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Regan responds to Irgens’ charge

Here's the Responsible Coeur d'Alene PAC flier, sent out in behalf of unsuccessful incumbent Councilman Steve Adams and newcomer challenger Toby Schindelbeck. It was largely funded by Brent Regan of the Idaho Freedom Foundation board.
Here's the Responsible Coeur d'Alene PAC flier, sent out in behalf of unsuccessful incumbent Councilman Steve Adams and newcomer challenger Toby Schindelbeck. It was largely funded by Brent Regan of the Idaho Freedom Foundation board.

In a letter in the Coeur d'Alene Press, Brent Regan of the Idaho Freedom Foundation board, takes issue with a statement made by Eden Irgens re: a campaign flier he helped fund during the recent Coeur d'Alene City Council election:

I was taken aback, but not surprised when Eden Irgens was quoted in a recent article as saying I had donated to a PAC which sent out a political mailer that “had complete lies in it.” Really, what lies? Please be specific. I reviewed the mailer and the source material before agreeing to donate and saw only facts and information that had been reported in this very paper. Why would Ms. Irgens make a demonstrably false statement? Well, perhaps it was because the flyer featured a satirical political cartoon of a pile of taxpayer money going up in flames to represent the waste by ignite cda. What the article does not mention is that Eden Irgens is a co-founder of Range NW and Range NW is responsible for the widely criticized ignite cda advertising campaign. More here.

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D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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