Documented Record
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Kootenai County library system approves adult-only room for books with mature content as 140 titles pulled from shelves
Spokesman-Review · January 2025 (archive)
- He stripped 8,900 kids of access to libraries outside CLN, including other Idaho libraries he said weren't "conservative enough."
- His own lawyer warned this created more legal risk than the law required - the board did it anyway.
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North Idaho College hires attorney with extremist ties who scored lowest on board assessment
Spokesman-Review · August 2023 (archive)
- Hanley voted to hire an attorney who scored a D-minus on qualifications, had a DUI, and had never represented a school or library.
- The same attorney was later hired by NIC's KCRCC board - two institutions, same political insider, both times over more qualified candidates.
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Deposition of Summer Bushnell, Posey v. Bushnell
Kootenai County District Court, CV28-22-5860 · August 2023
- Summer Bushnell testified she ran a Facebook page titled "Tom Hanley, Community Library Network Trustee" (p. 24).
- She said he reached out to her in January or February 2023, ahead of his May election (p. 26).
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'Please don't bleed our libraries dry'
Coeur d'Alene Press · July 2023 (archive)
- The community asked the board to take a small tax increase to keep services intact; the board said no and cut hours instead.
- The library cut programming, materials, and operating hours.
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Library network to retain Boyles Law Firm
Bonner County Daily Bee · June 2023 (archive)
- The board added firing their attorney to the meeting agenda without warning, then voted to do it the same day.
- The outgoing attorney said she had come to understand she didn't share the board's objectives.
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Library network to hire Boyles Law
Coeur d'Alene Press · June 2023 (archive)
- KCRCC members had previously tried to install Boyles as county prosecutor; commissioners picked someone else.
- He has represented other far-right figures in losing legal battles.
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Idaho Sunshine campaign finance database: payment to Summer Bushnell
Idaho Secretary of State, Sunshine (legacy portal) · May 2023
- Hanley's campaign finance filing lists a $199 payment to Summer Bushnell on May 27, 2023.
- Bushnell is listed as donor of a $199.95 in-kind contribution to Hanley on May 22, 2023.
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Primary SourceIdaho Sunshine campaign finance portalSearch Hanley's committee expenditures for "Bushnell." Row dated 2023-05-27: payee Summer Bushnell, $199.00, code "B."
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Primary SourceIdaho Sunshine campaign finance portalSearch Hanley's committee contributions for "Bushnell." Row dated 2023-05-22: donor Summer Bushnell, $199.95, in-kind.