OPINION — A new year, a clear choice: Participate or be governed
Christa Hazel
The New Year invites reflection, but it also calls for resolve. In North Idaho, we are fortunate to live in communities where civic engagement still matters and where local decisions shape our schools, roads, taxes and the character of our towns. That reality brings both opportunity and responsibility.
Too often, politics is treated as something that happens to us rather than something we actively shape. We vote sometimes and complain often. And then we step back, hoping someone else will fix what frustrates us. But self-government doesn’t work that way. It never has.
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