Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Photos Getty/Michael BorenFor months, residents of a tiny community in Central Idaho were at war with a rich neighbor, who was landing private planes and a chopper on his property inside federally regulated land. They organized, they wrote angry letters, and they gave themselves a name, Friends of the SNRA, or Sawtooth National Recreation Area.Then: an underhanded twist.Michael Boren, the wealthy adversary, co-opted the name for himself, the group alleges. His affiliates, including his spokesman and son-in-law, helped register “Friends of the SNRA” with the Idaho Secretary of State’s office. Officially speaking, Boren is now the protected land’s biggest champion and ally—and the activists were forced to rebrand.Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here
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