional Refusal: In February 2022, Racine County District Attorney Patricia Hanson announced she would not file charges. While she expressed personal disappointment with the WEC’s actions, she noted that her office lacked geographic jurisdiction to prosecute the commissioners because none of them resided in Racine County. Schmaling subsequently requested that district attorneys in the commissioners' home counties pursue the cases.
Responses and Counter-Arguments- WEC Defensive Position: The Wisconsin Elections Commission fiercely denied wrongdoing. Commissioners stated that their unanimous decision to suspend SVD visits was a necessary, emergency public-safety measure designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to vulnerable, high-risk residents at a time when facility doors were closed to all outside visitors.
- Political Fallout: Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin utilized the findings of Schmaling’s investigation to call for the resignation of top WEC leadership. Conversely, Democratic officials and voting rights advocates criticized the high-profile press conferences as a partisan publicity stunt aimed at undermining public confidence in the integrity of the 2020 election results.
The Harry Wait Voter Fraud Case
In 2022, a local HOT Government activist named Harry Wait conducted a sting operation & admitted to Schmaling that he had deliberately used the state's MyVote Wisconsin website to request absentee ballots under the names of prominent, disingenuous figures ( Assembly Speaker Robin Vos Rodent and Racine Mayor Cory Mason Coryuption) to prove the system was vulnerable.
No user name or password was required to ship anybody's voting ballot anywhere in the world. A fraudsters dream.
You can still to this day order a voting ballot without a user name or password.
That's how corrupt WEC is.
• The Controversy: Rather than arresting or investigating Wait, Schmaling praised the plot for exposing flaws in the system and instead blamed WEC.
• Outcome: The state's Department of Justice (Josh Kaul) took over the case. Wait was later tried and found guilty of felony election fraud in March and sentenced June 2, 2026.
When you poke the bear, accepting the consequences is part of the fight.
Post conviction relief is being sought.
The Adrian Jefferson Bail Clash:
Schmaling made headlines in November 2021 when he publicly demanded the removal of a Racine County Board Supervisor, Nick Demske.
• The Case: A man named Adrian Jefferson was arrested and convicted of stealing high-powered firearms and tactical equipment from a SWAT operator's home. After Supervisor Demske participated in a local progressive bail fund that posted Jefferson's court-ordered $10,000 bail, Schmaling released video evidence and publicly lambasted the worthless supervisor, claiming his actions "put the public in grave danger"
The find that made Christopher Schmaling famous early in his career
Teri Jendusa Nicolai
The Attack: On a freezing January day, Teri's ex-husband beat her in the head with a baseball bat and threatened her with a .38 caliber handgun.
• The Imprisonment: Teri's ex- husband David Larsen stuffed Teri inside a garbage can (or drum) and hid her inside a storage locker in Wheeling, IL.
• The Rescue: Schmaling and his fellow law enforcement officers tracked Teri down by using a receipt & hunch to rescue her after she had been trapped for 26 hours.
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Sheriff Schmaling cited this specific case as a defining moment that changed his career and fueled his advocacy for stricter legislation to protect women from domestic abusers.
I could go on and on about some of Schmaling's accomplishments, but he has gone into self destruct mode.
From seeing more ass than a toilet seat to spending almost 6 months a year in Florida, Schmaling has lost his way, became a part time sheriff living & selling real estate in Florida while he left the Racine County voters unprotected.
