Boone County commissioners come and go, ushered in and out of office by public or private decisions. But in the halls of Boone County government, there are five mainstays: five women — all Democrats — who have been in office for at least 11 years and for as long as 30. Time and again, voters return them to office for four years at a time, often with no opposition.
Boone County’s quintet
Five women have become mainstays in county government through exemplary track records and voter support
Sunday, January 28, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CST;
updated 4:14 a.m. CDT, Monday, July 21, 2008
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