Kootenai County Republican leaders’ call for a meeting to discuss party unity appears to be causing division within the group. Kootenai County Republican Central Committee members were notified Monday of a special meeting to be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5, in the Kootenai County Administration Building, near the courthouse on Government Way. The purpose of the meeting, according to the email notification, is to discuss a resolution titled “A Call for Party Unity.” The email advised that 10 members of the committee requested the meeting, but the resolution on the agenda will not be distributed prior to the meeting. “Copies of the resolution will be available at the meeting,” the email said. “No proxies will be accepted.” That has raised the ire of some committee members who would like to review the resolution before the scheduled meeting/Jeff Selle, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

DFO: Can someone at the meeting provide a copy of the resolution to Huckleberries for publication Wednesday?

Question: Some local Republicans routinely cry their eyes out when it comes to, ahem, lack of transparency at City Hall or the county courthouse. But they don't seem to mind the lack of transparency when it comes to the local party's actions. What's up with that?