Champaign taste on a beer budget

To continue to adhere to a county road plan, (albeit an amazingly well thought-out plan) that the county cannot afford is like repeatedly ramming your head into a brick wall. It hurts, the pain lingers and you don't want to suffer the consequential bruises after a few times.

County commissioners must align the road plan with county finances. The county has the ability to chip and seal roughly 100 miles of county road each year. It does not make sense to rebuild one mile of road and let the other county roads deteriorate and fall into disrepair. Turning roads back to gravel as is being done should not be an option.

The time to face reality is upon the commissioners. The council is in the process of that arduous task of sifting through the financial problems of the county and somehow fix them. This is not the work for those who want to be popular. It is the work of those who have the integrity and courage to do what is right, no matter how unpopular "right" is.

We again urge county leaders to work in cooperation with each other to address the financial situation upon the county.