Op-Ed: Local Republicans drive partisan wedge in Riverstone transit center fight

Dan Hanks of Cultivation Counseling penned the following Your Turn column for the Coeur d’Alene Press:

Recently the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee created a resolution declaring their opposition to the transit center in Riverstone. This resolution, made by the KCRCC, clearly demonstrates how party politics can separate us from our fellow man.

Political divisions have never been worse in modern history, and the ongoing attempt by local political parties to add partisan politics to every element of our community is deeply damaging. Just name a local issue such as schools, roads, or utilities and there is a partisan attempt to control it. Creating divisions in every area they can see, we are witnessing national party politics threaten the community values we hold here in Idaho. More here.

Question: Did the local Republican Party hurt its image by standing against the Riverstone Citylink Transit Center?