Predatory government! Using the power of the state to silence and intimidate the citizens!

"If you wonder why government no longer seems to work for the little guy, read this.

Maybe it's because government is too busy using its power to harass their political "enemies?
Maybe because, in its current form, our government has morphed from defender of the people into predator upon the people? 

OK, here's a classic case of predatory governance by big and little government democrats. 
In a nutshell:

• A republican county commissioner, Zach Lahring, wears a Trump hat to a county board meeting (the hat said "Trump 2020").
• A local democrat activist complains, demands the STATE intervene with full investigation.
  
• State SOS bosses keep case alive for 16 months, finally "decide" the case. But not really "decide". (see below "potential violation")
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 The facts:

• President Trump was, at the time, the President of the United States of America. (Oct 2019)
• At the time of the hurtful-hat incident, Donald J Trump was not an announced candidate for any political office.
• To satisfy an activist democrat's complaint, a very long, taxpayer funded "investigation" was commenced.
• The commissioner was forced to employ, at his own expense, an attorney to defend his wearing of a hat at a public meeting. A hat, bearing the name of the President of the United States.
• The final determination was..."a potential violation of section 57 has occurred." No fine. No storm troopers invading Zach's home to seize offending hat. The process WAS the EXPENSIVE penalty!
  
• An interesting aside: During the 2020 campaign, after organizations had declared their support of Presidential choices, Muskegon county moved to ZOOM meetings. Democrat commissioner, Charles Nash, used this background for many of those official meetings. There was no outcry. No official inquisition.
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The real point is not this little incident, it's about big government forcing a "little guy" to pay big money to comply with ever changing speech and elections rules.
Rules that seem to be overwhelmingly intended to suppress conservative speech.
And to send a message to those who would dare to speak in public, "You may win, but it will cost you! And since it's government money, it won't cost us a cent!"