Know when to fold

To The Eagle:

I note with some trepidation that county commissioners Brady and Cothren have decided to become the "Poop Police" for Wahkiakum County, messing with the biosolid laws of the state of Washington.

Brady claims that different universities have reached different conclusions about the safety of biosolids, but is unwilling to accept the consensus of science and industry, as the state has done.

Cothren is willing to call the state's bluff, even though it could result in litigation costing Wahkiakum County (and by definition, that's you and me) a bundle.

I've always thought that leaders should be willing to listen to all of their constituents (including NIMBYs and the paranoid) but should then discharge their duties with intelligence, prudence, and common sense. Lacking that, they should at least "know when to hold and know when to fold."

Keith Hoofnagle

Skamokawa