Ebsen Takes Helm at Lake County Equalization

Herman Township Mafia rising: the Lake County Commission has picked my neighbor Shirley Ebsen as the new Director of Equalization. She replaces Jerry Seidel, who leaves the job at the end of this month. (Let's see how long it takes the county to update its very static webpage). Ebsen is keeping Rick Becker, another public servant with Herman Township connections, as her assistant in the equalization office. O.K., you two, time to give back some love: let's cap those increases in Lake Herman assessments at 1-2% next time around! ;-)

Ebsen has directed the welfare office; she also was the go-to person at the courthouse when the Lake Herman Sanitary District straightened out its messed-up map last year. She spent over two hours with me poring over section lines and rods and was focused through the whole process on making sure we did everything right down to the letter. Ebsen's a good communicator, and she'll run the office fairly and openly.