A year in review...

When I volunteered to write a "commissioners' first year in review" column last summer, I didn't anticipate it would include pandemic, threat of economic collapse or efforts to dismantle structural racism. "Droplet" wasn't in my vocabulary. I couldn't imagine bars, restaurants and schools closing and that many of those still employed would be working from home while homeschooling their children.

On my first day, July 1, 2019, the commissioners had a meeting with Chief Administrative Officer Vickie Zeier. It was 8 a.m. and she announced her retirement. I didn't know her but I knew she was an im...