It's a wonderful life

Ever see the movie, "It's a Wonderful Life"? Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore. 1946

Well, it's a wonderful life right here in McHenry County. Keith Nygren, Andy Zinke. 2011. Florida. Panama Canal. Washington, D.C. in the Spring. What could be better?

How can you top $12,000/month salary and not having to work? Pretty nice, eh? Live rent-free for three months. Be gone a week or so. Come back to town and work three days - Thursday, Friday, Monday. Sign a bunch of papers. Charge up the cell phone. And then maybe head on off to Florida and do a little sight-seeing through the Panama Canal before coming back to good, ol' McHenry County.

What a time of year to be homeless. I hear there is a park in Crystal Lake where a tent can be pitched.

Oh, about the Washington, D.C. end of things. CALEA is located in Gainesville. That's Virginia, not Florida. Gainesville is 21 miles southwest of Dulles International Airport. Word is that several supervisors will be there to receive the certification award from CALEA. Are two already there? Did two othes leave yesterday? Is the Undersheriff leaving Friday?

Who's in charge of the Sheriff's Department, when everybody is gone? Is it a good idea for the Sheriff and so many command personnel to all be gone at the same time?

Is that plan of absence from a large department part of CALEA's endorsed procedures?

Wouldn't it have been cheaper to fly one (1) of CALEA's administrators in for the afternoon, serve up some cake and coffee, and send him back home that night?