In the end, no one got indicted, which makes the story of the state audit of Clay County almost anticlimactic. Almost. What did not happen should not overshadow what did happen in Clay County. Here is a list of some of what went on... • Problems in Clay County government had been reported for decades, with several attempts to change the old, three-member commission system to a more representative system to operate a county that in the latest census contained 250,000 people; • Problems included elected officials suing each other over who had various forms of power, also called “turf wars,” which also led to criminal charges and other scandals over half a century; • By 2016, after decades of controversy, many commissioners had come and gone, but the latest group of commissioners keep the controversy alive. Gene Owen and Luann Ridgeway had united in a pattern of voting 2-1 against issues favored by Presiding Commissioner Jerry Nolte and worked to essentially silence his dissent during…