Teachable moment in COD Breuder saga

The immense legal bills in the years long saga of former COD president Robert Breuder may well reach the million mark before the case is resolved later this year or beyond. It's not pretty reading for we DuPage taxpayers but we can take solace for at least one teachable moment. The Chicago Tribune, in chronicling Breuder's alleged financial misdeeds that prompted his firing, called him an 'oenophile' without explanation. Sure sounds ominous and even this logophile was puzzled. But a quick search revealed 'oenophile' is actually a complement, meaning 'a wine connoisseur'. I have no problem with Dr. Breuder being an oenophile. I just wish he wouldn't have had to prove his oenophile bonafides by charging taxpayers for 18 bottles of hundred dollar wine at his 2013 staff Christmas dinner. We most certainly would have taken his word for being an oenophile without having to pay for the proof.