At issue is an August 2017 email exchange with David Taylor, the city planner for Whitefish, Mont. Zinke authorized him to access the property and explained that he was engaged in negotiations with a real estate developer over building a parking lot on his foundation’s land. The business and retail project, known as 95 Karrow, involves the construction of a parking lot on the foundation’s land and would lie near land owned by Zinke and his wife, Lola. “Dave, U and your friends are always welcome to use the park,” Zinke wrote, providing him with the access code to its gate so that they could enter with vehicles. “Ryan Zinke broke his promise to the citizens of Whitefish to build this park for the public,” said Saeger, whose group is based in Whitefish.

Source: Washington Post November 05, 2018 19:54 UTC