“So what do we do if someone is unruly and interrupts the meeting?”
“Ask them to be quiet.”
“What if they won’t be quiet?”
“Take a recess to deescalate the situation.”
“What if they continue after the recess?”
“Reschedule the meeting for another time.”
“Would you remove a person disturbing the peace?”
“Under no circumstances will I remove someone forcibly. I just won’t do it.”
This is the conversation I had with Lieutenant Avriett of the Coeur d’Alene police on Tuesday the 25th at 6:20 PM, just before the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee general meeting. I was stunned and shocked. Should there be an individual who is disrupting a meeting to the extent the meeting cannot reasonably continue; the only solution offered by the CDA police is to reschedule the meeting for another time. Let the protestors shut you down.
In the 1980s New York was a crime infested cesspool. When Rudy Giuliani was elected mayor in 1994 he implemented the “Broken Windows” policy. His theory was that if you stopped allowing small crimes they would not escalate into bigger crimes. He was right and by the turn of the century New York was one of the safest and cleanest cities in America.
Saul Alinsky grew up in the slums of Chicago and was mentored by the gangster Frank (The Enforcer) Nitty, number two man to Al Capone. Alinsky was a Marxist and authored the progressive handbook Rules for Radicals, which is dedicated to Satan: “From all our legends, mythology, and history, the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom – Lucifer.”
Rules for Radicals is the progressive left’s bible. It spells out how to use dirty tricks, direct action, intimidation and fear to achieve political power. It teaches that the ends justify the means, that traditions and moral codes are the enemy of mankind, and to take power for the sake of power.
Alinsky himself admitted that his teachings did not improve things, and often made them worse, but they did get power for those that followed his instruction.
Hillary Clinton was a disciple and even wrote her 1969 Master Thesis, “There Is Only The Fight” on Alinsky. In his community organizer days, Barack Obama taught the Alinsky methods and “longed to apply them at a national level.”
Alinsky’s methods are popular because they work. The formula is simple. Political agitators cause a disturbance and then blame it on the opposition. They create chaos and then complain that there is chaos. They deny the rights of others and then rage that their rights are violated. They commit the crime and then play the victim.
These methods work because the media is eager for a juicy story for gullible readers. If it bleeds it leads. Never mind the facts. Never mind the context. Eyeballs and clicks are the new economy.
The Democrats have put out a national call for direct action to interfere with and disrupt meetings. If you want an example, you don’t need to look far because it is probably happening in your town as it is in ours.
A perfect example is the North Idaho College saga. Shortly after the conservative majority was elected to the NIC board the protests started; demands for resignations; votes of no confidence, threats of litigation that drove one board member to resign; complaints to the accreditation agency. Board members were heckled, chased and physically attacked at work. Radical attendees would reduce board meetings to chaos, even pulling a fire alarm to force an evacuation. All the while blaming the board for the disruptions and problems the disruptors were causing. Beating the drum while complaining about the noise.
The same gang attacks the Community Library District with the same tactics. The library board wanted to move material harmful to children (sexually explicit) out of the children’s sections and into the adult areas. This elicited cries of “Book Burners” and “Fascists” and expletives unsuitable to print. The radicals claimed the board members were terrorists wanting to blow up the library. Law suits were filed. Meetings were disrupted. All done with the tacit approval of law enforcement whose policy is that under no circumstances will they remove someone no matter how disruptive. They just won’t do it.
The same crew was present at the recent Legislative Town Hall where the heckling began during the invocation and built until the entire venue was in chaos. The county sheriff was present and called for calm. He ordered the most active heckler to accompany him to the lobby. She refused his lawful order, itself a violation of law, so he enlisted the event security to assist him. Biting, spitting, kicking and screaming she was moved to the lobby where she was cited for trespass and battery. But the Coeur d’Alene police dropped the charges and the liberal media hailed her as an innocent hero.
A February 28th KootenaiJournal.com article summarizes the events: “Borrenpohl’s own comments to the media after the fact, along with multiple video recordings of the incident itself, indicate that she was purposefully disruptive during a peaceable assembly, refused to leave when asked, was informed that she was under arrest, and resisted those who were instructed by (Sheriff) Norris to assist him.”
Well, at least Coeur d’Alene City Council meetings are safe.
Big things start small. Protestors emboldened with immunity from prosecution escalate their tactics while cheered on by a compliant media. Why not? What’s to stop them? Eventually cities are on fire with “mostly peaceful protests” as police cars burn in the streets while law enforcement is overwhelmed.
Will Coeur d’Alene become New Portland? It will if we allow it. Big things start small.
It’s just common sense.
6 replies on “WARNING! New Portland Ahead”
The disruption of the Town Hall on 02/22/2025 was instigated by a person who, despite all of her past efforts, cannot be elected to public office here in Kootenai County. So, this is now her Modus Operandi. KCRCC should draw several lessons from this: 1) At the next Town Hall, do not have it in Coeur d’Alene. You will not get any support from the craven, bought-and-paid-for CDAPD or the City Attorney. 2) Set the agenda in stone and follow it. 3) Make sure you have enough IDENTIFIED security people on hand, so the agitators know what they are up against. 4) Make sure all who attend know the laws about disturbing the peace and disrupting public gatherings. 5) Have uniformed Deputy Sheriffs standing by to take anyone into custody who violates any law or local ordinance.
Keep in mind, the Marxist-Abortionist Party (Democrat) cannot affect the juggernaut of change and reform which is sweeping away the corruption and financial extortion which the Deep State and Congress have afflicted on the American People. This is why these forces of darkness are focusing on a Red State such as Idaho. Here in Kootenai County, these agitators have not given up going after the members of the CLN who are protecting children from pornography. They have not given up their mission of wealth confiscation via the socialist Medicaid increases or the constant extortion of the property owners through endless school levy bond issues. The Dead Elephant Party cannot afford to play nice with these people. We are in a cold civil war in this country. Our weapons to counteract this criminal enterprise are vigilance, information, and the ballot box. There is no resting on our laurels. Read Ephesians 6.
Excellent comment. Please send to the Hippy Mayor. I personally sent a complaint to him via email about the failed police dept. They are NOT enforcing the laws of the State of Idaho which is their sworn duty. It is not their duty to interpret the law to their personal feelings. It is their job to take a crime report and submit it to the city attorney or the county attorney. that of course is another problem…maybe we need to get The state Attorney Raul Labrador involved?
THE POLICE CHIEF NEEDS TO RESIGN AND OR BE TERMINATED FOR FAILURE TO DO HIS SWORN CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY
Thank you, sir. Since I live in PF, I do not have a dog in this particular fight. However, the individual who caused this criminal act now has a war chest of over $300K, if you believe what The Daily Fish Wrap is reporting. Plus, she and her cheerleaders have now been emboldened and will continue to disrupt and agitate. Their efforts must be neutralized. I believe the Kootenai County DA can assert his jurisdiction and have her charged with disturbing the peace and battery. Since KCRCC endorsed him for re-election, Mr. Mortensen is going to look very foolish if he sits on his hands and does nothing. In any event, look for a lawsuit to be filed by the good doctor and a three-ring circus of a civil case taking place before the year is out.
Brent, since there is NO police intervention and crime prevention within the city of CDA, have your events in the County where the Sheriff will gladly assist.
3-09-2025
(part 1)
Dear Mr. President,
You are doing a fabulous job and I am very grateful for the sacrifices you have made and continue to make for our Republic, and for all citizens, including me.
I do have some very strong concerns about some things you are not eradicating, and some new things you are introducing, however.
1. The Real ID
My husband and I got ours during your 1st admin. We believed it was a first step toward a national Voter ID, but apparently, we were wrong.
Now I hear and see that there are legitimate concerns that it can be weaponized against us as a track and trace tool for evil purposes, such as forcing us to receive mRNA through numerous means.
2. mRNA being systematically introduced into all living things on planet earth, beginning with us (humans), and now into our food supply (plants and animals) and polinators (bees).
I cannot understand why you would continue to allow this bioweapon to be experimented with and introduced into every living thing. Why have you not ended ALL mRNA use or anything like it, that alters DNA?
You would not knowingly allow a hacker to inject a virus, or instructions to create a virus (“Trojan Horse” ) into national defense computers would you?
[ example/analogy:
(instructions=mRNA) instructing the operating system (Operating system=DNA) to create malicious, destructive code (malicious code= “make spike protein”) (national defense=”immune system”) ]
DNA is God’s perfect design. It determines and orchestrates the growth and development of every living thing, and it exhibits “God’s fingerprints” on all He has designed and made.
DNA is evidence of our Creator’s intelligent design, and His design is perfect.
If the DNA corruption of all creatures is being pushed forward, the perfect
balance and redundancies God created for all things to thrive and overcome catastrophic damage, will tip towards a point of no return from any bioengineered attack.
No human being or government has a right to “play god” or force their idea of a new “design” upon the earth (creation) and upon all who live on this beautiful planet.
To change the DNA of man, plants and animals is more destructive; more dangerous, and more completely deadly than a nuclear bomb!
To be continued for brevity,
Humbly submitted,
Marie Krasch