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Non-existent records, false claims and other problems

by LUKE OMODT / Contributing Writer
| November 26, 2023 1:00 AM

On July 26, 2023, Sheriff Daryl Wheeler issued a public release incorrectly stating that the fairgrounds financial activity was to be audited and included in Bonner County’s Fiscal Year 2022 financial statement. On Aug. 4, 2023, Deputy Prosecutor Scott Bauer — Sheriff Wheeler’s son-in-law — in his capacity as legal representative of the Bonner County Fair Board assigned by Prosecutor Louis Marshall, incorrectly stated the fairgrounds financial activity was included in the FY2022 audit of the county. 

These claims are simply not true, but there are other problems.

On Friday, Nov. 17, I received a response to my public records request submitted to the Bonner County Fair Board. I requested the following records:

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