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.

• There's a Marxist 2.0 in the White House/Adam Graham, Adam's Blog
• 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?