Deedrich follies are county board's doing

One day in the early 1960s, when Casey Stengel was managing the expansion New York Mets, he gazed upon his collection of rejects, rookies and retreads and asked in exasperation, "Can't anybody here play this game?"

One might ask the same thing of those who run Champaign County government, particularly as it relates to the county board's on-again, off-again dismissal of county Supervisor of Assessments Kurt Deedrich. Fired one day and awarded a golden parachute the next, Deedrich remains Exhibit A for the sloppy approach to local government that has cost taxpayers dearly in time, aggravation and money.