McHenry County Budget Surplus?

What does a full-page ad in the Northwest Herald cost?

March 20: McHenry County Recorder Phyllis K. Walters ran a full-page ad (Page 8B) touting the accuracy of County land records. Do we need her office to spend $7,000 (or whatever the cost is) to tell us this? Of course, the records are accurate. If they aren't, her office isn't doing its job!

March 22 (today): McHenry County Clerk Katherine Schultz ran a full-page ad (Page 8D). You'll love this - the first Fast Fact in the right-hand column is the number of years between 1837 and 2009: 172 years!

If all this extra money is just sitting around (how much more is being spent in ways like these?), how about a little property tax relief?