Take your FOIA and shove it

In a book about his struggle with alcoholism, “The Pot Plan,” ex-Coeur d’Alene Press reporter Brent Andrews (above) tells of his aborted life as an investigative reporter. Seems he began digging around into cellular phone use at Post Falls City Hall (circa 1999) — back when you paid through the nose by the minute for cell use — and ran into a brick wall. After writing two freedom of information requests for city phone bills, Andrews was told in no uncertain terms to write a third letter stating he no longer wanted the phone bills. Quoth Brent: “The city manager of Post Falls was a personal friend of Duane Hagadone, and Duane Hagadone’s personal friends do not get investigated by his reporters.”

You can read this and other fascinating insights about Brent’s time in Coeur d’Alene and battle with personal demons by ordering “The Pot Plan” online here . You can read the first chapter of his book here , and you can check out his Chronic Discontent blog here .