He has proclaimed the agency to be corrupt and called for the resignation of its board of trustees. If anything, Sullivan knows too much. Take, for instance, the union shop steward who was providing him with information on MSD officials. The guy was set up by another employee, says Sullivan, and fired after videocameras caught him rummaging through district files. A guy loses his job trying to do the right thing.
Nobody hears about it.
But Sullivan knows. And it becomes part of who he is. He suspects MSD has been keeping tabs on him for years, gathering intelligence and monitoring his activities. He may not be under direct surveillance, but they know where he lives. They know about the small advertising firm he runs in Clayton, and they know something about his past political associations.