(Councilman Steve Adams) is adamantly against the city accepting any federal money, and has voted against it several times. A political friend of controversial Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, Adams supports the state implementing a gold standard to compete as a secondary currency. He classifies federal money as "counterfeit," since the government's debt is tied to borrowing, or essentially wealth it does not actually posses. "The federal government is broke. Any federal dollars that come through any states or municipalities are counterfeited at the federal reserve, either by being printed or done electronically," he told the council March 24 before voting against awarding a $43,000 grant for Citylink, a free public transportation provider in Kootenai County. "So I would say based off our own Idaho Constitution, we're in violation of taking debt money. The Scripture says borrower's servant to the lender. The madness has to end somewhere. And if it has to end here in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, with rejecting a $43,000 grant, then so be it. Let it start somewhere." He said Friday that is a line he will hold as councilman/Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here. (Photo: Steve Adams' Facebook page)

Question: Is Adams' line-in-the-sand approach against the city of Coeur d'Alene accepting federal money for any project wise?