OP-ED: "The slow erosion of respect for government"

Last week we provided links to two news stories out of the Herald Leader regarding Kentucky's courthouse construction - AOC: Courthouse construction and court connections raise concerns in Herald Leader stories.

David Hawpe from the Courier Journal has followed up these stories with an op-ed piece.  For his entire piece, click on the heading of the story:

The slow erosion of respect for government

Sigh. Reading about the ownership of land on which a new courthouse is going to be built in Pikeville, I just get weary. Some of it is owned by state Supreme Court Justice Will T. Scott and members of his family.