The record Idaho's "press" won't keep.
A council member spent six weeks reading a federal lawsuit about the interim chief's truthfulness. He asked the city attorney whether the man belonged on a Brady list and he got a written answer. Then he and a colleague worked out how to keep all of it away from the public before the vote.
"They don't know what we know. Well we can't tell them. It's a personnel matter and involves pending litigation."
Councilmember Dan Sheckler, two days before the 4–2 voteThirteen dollars and change, charged to an account backed by a $263 million federal EPA loan. There is no de minimis exception in federal loan covenant law.
Little raised $1.84 million and beat his nearest challenger ten to one. Most of it went to a firm run by Jeb Bush's old campaign manager.
Debris on your lawn is now evidence against you. The deputy city attorney said so out loud in the meeting. The vote was 6 to 0.
Local coverage stopped in 2021. A magistrate judge let the retaliation claim proceed to trial in January and nobody went back to look.
The city administrator position ran $80,009 over budget through April. The interim replacement bills $14,500 a month.
Her own records show 15 employees and $16,361.70 spent on the replacement display, with planning that started 28 days before the bill was signed.
No daily blast and no filler. We email when a records request breaks something open, which is roughly as often as city hall makes a mistake worth writing about.
Thanks. Your mail client should be open.
Every bill, every vote, every name. When a senator spends your money or takes your rights, it goes in the book.
Records requests, denial appeals, and the documents cities hoped nobody would ask for.
Every document filed today is evidence waiting for election day. Nobody outruns their own paperwork.