Democratic county board fixture riding off into Hawaiian sunset
By Paul Wood
Sunday November 23, 2008
Darrell Hoemann
Jennifer Putman holds a photo of her and her mother with the Hawaiian delegation, when she got her first taste of politics, in the study of her Urbana home - which is adorned by the Hawaiian flag.
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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