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MY TURN: Heartless leadership

by MARY SOUZA/Guest Opinion
| June 6, 2025 1:00 AM

“You know, there are really two Republican parties in Kootenai County,” a gentleman told me recently. It made me pause, then I realized the truth of his observation. We do have two Republican factions, and they each have differing goals.  

One group has been in power over the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee for some time and are desperate to maintain their dominance and control. The ancient Chinese tome, "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu, is one of the KCRCC chairman’s favored references, along with Saul Alinsky’s "Rules for Radicals." Both books focus on keeping one’s existing power while taking power away from others. 

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