Budget remains biggest issue for county commissioners in 2012
While there are a number of important tasks the Holmes County commissioners want to achieve in 2012, none stands greater than the chore of keeping the county budget in balance and continuing to maintain spending wherever possible. Coming off three years of cutting the budget to the core, the commissioners have become accustomed to doing just that, and even as the economy continued to show signs...
Ault takes over as county commissioner chair for 2012
While few things have changed as far as the Holmes County Board of Commissioners reorganizational meeting goes for the coming year, the biggest change was at the top of the board, where Commissioner Rob Ault will replace outgoing board chair Commissioner Joe Miller. Commissioner Ray Eyler will take the vice-chairman of the board position. This is my fourth year, and we have done a lot and I...
True to the bitter end
How ironic that I’m writing this on Jan. 11. It was 25 years ago on this very day that my heart stood still. Those of you that love the Cleveland Browns will know – it’s the day we succumbed to the Denver Broncos and a much younger John Elway in that fateful AFC Championship game. Ninety-eight yards in five minutes. The win in OT. The day that could’ve swung my young heart away...