Ysursa Seeks Restraining Order

The state of Idaho today filed for a temporary restraining order against a secretive group that underwrote more than $200,000 in campaign ads in support of three school-reform ballot reform measures and has refused to disclose its funding source, and a judge set a hearing on the matter for Friday. 4th District Judge Deborah Bail will hold a hearing on the motion for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction at 1:30 p.m. on Friday. The group, “Education Voters of Idaho,” incorporated in August and within the next 40 days, had transferred $200,350 to a political committee, Parents for Education Reform, the motion says. That group then immediately spent the money on the statewide TV ads/ Betsy Russell , SR. More here.

Question: At this point, has John Foster’s Election Voters of Idaho purchased more than $200,000 worth of negative publicity by refusing to bow to Idaho’s Sunshine Law?