“The Willard Files - No. 1” drops on January 2, 2023

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“That’s a BULLSHIT EXCUSE!” Alderman Corey Hendrickson shot back at Mayor Samuel Snider during a tense exchange over a delayed appointment at the October 24th meeting of the Willard Board of Aldermen.

Ten seconds earlier, I’d had a much-needed change of heart, having decided not to continue to pursue a worrying city-government matter that had been bothering me since late summer. And, for a few moments at least, I felt my mood rising as if a burden had been lifted. But now, ten seconds later, Alderman Hendrickson’s outburst completely obliterated my short-lived relief, slamming me back down into ugly reality.

“Seriously!? I just want this to be over,” I lamented under my breath.

But the drama wasn’t anywhere near to being over. Far from it…

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