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Editorials
Doing homework
We urge the county board of supervisors to tread carefully through the dark corners in the world of insurance.
When the supervisors next meet Oct. 7, they will more than likely discuss a plan to buv various kinds of insurance to protect $1 million of property bought with the dollars of taxpayers.
And while it is easy — and sensible — to want to protect one’s own possessions, there are extremes — and trappings.
Certainly, paying for insurance to protect the well-being of the county’s citizens is very definitely just cause for the expenditure.
And trying to protect landmarks in the event of complete destruction has some merit.
But, oftentimes, it is easy to get sucked intb buying insurance policies which are either useless or fruitless.
The county is paying an insurance consultant from Richmond to investigate the cost of insuring the county’s 11 buildings and the contents therein.
We hope that expert advice is used, but remind those men making the decision to spend taxpayer money that it be done so in a wise manner, where common sense prevails over the obsession to scratch the itch of a good bargain.
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