OPINION: When government becomes a weapon
Christa Hazel
Conservatism rests on a simple truth: government is necessary, but power becomes dangerous the moment it forgets its limits. Authority must be restrained — not because leaders are inherently corrupt, but because human nature is fallible. Liberty survives only when those entrusted with power remember they serve the people, not themselves.
Last week, Kootenai County Commissioners were forced to enforce that principle.
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