Lincoln County, home to 10,000 residents tucked away in rural eastern Washington, has become the epicenter of an important struggle over government transparency between the Lincoln County Commission, the Freedom Foundation, and the Teamsters Union. In one corner, weighing in with a budget of more than $270 million and led by James Hoffa, Jr. — son of the notorious labor leader and Mob associate — there’s the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. In the other, standing in for the taxpayers and County Commissions, with a budget a fraction of the union’s but punching above its weight, there’s the plucky Freedom Foundation, led by its CEO, the tenacious Tom McCabe. The contestants have been trading blows for two years now, ever since the three Lincoln County commissioners promised voters they would conduct collective bargaining negotiations with the union representing county employees in public in exchange for a modest tax increase to help fund public services. The mov...