Some weeks in the past, many people obtained a political mailer from a bunch calling itself CEQEC (Citizens to Elect Qualified Experienced Candidates).
Since most of us had by no means heard of this group earlier than, many additionally most likely questioned simply what this group may be, and what it’s selling.
To those that seemed over the mailer, a couple of issues had been of quick and apparent curiosity.
- It gave an inventory of really useful candidates for the upcoming Nov. 2, 2021 elections.
- It did so in the identical fashion of election mailers which have been despatched out in recent times by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee.
- The suggestions had been virtually universally against these on the mailer beforehand despatched out by the KCRCC for this similar election. Out of 24 candidates CEQEC recommends, just one had additionally been really useful by the KCRCC.
No mind pressure was wanted to determine one factor at the least: The CEQEC is a bunch that has been just lately based for the particular goal of battling in opposition to the KCRCC.
Now each first rate voting citizen has a need to turn out to be sufficiently knowledgeable in order to vote intelligently. This would come with studying one thing about CEQEC; notably the political bent of the individuals behind it. It can be particularly vital as a result of, as everyone knows, discovering detailed details about individuals operating for workplace could be very troublesome. Then too, candidates come and go together with each election. This imposes a analysis burden that in observe is unattainable to bear. Most of us subsequently affiliate ourselves with some steady group that we already know as being favorable to our issues. We let that group sweat the main points of candidate analysis, and we usually comply with their suggestions.
The CEQEC and the KCRCC are simply such teams.
Most individuals know what the KCRCC stands for. It has not been too shy about expressing its opinions, and it has been round for a very long time. But the CEQEC is a brand new factor, and subsequently bears some cautious investigation earlier than we determine how we must always view it.
The CEQEC flyer itself says a couple of issues about CEQEC, and in addition provides a webpage, the place extra info is alleged to be out there. It can be simple for us to go to those locations first. However, streetwise individuals know that speak is reasonable. If you need to know what somebody stands for, watch what they do, not what they are saying. Let’s take the much less simple path, then, and comply with the cash. He who pays the payments provides the orders. Once we discover out who pays the payments, we are able to be taught one thing about what these bill-payers do, and thus actually imagine. We will then know what CEQEC does and believes, for CEQEC, like each group, is its funding supply.
WHAT CEQEC DOES
At the web site of the Idaho Secretary of State we are able to simply be taught two issues:
- Who based CEQEC.
- Who funded CEQEC.
Let’s try the related pages. The reply to the primary query is right here: This first report, dated May 3, 2021, exhibits Tom Cronin based CEQEC, with Tom Malzahn as treasurer. (Brad Corkill is present president, whereas Malzahn stays treasurer).
In reply to the second query, the above web page additionally exhibits funding by a variety of individuals, however the full listing of contributors is on the market by accessing particular person reviews, all of which can be found right here:
What do we discover?
Let’s give attention to the most important contributors. They are listed so as of time, with the newest being first:
Riverbend Commerce Park – contributed 1k
Two “larger schooling” institutes function on this park, that are run by North Idaho College and three Kootenai faculty districts. Riverbend is a premier – that’s, a highest rating – member of one thing referred to as CDAEDC (CDA Economic Development Corporation). CDAEDC is actually a mutual assist community of huge enterprise pursuits within the Kootenai County space. Tag Jacklin of Riverbend is on its board as secretary.
Young Construction Group – contributed 1.5k
This is a purely business, industrial, and authorities building firm. It helps the Rotary Club, North Idaho College, and CDA, Lakeland and Lake City High Schools. It is a Silver member of CDAEDC.
Steven Widmyer – 1k
Current CDA mayor. Member of the board of CDAEDC.
Ron McIntire – 1k
Owner of Super 1 meals and ex Hayden mayor. Contributed $1 million to Kootenai Health. Super 1 is a Silver member of CDAEDC.
Jonathan King – 1k
Orthopedic surgeon related with Kootenai Health.
Eve Knudtsen – 1k
Owner of Knudtsen Chevrolet. This particular person clearly believes {that a} lady’s place is exterior the house; that girls ought to usually be taken up with careers, identical to males. This is an angle that’s extremely harmful of the household. See Her firm is in with CDAEDC as a platinum member, and she or he is on the board.
Joseph Morris – 1k
No info discovered.
Todd Brinkmeyer – 3.5k
Son of the proprietor of Idaho Forest Products. CEO of Plummer Forest Products. A huge enterprise cronyist. See
CDA20 LLC – 5k
See The agent for this “firm” is Paul W Daugharty. The governors are William T. and Danelle A. Reagan. CDA20 LLC is only one of many firms with Paul W Daugharty listed as agent. See CDA20 is in actual fact a Masonic Lodge (free and accepted Masons). See It is related with the Rathdrum 41 lodge of which Neil Uhrig, candidate for Post Falls School Board, is secretary. The web site clearly signifies that most of the free and accepted Masonic Lodges within the Northwest space have social contact with one another.
Glacier Partners LLC – 2k
The agent is Stephen F Meyer. There are few individuals within the space which can be extra deeply related to huge enterprise than Mr. Meyer. Charles Nipp is a member of this LLC. This firm offers in Real Estate Investment Trusts.
CDA Tribe (one of many first contributors) – 1k
CDA Casino is a bronze member of CDAEDC.
It is apparent that the principle funders of CEQEC have one overriding frequent curiosity: selling huge enterprise in North Idaho. The nice majority of them are members of CDAEDC.
What say we take a better have a look at that company?
Besides the above-mentioned connections of companies and individuals with CDAEDC, there are some fascinating names on the roster of members of the board:
Ron Jacobson, mayor of Post Falls.
Steve Griffitts, mayor of Hayden.
Vic Holmes, mayor of Rathdrum.
Troy Tymesen, Brett Boyer, Leon Duce, and Paul Amador, state representatives
Linda Wilhelm, member of Post Falls metropolis council.
Chris Fillios, KC County Commissioner.
More fascinating are the next names:
Dr. Lita Burns, North Idaho College
Dr. Larry Stauffer, University of Idaho, CDA campus
Dr. Dena Naccarato, superintendent, Post Falls School District
Why are these public schooling leaders on the board of an organization that promotes huge enterprise?
Now, this author will not be suggesting that all of those individuals consciously subscribes to the underlying aim of the CDAEDC. But what’s that aim? Plainly, it’s the maximizing of big-business earnings, by collusion with county authorities and metropolis governments. This in flip means huge greenback actual property and land improvement offers, and a conversion of our house into simply one other overcrowded, super-urbanized, metropolitan wasteland.
Consciously or not, these individuals are working for that aim.
There is extra. A cautious overview of the knowledge right here, and out there on the web sites I’ve linked to, in addition to that which supplies a full listing of the members of CEQEC (discovered right here: exhibits that CEQEC represents, broadly talking, three special-interest teams. These are:
Not solely the Big Business Establishment talked about, but additionally
The Big Medical Establishment, and
The Public Education Establishment
Regarding Big Med particularly, there are 73 medical doctors listed as “endorsing” CEQEC! That is a big overrepresentation. A number of of the opposite names appear to be spouses of these medical doctors. What is much more curious is that each one however two of those medical doctors are affiliated with Kootenai Health. Even these two might be affiliated with KH, solely that wasn’t discoverable by a really fast net search of their names.
You must ask your self if some huge gun(s) at Kootenai Health put out a basic name to their employees to ask them to join this. But does CEQEC actually suppose that these medical doctors symbolize the Joe Average which CEQEC pretends to determine with? Is CEQEC conscious that Kootenai Health – and particularly Richard McLandress, certainly one of its medical doctors on the Panhandle Board of Health and a CEQEC endorser – was the instigator for the totally retarded masks “mandates”, and all the opposite hysterical COVID nonsense that we’re nonetheless struggling with? Does CEQEC suppose that Joe Average is something aside from utterly disgusted with Big Med?
Do you assist the continued conversion of Kootenai County right into a metropolitan wasteland?
Do you assist a medical “care” system that places earnings above individuals, and blindly carries out the dictates of Big Pharma and the federal government flunkies which it owns? Do you just like the imposition of mindless masks mandates and the lockdown of small companies? Do you need to be pressured to get “vaccines” which can be untested, don’t work, and quite the opposite might completely destroy your well being, and even kill you?
Do you assist the perversion of younger minds and souls with Critical Race Theory, homosexualism and transgenderism, socialism and communism, and different insane concepts?
If so, you may belief the CEQEC to let you know how one can vote!
As for the remainder of us, on the world scene, we’ve had George Soros, Bill Gates, Facebook, Google, Apple, Big Med, and Public Ed, doing precisely that. How has that labored out for us?
Fortunately, CEQEC can nonetheless present a really helpful service. It can inform us who NOT to vote for.
WHAT CEQEC SAYS
Let’s now see if CEQEC’s phrases align with its actions.
We already know what it actually stands for. It might be an fascinating train to check its public statements about itself with its true agenda. If we do, we’ll discover that they don’t match in any respect. In quick, CEQEC is mendacity to the world about what it’s as much as. We’ll must appropriate that, so I’ll quote verbatim beneath some informational texts which can be revealed on its web site (www.electqualifiedcandidates.com), with some editorial corrections and explanations, utilizing line-outs and feedback in brackets.
“CEQEC is a involved citizen-based group, made up of long-time residents and group leaders. CEQEC was created with the only goal of shedding gentle on particular candidates, races, initiatives, and vital election points. We are your neighbors, pals, and coworkers [Big Business, Big Med, and Big Ed elites].
We are a grassroots group of residents involved about the way forward for our group [special interests], devoted to defending and activating the voices of on a regular basis residents of North Idaho within the political course of [so far as it will protect those special interests of ours].
[When it serves our agenda,] CEQEC members care about free, honest, and trustworthy elections which can be open and accessible to all. We imagine we are able to defend freedom of [our own] expression by serving to the general public higher perceive their [our] selection of candidates. We suppose financial and group stewardship work collectively and don’t have to be divisive. [After all, why can’t people just shut up and carry on our business-as-usual agenda? They’ve always done it before!] As we work to make sure a nonpartisan election course of, we are able to additionally empower grassroots leaders to talk out on extra points [that we want to forward].
THE SHARED [OUR] VISION
A greater North Idaho [for us]. The energy of the poll resides with the individuals—we search integrity and freedom in each election [so long as the elections go our way]. Most importantly, belief that when elected, officers will give attention to the great of their constituents. [Unlike those rowdy parents at recent school board meetings! Can you imagine the gall? How dare they not trust that the teaching of racism and sexual perversion was a good thing for themselves and their children!]
OUR SUPPORTERS
Long-time residents, and group leaders of North Idaho know this [ed. — uh, know what?] will not be the way it was. We have at all times been happy with our sturdy voice and conservative values. [We have always had strength, and we want to conserve it.] We would have by no means have [sic] voluntarily ceded our decision-making capacity to a vocal minority [majority] that operates within the shadows and centralizes energy [has finally found its voice].
We all agree it’s time to take again our voice.
You may be part of defending and preserving our house [agenda]. Your assist, whether or not brazenly, or quietly, makes a distinction, and will get us one step nearer to restoring nonpartisan elections and giving us again our freedom [power].
Like you [maybe], we lengthy for a time when nonpartisan elections had been nonpartisan [in our favor, ‘cause after all, any fool knows there’s no such thing as a nonpartisan election!]. We imagine in sharing sources and knowledge with the general public concerning candidates and options that safeguard our house [interests] and defend in opposition to those that would consolidate energy within the fingers of a couple of [the plebes that we’ve always ruled over].
We are conservative in our method; however we’re a non-partisan group that advocates making certain energy and affect reside with the voters [us] as a substitute of particular curiosity teams [that are not us]. We use a grassroots method for messaging that resonates with each ideological spectrum, particularly these bored with the far-right agenda. [We still resonate with the far-right agenda though! Far right is an “ideological spectrum, right?] We search to protect our [hedonistic] lifestyle, and defend North Idaho from unwelcomed extremism [, which is to say, Americanism].
As we perpetuate our aim, we discover that 1000’s of individuals in our group determine with the trigger. Together, we are able to carry purpose and [the business-as-usual] perspective again to native elections. We worth considerate, open dialogue, and we attempt to remove the concern of intimidation from those that wouldn’t have our group’s greatest curiosity at coronary heart.
Please assist us to elect candidates and assist initiatives that symbolize our group values.”
End of the edited quotes. Could something be extra transparently dishonest than this self-promotional spiel?
However, all sarcastic humor apart, little question most of the individuals endorsing CEQEC have good intentions. Still, I submit that they hardly symbolize the rank and file of North Idaho, as they fake to. Unlike CEQEC, the rank and file has woken as much as a few harsh realities.
First amongst these is that EVERYONE is a partisan. If you could have any opinion in any respect, you might be by that actual fact a partisan. If you don’t have an opinion, then you might be on the facet of the established order, and thus nonetheless a partisan. This entire “non-partisan” schtick has for a very long time been a certain tipoff that you’re coping with a Liberal. We all know by now that exhortations to “non-partisanship” are solely politically appropriate code for “simply shut the hell up and do it our method”.
Secondly, it’s far previous time for business-as-usual. Business-as-usual has gotten us the place we’re at the moment. And the place are we? Right in the midst of a dictatorial socialist theft of the nation, and a complete destruction of America because it was based to be. We both get off our butts and beat down the rebellion, or we resign ourselves to residing in a gulag not too lengthy therefore…the place the “non-partisans” can be our jailers.
N.B.: As this can be a visitor put up, the Bard doesn’t essentially agree with or endorse each view it presents.
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