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From Paradise City to the Windy City

Remember this? Something about sun, surf and thousands of county officials?

But nobody's going to Hawaii for this year's National Association of Counties annual conference. Instead, county leaders will travel to Cook County, Ill., home to Chicago, which will host the event in early August.

So far, Democratic Guilford County commissioners Kay Cashion, Bruce Davis and Paul Gibson have registered for the conference. Davis and Gibson, you'll recall, went to Hawaii last year. The trip cost taxpayers about $6,000.

This year, airfare, conference registration and hotel reservations are costing taxpayers about $3,900 - and counting. (Cashion hadn't finished her bookings as of early this afternoon, according to county staff.)

We'll keep you posted.

Friday update: Cashion's hotel and flight reservations are in, totaling about $1,550. Looks like this trip's going to cost taxpayers well over $5,000.

Those totals don't include potential expenses such as taxi rides and food. We'll give you the final tally when the commissioners return from the trip and file their expense reports.

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