Mack is back

The Kootenai County Republican Central Committee's Feb. 28 vote to retract the former Arizona sheriff's invitation to speak at the Lincoln Day Dinner has been tossed by the party's executive board.

Mack will be the featured guest speaker, as originally scheduled, at the March 24 Lincoln Day Dinner at The Coeur d'Alene Resort, according to a press release sent out by Republican Central Committee chair Tina Jacobson.

Mack was slated to headline the event, a fundraiser for the Kootenai County Republican Party, but his appearance was canceled following a vote during the Feb. 28 meeting of the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee.

It was later alleged, based on a private investigation, that the deciding vote for disinviting Mack to speak was a forged proxy ballot.

The Kootenai County Republican Party has referred the alleged forgery to the Coeur d'Alene Police Department for further investigation.

The Executive Board of the Kootenai County Republican Party met on March 8 and the majority voted to once again invite Mack to be the speaker for Lincoln Day.

Mack, who is scheduled to speak at Spokane's Lincoln Day event a day before Kootenai County's celebration, has accepted and will headline the event.