It was a classic back-and-forth which I thought might never end.

In a flurry of humorous e-mail exchanges, County Board Chairman Ken Jenkins gave as good as he got. First, he took me to task for the Feb. 1 post in which I speculated that his call for the legislators to forgo their stipends was a way to deflect some political heat he may be feeling in these early days of the new order.

Well, it was off to the races!

Here’s the series of communications:

Sorry Phil.  No heat.  I haven’t started dealing it out yet.
I actually advised Legislators of the following January 26th via letter and email.
Nice try though.
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(Reisman) StartFragment->BTW, my understanding is they can’t refuse it…they have to give it to charity after first paying taxes…
Keep cool!

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StartFragment->(Jenkins)Not true.
I do not have to assign a stipend and all I asked was they advise  they do not wish to receive as stated in my memo.
In fact, I have a range of stipend to assign 3-6k
Don’t play too much in the snow.

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(Reisman)StartFragment->Hmmm…are you kicking in along with Harckham and Nonna?
Don’t eat the yellow snow!

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StartFragment->(Jenkins)No.  I watch for the yellow snow.

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(Reisman)StartFragment->Me too….but you still didn’t answer the question.
Are you kicking in your stipend or part of it?

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StartFragment->(Jenkins)No—beginning of the sentence.

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StartFragment->(Reisman)I thought you said No, you watch for the yellow snow…not No, you won’t give up some of your stipend. But now, I know it’s the latter. However, I assume you will still avoid the yellow snow, as will I.
Carpe diem!

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(Jenkins) StartFragment->Cool.

Mea culpa. I shouldn’t brought up the yellow snow. EndFragment->