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Crow: Can’t Eagles Raise Money w/o Breaking Law?

Gordon Crow: Does it seem awkward to anyone that the Post Falls Eagles grouse in a Letter to the Editor that the raid of Sept. 10 will greatly curtail their ability to donate to the many organizations that they support? Should any organization be given a public opinion pass for breaking the law to benefit patently
good causes? How is this different than a group that is, by intent, outside the law that curries favor from the local citizenry with the intent to pressure law enforcement to look the other way? Are the gaming laws in Idaho so oppressively strict so as to eliminate the ability of fraternal organizations to raise funds for good causes?

DFO: Good questions, Gordo. Anyone out there have an answer?



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D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.