By Timothy Braatz
The spring climate has changed in North Idaho. Snowpack melts faster. Hummingbirds arrive sooner. And the mail brings hateful flyers from Scott Herndon.
Hummingbirds are difficult to track. Herndon is easy, thanks to campaign finance laws.
Herndon takes money from wealthy donors in southern Idaho and out of state. Here is a recent sampling:
- $6000 from Larry and Marianne Williams, owners of Tree Top Ranches, Boise.
- $2000 from Karen Cox, Ketchum.
- $2000 from Don Martin, owner of Forward Freight, Marsing.
- $1000 from Wendy Webb, owner of Webb Management, Hailey.
- $1000 from Tom Moore, Meridian.
- $1000 from Kipp Bedard, Boise.
- $950 from Shane Womack, Middleton.
- $1000 from Shane Macaulay, Bellevue, Washington.
- $1000 from Peter Gambee, Sacramento, California.
- $777 from William Wolf, Walpole, Massachusetts
- $225 from Edwin Brant Frost IV, Newnan, Georgia.
McShane LLC is a political consulting company in Las Vegas, owned by Rory McShane, who specializes in smear campaigns.
McShane researches voters to determine which lies, half-truths, and scare tactics will be most effective. Apparently, McShane concluded that north Idaho voters are racist cowards. Look at this dishonest flyer: Letter continues below
First, the fear: A photo of gang members, but they’re not “illegal immigrants.” They’re in a Central American prison—3,700 miles from Sandpoint.
Next, the lies about Jim Woodward. For example, Woodward voted for a committee to look into the problem of unlicensed, uninsured drivers. In McShane’s hands, that becomes “Voted to support Driver’s Licenses to Illegals.”
The expensive smear campaigning will continue until it no longer works, until north Idaho voters reject Herndon and his hateful lies. This means voting for Jim Woodward in the Republican primary election on May 21.
A vote for Woodward is a message to Rory McShane in Las Vegas and lobbyist Peter Gambee in Sacramento and the Frost family in Georgia: Stop Meddling in North Idaho!