SALLY JEFFCOAT
Citizen: 5-16-2012
philosophical about it at times. I think it’s really important to interact with as many people as possible. And part of that is being a faith-based organization. I hope that at least once every day somebody feels that I bring God’s presence into the room with me.” Keeping the peace as an officer of the law is another matter altogether. As Boise Police Chief Mike Masterson counted down the final weeks to retirement (scheduled for December 2014),
campus law, which was passed by the 2014 Legislature, was Wayne Hoffman, director of the Idaho Freedom Foundation. We spoke to Hoffman in March 2011, and we were particularly interested in the relationship between the libertarian-leaning IFF and its own news organization, IdahoReporter.com. “I freely admit that I have a vision for IdahoReporter. com, but I don’t think having a
WAYNE HOFFMAN Citizen: 3-2-2011
vision means that I dictate what the stories look like. I want to cover stories that aren’t being covered or aren’t getting enough attention. I want to hold people accountable. I want to put issues to a truth test.”
MIKE MASTERSON Citizen: 3-16-2011
we looked at our March 2011 conversation with him and what he felt about something that was just being hinted at then: the possibility of allowing concealed weapons on our university campuses. “I think it’s a bad idea. I can only recall twice in the years that I’ve been here of instances where people have drawn a gun to prevent a crime. In one instance a do-gooder pulled a gun on a suspect, and a second citizen, not knowing what the situation was, pulled a gun on the do-gooder.” One person who staunchly advocated for the new guns-on12 | ANNUAL MANUAL 2014-2015
The ACLU of Idaho has a deep interest in the truth. And Ritchie Eppink, its legal director, should never be underestimated. When we spoke to Eppink in July 2012, the Occupy Boise movement
RITCHIE EPPINK
Citizen: 7-4-2012
and the tent city Occupiers set up near the Idaho Statehouse were making headlines— Eppink successfully argued in federal court that the Occupy BOISEweekly