Always essential: respect

When citizens come into conflict with elected leaders or officials, it’s easy to forget the most important position the other holds: that of a human being.

Passions can flare when one knows one is right, or when one feels under attack. But cooler heads should prevail at just such a point, remembering that it’s likely everyone has the same ultimate goal in mind, even if the path to it appears different.

Truly, everyone who wants the best for a cause or a community is on the same side, eventually. Coming to that realization and ultimate agreement is much easier, and quicker, when each person involved approaches the others with respect.

Scott Hunter

editor and publisher