Closures of rural courthouses are unjust

TIME and again, over the last few years, the powers-that-be have been well-versed on the price of everything, but on the value of nothing. With each cutback, cost-savings have been invoked. Oftentimes, a little creative accounting has been engaged to push a so-called reform that purports to be for the long-term common good.

The latest victim of this lazy agenda is the very fabric of a functioning democracy — the administration of justice.

All around the country, courthouses are being closed as if they were little more than commercial centres where the bottom line no longer adds up. Seventy seven courts have been closed in the State since 2008.