And The Beat Goes On

Covering the Stephenson County Board has gotten to the point of watching live comedy. On some occasions, you simply have to laugh ... in order to avoid crying. The meeting held Thursday, August 17th, was one such meeting.

Initially, the meeting was cruising along to the point that you got the impression you might make it home at a reasonable hour, but then the topic of renewing the Health Insurance policies for the County came up – and everything came to a screeching halt.

Finance Chairman, Tim Whalen, presented the plan his committee had agreed to – one that, as pointed out, was a painstaking...