Picture this: You lift the lid on the jar for the last cookie and find it empty. There’s a trail of crumbs leading to your 10-year-old son’s bedroom. When you open the door, you find him sitting on the edge of the bed, chocolate smeared on the corners of his mouth. You ask him if he ate the last cookie, already knowing the answer.

And yet he insists he didn’t eat it.

Now picture this: Ouray County leaders who have been searching for County Attorney Carol Viner’s replacement for nine month...