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KCRR in the NEWS, RADIO, and TV
April 23, 2010 Coeur d'Alene Press
"COEUR d'ALENE - A nurse, a doctor, a law enforcement officer, dead people and Republicans. Quite a mesh Thursday afternoon. The qualifications for studying the deceased played center stage at the coroners debate luncheon, hosted by the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans..."
April 19, 2010 YouTube, DuaneRasmussen's Channel
"President, Jeff Ward at the Reagan Republican meeting on April 15, 2010 talks about the RallyRight List and Reagan's admonition to all Republicans."
April 1, 2010 S-R Huckleberries Online
"The six Republican candidate for two Kootenai County commissioner seats will meet for a debate at 6:30 tonight at Lake City Senior Center, sponsored by the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans and the North Idaho Pachyderm Club..."
March 20, 2010 Coeur d'Alene Press
"A local Republican group showed up, many holding signs protesting health care reform... The crowd was split evenly between those at the rally and those protesting it. Jeff Ward, president of the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans, said they "wanted to make sure that where there were promotions of socialized medicine, there are voices against it..."
February 28, 2010 Coeur d'Alene Press
"The Reagan Republicans have a membership including some of the GOP Central Committee. One of the founders is on the Central Committee and was encouraged to organize the Reagan Republicans by the GOP County Chairman, Brad Corkhill. They also function as a speakers bureau but with an agenda of political action on specific political projects all of which promote the principles of the Republican Party as stated in our platform..."
February 24, 2010 Coeur d'Alene Press
" Although party leaders may deny it, there is most definitely a fracturing of the GOP here, with Pachyderms, Reagan Republicans and other factions serving up candidates reflecting their particular platforms..."
December 22, 2009 KUOW Public Radio News
"The local Tea Party bills this as a "Patriot Rally." There's a big cake decorated with an image of the American flag. Republican Party groups have tables here, including the local Reagan Republicans, represented by Jeff Ward. He says this Tea Party gives his group access to people who don't get into politics.
Ward: "It's probably a much broader group. There's a lot of people from all walks, people who don't particularly like any political party, but they're supporting the ideals of the Tea Party..."
November 17, 2009 Idaho Statesman
"Kootenai County Reagan Republicans was criticized in some circles for endorsing candidates in the Nov. 3 non-partisan city council races in Coeur d'Alene and Post Falls. The group hosts weekly meetings and draws prominent speakers. Former U.S. Rep. Bill Sali addressed the group Nov. 5, feeding speculation that he may run in 2010 to reclaim the seat he lost to Democrat Walt Minnick last year.
The mission statement of the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans says its aim includes party building. 'The Reagan Republicans are not a faction or ideological sub-set of the Republican Party. We are an organization dedicated to expanding the party and rebuilding the Reagan Coalition that created the greatest electoral landslides in American history'..."
November 7, 2009 The Spokesman-Review
"A GOP offshoot group called the 'Reagan Republicans,' which formed about three months ago after splits among two other GOP clubs in Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls, endorsed and campaigned for Gookin and Kennedy’s challenger, Jim Brannon. Though he welcomed the endorsement, Gookin said he’s not thrilled about city races becoming partisan..."
November 6, 2009 Idaho Statesman
"Sali was back in the news for a speech he gave to the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans in Coeur d'Alene Thursday night. He urged conservatives to bolster the party's message of free markets and small government."
November 6, 2009 S-R Huckleberries Online
"Former U.S. Congressman Bill Sali had a message for his fellow conservatives: Unite. But before Sali spoke to the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans during their meeting at the Lake City Senior Center on Thursday evening, he addressed rumors about him throwing his hat back in Idaho’s political ring. “I know there are rumors out there,” he said leading up to his speech. “But I didn’t start any of them..."
November 6, 2009 S-R Huckleberries Online
"DFO: What’s your reaction to the outcome of the Coeur d’Alene & Post Falls races?
Jeff Ward/Reagan Republicans:. . .We felt we could have an impact in the race. Jim Brannon got more votes than any other challenger in Coeur d’Alene city history. The strategy of partisanizing race was effective in dramatically increasing turnout. Jim’s much further along than he would be if we hadn’t gotten involved..."
October 30, 2009 S-R Huckleberries Online
" 'Actually the only question of “republican-ness” brought up by a member was about Dan Gookin, by member Duane Rasmussen, but he is completely back in the fold after being satisfied by Dan’s authenticity'Jeffrey Ward, president, Reagan Republicans..."
October 29, 2009 OpenCDA.com
"The Reagan Republicans produced a flier supporting all three challengers for city council: Jim Brannon, Steve Adams and Dan Gookin. It included this one controversial sentence: 'Jim Brannon is such a threat to the tax-and-spend liberals at city hall that, in a shocking act of dirty politics, they got him fired from his job as Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity.' City Councilman Mike Kennedy went wild."
October 27, 2009 S-R Huckleberries Online
" 'Your published statement that the city is not “tolerant of circulating” certain political communication during a political campaign demonstrates an incredible abuse of the city’s legal authority.' Jeffrey Ward, Kootenai County Reagan Republicans, in a letter sent to Coeur d’Alene Mayor Sandi Bloem today..."
October 27, 2009 OpenCDA.com
"The Kootenai County Reagan Republicans have written a strong letter to Mayor Sandi Bloem, citing her “astonishing abuse of the powers” of her office. The letter, which is a response to this morning’s headlines, goes on to say:'Your statements in the Coeur d’Alene Press today and the intimidating words and actions of city employees demonstrate a caviler disdain for citizens’ rights of free expression and a willingness to use the legal power of the city to suppress political dissent'..."
October 27, 2009 S-R Huckleberries Online
"A political group is circulating a campaign flier declaring the city of Coeur d’Alene responsible for Jim Brannon’s job loss. The flier’s authors, the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans, say they don’t have any proof on the claim, but they’re entitled to their opinions. The city denied the allegations and said it’s a claim too serious to pass as run-of-the-mill campaign literature..."
October 27, 2009 S-R Huckleberries Online
"Special to Huckleberries Online: 'Well we have not filed because... we spent $297.86 last Friday on our little flyer endorsing Brannon, Gookin and Adams, which means we did not break the per candidate $100 threshold requiring an independent expenditure filing...' president Jeffrey Ward, Kootenai County Reagan Republicans..."
October 26, 2009 S-R Huckleberries Online
"On the Web site, Reagan Republicans make this claim before endorsing the three challengers for Coeur d’Alene City Council: 'With Democrats Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid spending billions on massive corporate baliouts, we cannot stand by as liberal Democratsand their allies on our Coeur d’Alene CityCouncil spend millions of our tax dollars on the Lake City Development Corporation to “bailout” big developers and pay outrageous salaries to unaccouble bureaucrats'..."
October 11, 2009 in S-R Idaho Voices
"Challenger Dan Gookin...stumbled badly in some people’s eyes when he closed his comments at the Reagan Republicans forum by telling conservative moderator Angela Monson of KQNT-AM/Spokane that she was too pretty to be on the radio."
October 7, 2009 S-R Huckleberries Online
"From Kootenai County Republicans e-mailer: 'The KCRR Board of Directors has formally endorsed its first two candidates although 'There may be more to come, soon.' says KCRR President Jeff Ward. In unanimous votes Betty Ann Henderson was endorsed for Post Falls City Council and Jim Brannon was endorsed for Cd’A City Council'..."
September 10, 2009 S-R Huckleberries Online
" 'We showed up with our signs but the other side is a no-show. Maybe they were as dissappointed as we were with the President’s speech' Jeff Ward, Kootenai County Reagan Republicans..."
September 3, 2009 S-R Huckleberries Online
"Jeff Ward, president of the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans, tells Huckleberries that his organization invited Walt Minnick to address a meeting on health reform before the Democrat congressman announced his own townhall meeting at North Idaho College."
September 3, 2009 S-R Huckleberries Online
"'We’ve invited Rep. Walt Minnick (D-Idaho) to attend and really listen to the concerns of citizens of Idaho,' said Jeff Ward, president of Kootenai County Reagan Republicans, sponsors of the event. 'We hope he’ll show up.' At Minnick’s healthcare forum at NIC last week, Ward publicly invited Idaho’s sole Democrat in Congress to the event and asked why he hasn’t been pro-active in opposing the health-care bill when he announced he will not vote for it...”
August 25, 2009 Spokane Spokesman-Review
Jeff Ward, president of the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans, asked why Minnick wasn’t fighting harder against 'socialized medicine'...Outside North Idaho College’s Schuler Auditorium, where the forum was held, about two dozen protesters held signs with expressions including 'If you think health care is expensive now, wait until it’s free' and 'First Socialism, then Facism, what next Obama?'..."
