Marc: Why Isn’t Hoffman Transparent?
None of the people running these efforts, including former reporter Wayne Hoffman in Idaho, will talk about the deep pockets. Ironically, while Hoffman regularly blasts government for a lack of transparency and frequently posts the results of his requests for public records - salary information for the Wilder School District, for example - he justifies his own lack of candor about who backs his efforts by invoking the non-profit status of his organization. This is a curious stance for a group that helped set a good part of the agenda for the most recent session of the state legislature/Marc Johnson, The Johnson Post. More info.
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- Fire up the class warfare/Fort Boise
- Boise councilman harassed for wearing Obama attire/Sisyphus, 43rd State Blues
- Bill Clinton tries to be relevant/Free In Idaho!
- Sanity from Vaughn Ward? Guess Not/IdaBlue
- How I became a conservative/Idaho Conservative Blogger
- Salzberg drops out of GOP congressional race/Kevin Richert
- Jumping off the ledge/MountainGoat Report
- Tops in the census/Randy Stapilus, Ridenbaugh Press
- 3-fer: Treasure Valley blogs, and: Monday morning news, and: Daily Politics Briefs/Treasured Valley
Question: Is it fair for a private organization, like the Idaho Freedom Foundation, to demand transparency of government when it is unwilling to reveal who underwrites its organization?