Articles written by Richard L Tingelstad

Richard L Tingelstad|Oct 12, 2016

Tenets of the U.S. Constitution basic to our democracy lie forgotten on the dusty back shelf of our Okanogan County Commissioners’ office! Democracy is a government wherein decisions are made not only by elected representatives, but also by the people. Our commissioners have violated this basic philosophy too often, by: (A.) Ignoring citizen input regarding water issues, year after year. (B) Turning people who had a right to testify against the vacation of Three Devils Road away from a public hearing. (C) Astonishing unawareness of important c...