Ex-Newsman Hoffman Now A Player
A former reporter who quit newspapers in 2005 is now a conservative political activist, working
behind the scenes at the Idaho Capitol to sway lawmakers on everything from health care reform to government funding of political parties. Wayne Hoffman organized the Idaho Freedom Foundation about a year ago, a think-tank affiliated with a national limited-government group. Last year, Hoffman barraged local governments across the state with public records requests, seeking everything from mayors’ salaries to city council spending on office Christmas parties. The results are now posted on his Web site. As a nonprofit education and research organization, however, Hoffman’s group is forbidden by the Internal Revenue Service from “attempting to influence legislation as a substantial part of its activities”/
John Miller
, AP.
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AP File Photo/John Miller:
Wayne Hoffman, right, executive director of the Idaho
Freedom Foundation, speaks with one of his staffers, Eric Makrush,
in the Idaho Capitol in Boise.)
Question: Will Wayne Hoffman become a major player in Idaho Republican politics? Or is he already?
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