OpenCdA is a limited liability company supporting open, honest government and timely, accurate, complete news reporting in Kootenai County and Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. We hope to provide a forum for open and civil comments and exchanges of opinion. Please read the OpenCdA Policy for additional guidance.
OpenCdA accepts donations, however donations are not tax-exempt. In order to offer our own comments and opinions openly and freely about local issues of importance, OpenCdA would be ineligible to be either a 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) company. So while we welcome donations (we pay the bills out of our own pockets and with non-deductible donations), you cannot claim them as a charitable tax deduction.
Bill McCrory
Born and raised in Palouse, Washington. Graduated from Washington State University in Police Administration. Three years in US Army, Counterintelligence. Twenty-three years as a Physical Security Specialist with US Secret Service, Technical Security Division, in Fantasyland-on-the-Potomac and Los Angeles and various other parts of the world. Has lived in Coeur d’Alene since 2000. Interests include digital photography, electronic news gathering, and amateur radio. For over 40 years, has held a valid Advanced Class amateur radio license and a valid FCC First Class Radiotelephone License (now known as the general radiotelephone operator license.) Since 1974 has been a member of the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association (AFCEA).