Herndon's lawsuits have cost county's taxpayers

Having viewed letters to the editor over that past couple of weeks, thoughtful writers have neglected to mention Scott Herndon’s biggest travesty. Not only has he used distractions like horrific pictures in front of innocent teenagers to stir the pot, as is often mentioned, but he nearly ended a successful summer event known as the Festival at Sandpoint. Just to raise attention to second amendment rights, he brought firearms into a concert one August evening, knowing that he would be stopped at the gate. The resulting lawsuits cost Bonner County taxpayers $300,000 in fees. Residents in the city had to pay lawyers on both sides, spending more in fees than those of us in the county. His tactics are for getting people alarmed and focusing on fear, but he is not interested in his voters' opinion, just their vote.

Herndon wants to think you’ve forgotten about what it cost us in the past. What will it cost us in the future if he’s reelected?

If you are a registered Republican or unaffiliated voter wanting to declare Republican at the polling site, you can keep his type of politics from happening to us again. May is when the decision is made here in North Idaho. Make the right one by voting for Jim Woodward.

DAVID STROUD

Sagle