Locate the section where any evidence shows Jim Ryan himself was "behind" the effort to throw Skinner off the ballot. Indeed, SOME supporters of Jim Ryan were shown to be actively working to get Skinner of the ballot (mainly, the 14th WARD GOP, which is a very small Republican organizaiton in Illinois). But Jim Ryan himself seems to merely turn him back and quitely SUPPORT using state laws to kick Skinner off. And I like, the Libertarians were ALL FOR IT when Carla Howell supporting the efforts to kick Jack Robinson off.
In fact, it seems Howell was even a lot MORE vocal in her glee when Robinson was removed. Jim Ryan is not the type to run around gloating.