Column: Stepping into the wild horse debate, one hoof at a time

American founding father Benjamin Franklin is credited with having once said, "The first mistake made in politics is getting into it." Here in Northern Nevada, the same could be said about jumping feet first into the debate over the Silver State's population of wild horses, an emotionally-charged, hot-button topic if there ever was one.

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