Democratic county board fixture riding off into Hawaiian sunset

URBANA – Jennifer Putman served three decades on the Champaign County Board. But she nearly didn't make it through her first term.

The Urbana Democrat was also the deputy Cunningham Township assessor, and county Republicans, who dominated the board, charged that it was illegal for her to hold two government jobs.

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