Woodward is the best choice for District 1

I write to urge you to vote in the May 19 primary election.

I’m voting for Jim Woodward; his values align closely with mine. Jim’s honest and straightforward. In comparison, his opponent, Scott Herndon, campaigns for smaller government but has no problem telling people what to do regarding freedom, liberty and all of that.

Let’s look at just “some” of his hypocrisy. There’s much more, so perhaps a second letter is needed. 

Scott staged a promotion for himself to be able to take guns into The Festival. On the surface, it was in the guise of “fighting” for rights. He chose to fight with The Festival, a longtime nonprofit organization, to tell them what to do. Unfortunately for him, the Idaho Supreme Court supported The Festival and the city — no guns at concerts. Proponents of Mr. Herndon continually tout that he paid for this lawsuit himself. However, the complete story is that defending the lawsuit cost all Bonner County and city of Sandpoint taxpayers thousands of dollars in legal costs because Herndon grandstanded in attempting to override a private organization’s private policies.

But let’s not forget Herndon’s years of offensive anti-abortion protests outside our public schools with disgusting posters and his own children in tow. To this day, he defends his anti-abortion legislation and claims no connection with Sandpoint’s current healthcare shortage for women.

Scott Herndon campaigns on freedom, but his actions show a different pattern. He actually fosters government overreach when it promotes his ideologic platform, but private decision-making only when it agrees with him.

Vote Jim Woodward on May 19. He’s the best choice. He’s our guy.

TARI PARDINI

Sandpoint