The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

Dear Editor,

The recent Fourth of July celebrations were the perfect opportunity to reflect on our great country and the leaders of the Continental Congress that declared independence from a government that no longer allowed proper representation or consent of the governed.

Our country's governance needs to be restored to a functional level that represents the rights, principles and needs of the constituents rather than big money and special interest groups. This can only be accomplished by leadership that has the integrity, motivation and independence to implement reform to change the dysf...