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Edward L. Phillips's avatar

Ideology, whether religious or political blinds the possessor to disinterest and empirical evidence. A concept such as substantive due process requires requires objective, not a moral judgement. Mr. Dahl's religious beliefs have no place in judging process or outcomes in the judicial system. It took us more than 175 years to achieve the current level of substantive due process. The past has some lessons to teach us about the rocky road to justice. The judicial system needs more resources at all levels, not less. This isn't the wild west any more and Roy Bean is long dead.

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Rosemary Siipola's avatar

Pandering to a very loud, obnoxious minority to promote individual political agendas have made our BOCC very powerful and that’s really what it’s all about. Power, pure and simple. It’s intoxicating. They’re drunk on it. Cowlitz County could do so much better. Are we too tired to be disgusted? This will not end well if we choose to sit out and let local government continue to circle the drain. We have a future and it could be bright. It’s up to us to grab it.

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