Stamp of corruption won't stick

Everybody knows that reporters love a juicy scandal, that suggestions about public officials abusing the privileges of office practically have them foaming at the mouth.

So when Champaign County Board candidate Robert Kirchner issued a news release last week in which he revealed allegedly corrupt behavior by Barbara Wysocki, one of his opponents in a county board primary election next month, it had potential for excitement. And Kirchner, a lawyer, was magnificent in his denunciation, demanding that Wysocki's outrageous abuse of her position as chairwoman of the county board cease immediately. He even topped off his rhetoric with the suggestion that the state's attorney or a special prosecutor investigate. Let's not only throw the rascals out, let's lock them up, too.