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Mutual trust

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers is running on a platform of “restoring trust in representative government” seemingly oblivious to the irony. Having served 14 years in Congress and risen to the level of fourth-ranking Republican, McMorris Rodgers is the representative government her constituents no longer trust. The desire for change in representation was reflected in the August primary when Lisa Brown became the first Democrat in over a decade to beat McMorris Rodgers in Washington 5th District’s largest populated Spokane County.

McMorris Rodgers appears to have a trust issue with her constituents as well given the unwarranted hypermanagement of her infrequent public events. Attendees responded to the “sold out” required pre-tickets, mandatory photo ID and bag searches by staying away, leaving 70 percent of the seats empty. At the same time at a town hall in Spokane Valley, a McMorris Rodgers stronghold, Brown spoke to a standing-room-only crowd of 300 that held no restrictions for attendance or participation.

Voters can tell when they are not welcomed or trusted by their own elected representative.

Susan Hammond

Spokane

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