Category: General Happenings

Pete Riggs, Luke Malek Wannabe

Before we dive into this, we’re going to issue a disclaimer. Many of the people mentioned are easy to talk with and kind in person. Some have very deep pockets and have contributed generously back to the community to worthwhile causes. However we are not here to discuss their kindness or generosity, but rather their politics and crony capitalism. It’s up for debate to whether these people are generous solely for tax write-offs, for the notoriety, or if it’s out of a guilty conscience for selling Idahoans out politically. That would depend on the individual, and is a subject for another time.

Throughout history there have been numerous examples of regimes oppressing liberty for the sake of lining their pockets. Whether it be Edward I Longshanks’ iron fist rule over the Scots, King George III’s unjust taxation of the colonies, or the countless other examples worldwide (Not picking on the English, it just fit well). Their endgame was to control the masses in an effort to make themselves and their friends wealthier. Sometimes it was via oppression of a nation, but more common was local financial control by a few wealthy families. In Kootenai County, we see this same story being played out before our eyes. The local elites continue to get richer via crony capitalism, making themselves a sort of good ole boy cabal. We’ll call them the CDA Clique.

LIVING IN DAD’s SHADOW

This is where Peter J. Riggs enters the picture. He’s the son of Dr. Jack Riggs, former District 4 State Representative, and one term Lt. Governor of Idaho. Jack also owns Pita Pit, has a lengthy list of real estate investments, and has considerable political influence in the state. While Jack can be fun to chat with, he’s a moderate politically on his best day.  When in office Jack was a politician, always doing the bidding for the timber, dairy, medical, tobacco, and other liberty strangling industries in Idaho. Therefore politics are in Pete’s blood.

Pete ran for State Rep for District 3 in 2016 and narrowly lost to Don Cheatham, despite having double the funds in his war chest. Looking at Pete’s financials from that election we found some interesting things. These should be no surprise to the seasoned liberty minded folks that analyze election data. Consider it a refresher for you folks, and an introduction for those new to the subject.

Remember Jack Riggs was tight with the timber and dairy lobbyists in the state. That may seem benign to some, but those two groups are among the biggest fighters of liberty in the state. Currently the cow-milkers are lobbying in overdrive on the immigration reform, wanting illegal immigrants to be given a drivers license. Jack was also tight with real estate PAC’s, and lobbyists. Therefore it should come as no surprise Pete had sizable donations from these groups.

Below are the sorted donations from these groups from Pete’s 2016 sunshine reports. Images are provided at the bottom to click and zoom in on.

THE DONATIONS

Timber Industry

  • Potlach Corp- $500
  • Todd Brinkmeyer (Well known in Idaho timber industry, son of the owner of Idaho Forest Group, also associated with Potlach Corp)- $750

Dairy Industry 

  • NW Dairymen’s PEC, Sponsored by Darigold Inc.- $200
  • Idaho Milk PAC- $200

Real Estate/Building

  • North Idaho Builders PAC- $500
  • Idaho Assoc. Realtors PAC- $750
  • CenturyLink- $1000
  • Donald Smock (local Realtor)- $500

INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS

Jennifer Drake- $200 This is his little sis, and a well known noise-maker in CDA. You might remember her and her pal Sarah Meyer made the news a few years back for opposing the Recall CDA movement after the McEuen Park debacle. Notice Sarah’s last name, yes she’s the daughter-in-law of Parkwood Property money man Steven Meyer. Jennifer also heads up the CDA Arts commission and is infamous for her weird art recommendations. Remember the Ganesha statue on Sherman Ave? What about the faulty and drab looking Rainbow bridge on Front St? Recall Marker 11, the communist monument in Riverstone Park? Yep all at her recommendation. The City did the right thing to remove the communist monument, but Jennifer showed up at the next council meeting and told them the “what to”. She also runs the Crown and Thistle pub in a building her daddy owns.

Steve Widmyer- $250 Steve has done very well for himself as real estate investor. He has very deep pockets and connections. As mayor he typically sides with the more liberal council members, although he did surprise us for taking a stand on the parking fee disaster last year. He also thinks URD’s are a good thing for CDA and owns property in a few. I’ll give this to Steve, on a personal level he is the most approachable Mayor CDA has had in eons.

Jim Deffenbaugh- $500 Jim was the executive director for Panhandle Area Council (PAC) for 30 years. They are a designated Economic Development District for the five northern counties of Idaho. One of many tasks they do is assist in Urban Renewal District (URD) agency creation and administration. Jim passed away in 2018.

Thomas Cronin- $100 Thomas was a former police chief for CDA police and the CDA Tribe. He is now Treasurer for Balance North Idaho, a very liberally minded Political Action Committee.

Brenda Bookholtz- $100 She served as his treasurer for Pete’s campaign in 2016. Vocationally she was Pita Pit’s treasurer at the time. Now she works under Mike Kennedy, former liberal CDA City Council member, at Intermax Networks, a company owned by Steven Meyer. Steven is the founder of Parkwood Properties, a wealthy land management company that will be the main financial  benefactor of the Health Corridor URD.

Katie Brodie $250 and Laurie Thomas- $75 Both are board members for the North Idaho Political Action Committee (NIPAC), see below for more info. Laurie is the chief deputy treasurer for Kootenai County.

BUSINESS AND PAC DONATIONS

CDA Tribe- $1000 The CDA Tribe’s biggest lobbying efforts are typically tobacco related. Jack Riggs received donations from tobacco companies and lobbyists throughout his time as an elected official.

North Idaho PAC- $1000 Founded by former state legislator and co-founder of Contractors NW, Inc Dean Haggenson. They were the company that was able to secure the CDA McEuen Park bid and other city projects. Rumors abound at his close friendship with previous mayor Sandi Bloem as to why he was able to secure so many city contracts. He is a moderate, who loathed what he called right wing extremists. He put Phil Hart into that category. On the board sits Sandy Patano who is Jack Riggs wife. She claims she started her interest in this PAC due to a hatred of Phil Hart. Also on the board are two donors from above, Katie Brodie, and Laurie Thomas. This PAC is locally famous for picking what Dean said are “electable people”. But almost every candidate they back are moderate, or liberals hiding under the Republican banner.

What does it all mean?

Now what does all the above have to do with the race? The money that will back Peter Riggs are the deep pockets of the area, that benefit most from him being elected. They’re not interested in someone who’ll stick up for the citizen’s rights and defend the Constitution. Remember this crowd stands to profit heavily from the Health Corridor URD, and other URDs around the county. Even if they don’t own property directly in one of the URDs, they are tight with people that do. By being part of the CDA Clique, they’ll be taken care of for being part of the “in crowd”.

So how does Pete Riggs help this crowd if he was elected? The URD lobby in Boise is massive. His vote for legislation favorable to URDs insures the Clique keeps making money from increased property values and improvements in URDs. While on the subject, Steven Meyer has been mentioned in brief above. He founded Mountain West Bank and owns extensive properties in several URDs under the name Parkwood Properties. He’s also the chairman of the Hayden Urban Renewal Agency, and is in tight with IgniteCDA, the CDA Urban Renewal Agency. Some have predicted URDs might make him and his partner Charlie Nipp billionaires over the next 15-20 years. Steven Meyer also serves as chair on the State of Idaho Economic Advisory Council with Sandy Patano (remember Jack Riggs’ wife).

MALEK 2.0

But the potential financial gain is just one aspect of having Pete in the Senate. This crowd almost unanimously hates constitutional candidates, and doesn’t care one iota for the rights of the citizens of Idaho. By having another lame-sauce moderate, they can keep the Senate more middle to left leaning. Remember many in the clique are closer to Dan English or Bernie Sanders than they are to a true conservative like Heather Scott or Phil Hart. This is why we call Pete Riggs, Malek 2.0. He’ll be just as disappointing and get-along with big money as Malek was. Nothing more than a bought and sold yes-man politician. In the words of Herman’s Hermits, “Second verse same as the first.”

On another note, what has Pete done to show he’s even qualified for the job? He’s lived in daddy’s shadow his entire life. Remember during the 2016 debates, he was laughed at for giving long answers about absolutely nothing. His long winded answers left audience participants scratching their heads wondering what his real answer was. His only real job has been working at Pita Pit, where he was listed as CEO for a few years. After that he worked for a year at a local business KORE. Other than that there is NOTHING. So he wants to represent the citizens of District 3 based off experience managing a few restaurants? And because his dad was a politician?

OTHER LOBBYISTS?

We also notice he started a biz called Futurist, LLC in 2018. Typically that term is associated with alt-energy people, often using Nikola Tesla as their inspiration. For Pete we’ve yet to figure out what he interprets it as. KORE where he worked for one year, is a locally owned battery energy storage system maker. They bill themselves as helping to build a reliable, cleaner, environmentally friendly future. This makes us suspect Pete might receive donations or hand outs from energy lobbyists. Time will tell if this is true.

Just say no to yet another left leaning politician in the Idaho Senate. It’s obvious from Pete’s connections and lack of applicable experience he’ll be nothing more than another bought politician. And seeing he’s still young, we’re sure if elected he’d entrench himself in deep, possibly to seek loftier political goals.

There are more donors we’d like to discuss, but this post was getting to long as it is. Besides do we really need to talk about Cathy-Anne Nonini again? The files are below, just click to see what all they entail.

Have some exciting stories we’re working on for this week, so stay tuned folks!

Thanks for reading, Chester.

P.S. Now ‘I’m Henery the Eighth, I am’ is stuck in my head….and it’s not even my fave song from Herman’s Hermits.

THE FINANCIAL REPORTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pic of the Ganesha statue that used to be on Sherman Ave.

Will Stewie Ever Stop?

Reports are coming in that Dave Stewart, candidate for Kootenai County Commissioner District 1 is still running his mouth. His targets are two previous commissioners Marc Eberlein and Dan Green that he served with. It all started at his campaign speech before the KCRCC meeting in February. Instead of telling of his qualifications and why people should vote for him, he spent most of his 18:46 minutes bashing them. His libel was so blatant that during the Q & A session, PC Don Bradway asked Stewie if he was running against Marc Eberlein. Here is the video CLICK HERE. Don’s hilarious question is at the 15:20 mark (Go Don, that was great!!!). Stewie replied “I am not. Marc is running for legislator.” Busted Stewie.

Da Lizard strikes again

It would seem Stewie is building his entire campaign around his hatred for these two men.  We’ve already heard from numerous sources his old pal Larry da Liz encouraged him to go on a libeling spree at the KCRCC meeting. This is why da Liz brought popcorn. It should come as no surprise these two are working in unison. Both are bitter men that feel the way to get ahead in life is to walk on others. They should coauthor a book together, “The Key to Political Success: Burn All Bridges”.

Stewie you’re not Conan the Barbarian, there is no reason to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women. Although maybe you could modify that to a new campaign motto: “Libel your enemies, see them stand against you, and then whine like a little girl.” We laugh in your general direction Stewie.

But better yet, why not just step outta the race? We’ve already had a taste of what you have to offer as commissioner…we were unimpressed.  Now you’re just bitter and getting nasty over contrived tales, so we can only imagine if elected you’d be worse.

ENter Nick Henderson

There is a new candidate in the race that is eager to show us what he’s got! He’s also a constitutional conservative with a sharp mind and a bright future. Dave there is no shame in stepping out and supporting Nick Henderson. To learn more about Nick and to support him go to his campaign Facebook page HERE.

Stay warm and avoid Costco this weekend, Chester

 

Why is Greg Delavan Running?

We’ve had a few people ask us if we know the reasons Greg Delavan is running for Kootenai County Commissioner District 2. In asking about the answer keeps coming back with the same response. It’s not for the paycheck, or to represent the citizens of the county as a constitutionally elected official protecting their rights. Instead it’s to see if he can help resolve the wake zone issue for the CDA Lakeshore POA, of which he is the president of.  They worked with Rep. Jim Addis on a legislative approach, but it failed. So now the plan is that if Greg is a Commish, he can lead the charge with the county making some form of resolution to fix the problem. How exactly he’d manage that is up for debate…remember a small portion of CDA lake is in Benewah County.

We’re not going to dive deep into the wake-zone issue, because it’s a long convoluted issue. Sure we agree that boaters creating wakes do cause damage to property and erode shorelines. But there are existing no wake zones and speed limits on the lake. Boaters ignore those and keep the Sheriff’s department busy writing tickets. If more stringent restrictions were in place on the lake, some boaters would still break the rules. How often have speed limit signs on roads kept all drivers obeying the law?

Now we think Greg is a nice guy, and well spoken. But to run on one issue alone, which benefits his personal property is disingenuous to the citizens. Why can’t he modify his dock to not be tossed around as bad with the wakes? If what we are hearing is true, it’s akin to someone running for commissioner because they want their rural gravel road paved.

While on the subject of the lake, there seems to be a more pressing issue than the wake zones. What about the health of the lake? It’s a well known fact the bottom of the lake is laden with tons of heavy metals. We’re not talking the big hair band kinda heavy metal either. It might be in the CDA Lakeshore POA’s best interest to work with state legislators to find a better management model, before the long arm of the EPA steps in. If they roll in dead-set on fixing things, that would change the use of the lake we all treasure drastically.

In closing, Greg if you truly are only running because of this one issue, why not just step out of the race? It seems you would have much better traction by supporting a constitutionally minded candidates such as Elizabeth Jacobsen or Nic Henderson (Spoiler Alert). Then you could work with all three commissioners and our state reps to find a manageable solution for the lake.

Oh and we forgot to mention. Larry da Liz Spencer is supporting Greg. Remember Larry’s support is a sure fire way to lose an election. The KCRCC, with the exception of Anxious Alex Barron doesn’t want ANYTHING to do with da Liz. He’s Chernobyl kinda radioactive to campaigns.

Stay warm, and don’t give in to all the media hype. Trust in the Lord and don’t stress…He is still sovereign over all. Thanks for reading folks.

Chester

 

 

Rick Whitehead’s Response to Larry

After running our piece on the libelous behavior of Larry Spencer, Richard Whitehead reached out to us with a response. CLICK HERE FOR ORIGINAL POST Since what Lizard-boy did was slanderous, we felt it best to run this letter to counter his lies. False actions of infidelity are cruel and can be harmful to marriages.  If you see him, tell him to knock it off and quit acting like a schoolyard bully…is he 12? “We knew Larry was trouble when he walked in….”

On a side note, Chuckle Berries is currently staying neutral in the sheriff’s race, for a little while longer. Instead this post is about standing up to the slander of Larry. Regardless of who you support as sheriff, we hope you will agree that what Larry did was wrong. We commend Rick for writing in to stand up to Larry’s bullying. 

Has Larry libeled or ripped you off? Is so, please shoot us an e-mail. Provided you can document your claim, we’ll gladly publish it. Chuckleberriesonline@gmail.com

Chester

The Letter from Richard Whitehead

(Photo to the right is Rick and his wife)

My wife and I have been happily married 13 years and have a wonderful life together.  I have kept her off of the campaign trail due to the nastiness of this race. I am not about to have her publicly disparaged. 

The photograph Larry Spencer is using, taken by another detractor, is being used completely out of context. (SEEN HERE) But everything Spencer does he alters the context to make it slanderous.  Judging people by the friends they keep doesn’t say much for the campaign the photographer and Spencer are associated with.

When Spencer first started slandering me, I reached out and invited him to chat over coffee so he could get to know me.  I asked how can you say the things you do when we’ve never met?  He has never responded, nor ever introduced himself, offered a hand, etc. But rather scurries around the base boards and avoids eye contact when he shows up to the same events.  He displays a total lack of character while claiming a moral superiority.

 The photo in question was taken at a public event of about 300 people, from across the street. Pennie is not standing as close as the picture makes it appear and we smiled to bait the detractor taking it….an obvious mistake on our part.  Pennie is one of many volunteers in my campaign and Spencer’s perverted use of that picture is appalling, slanderous and offensive to both of our families!

Sincerely,

Rick Whitehead, Candidate for Kootenai County SHERIFF

Anxious Alex Pontificates

Folks, we’re hard at work on several new pieces exposing fraud, corruption, and deceit. But we’re taking a quick aside to say wow at something a berry picker just sent in. Our jaws are still on the ground! If you’ll recall while Obama was president there was a big ruffle about him providing his birth certificate. The liberals everywhere were furious! Obama claimed it was an attack on his family…he was outraged! Then when he did provide it, many called on the numerous irregularities on it. Liberals went into hyper crazy mode at anyone that doubted King Obama.

Chicago guys acting the same

Well folks, another Chicago native has just pulled the same move. If you guessed Alex Barron….you are absolutely correct. Here is a screenshot of what he claimed. We’ll cut through the blabber and respond to his points.

First, Chuckle Berries has not officially backed a candidate in your race yet Alex. What we write has nothing to do with your political opponents, your hair dresser, or some random guy at the filling station. Chuckleberries is committed to exposing corruption and vetting candidates. If the local GOP won’t do it, we’ll spot them a favor and help out. If a candidate has a legal or voting history that doesn’t fit within the conservative paradigm, we bring that to the attention of the voters. We are merely watchers and messengers, nothing more. Maybe if you’d keep your nose out of trouble and stop trying to fool people, we’d talk you up.

Next Anxious Alex pulls an Obama sized move, claiming we have spread lies about him. Ummmm Alex, we did not fabricate any legal document about you. You’re the one that got that 4 page criminal history, not us. Judgement against your business and tax liens…again that’s a you problem. Domestic Battery…yeah you again. Shot your neighbor’s dog in 2017…look in the mirror bud. Lie about where you grew up or that you’re an abortion survivor….yep still on you cowboy. All of the rest of your muck….well Captain that’s still on you. Anyone can read the documents posted on this site or at Boiseleaks.org and see they’re legit. If they don’t believe us, they can go to the same court houses our researchers did.

Things Just got hilarious

Now here is the part of the story that gets interesting. Alex claims that he never knew of Larry prior to us writing about Alex. Hmmmm, seems as though he attends KCRCC regularly and you’ve been seen chatting with him many times in the past. You’re not as naive and coy as you come across in your post. Your claim is as laughable as the claim that you’re a rancher.

Then Alex hits prime time with a statement that is in the running for dumbest thing ever said. He claims Larry has been the victim of attacks for years. He wants us to believe Larry is a stand-up guy! Okay here we are in a similar dilemma as before. We’ll type slow, so it sinks in nice and deep in that Alex cerebrum. Larry has numerous legal documents against him to verify each of our claims. We’ve posted many, and have many more to post as time allows. Are you suggesting those are fabrications too? Suggesting citizens of North Idaho just turn a blind eye to the mess he’s caused for himself and his family? Doubting the leadership of the KCRCC for thinking Larry is a stain on local politics? You stumping for da Liz indicates you believe your own lies.

The rest of what Alex pontificated is just rage quit type insults and repeats of the above, with the exception of one point. Alex claims to know intimate knowledge of a death in Larry’s family. Yet prior to this he claims to be a new acquaintance. How is it you have this privy knowledge, yet Larry is acting like normal on Facebook? Now you’re suggesting your political opponents caused this? Dude that’s low even by your despicable standards.

In the event Larry did have a family member that ended her life. We are deeply saddened by this news.  No child should lose a mother to a tragedy such as this. Our condolences go out to her family and friends.

Learn More

To learn more about Anxious Alex or Larry da Lizard, click the little search icon in the top right of your browser. Type in their name and you’ll find the laundry list of their deeds. Anyone can look at the legal documents surrounding them and see they have serious problems they both need to address. It should also come as know surprise they’re the current Cheech and Chong of the Kootenai County GOP. Two peas in a pod lined with a lengthy legal history they are….

Lastly the dirty deeds done by Anxious Alex and Lizardly Larry are things they did to themselves. Don’t fall for their diva moves. Providing or believing a legal judgement against them is not a fault in you, but is a reflection of them. Nor is it an attack on their families for others to acknowledge they messed up.  Remember liberals love to project their problems on others. The A and L show’s tactics are no different. They’ll continue to blame you while their hands are in the cookie jar. Just tune them out, they’ll get fed up soon enough and shut their yappers.

Back to the grind, Chester

P.S. Alex is the left pea, Larry the right. Sorry Larry you get the dimples.