Date: Wed, 03 Aug 94 09:51:02 EDT
From: BoiseBear@aol.com

Reprinted from top of the front page of the
[Boise] Idaho Statesman, August 3, 1994
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NEW ICA HEAD DID TIME FOR COCAINE SALES

By Marianne Flagg
The Idaho Statesman

The new director of the Idaho Citizens Alliance served 16
months in prison in the early 1980s after the largest Idaho
drug bust in three years.

Bill Proctor was arrested in November 1981 after an [Boise]
Ada County sting operation.  Police found two pounds of
refined cocaine valued at $150,000, $30,000 worth of
marijuana and $32,000 in cash at his Boise home, 4th
District Court records show.

Proctor, now 45, was charged with two counts of delivery
of a controlled substance, two counts of possession of a
controlled substance with intent to deliver, and one count
of conspiracty to deliver and possess cocaine.

"I don't feel the need to hide from my past," Proctor said
Tuesday.  "I've learned a lot from my mistakes of 13
years ago."

Proctor said God turned his life around.  The Boise painting
contractor said he now speaks out against drugs.

ICA Chairman Kelly Walton "knew about my past and felt
I deserved this chance," he said.  "As for the wonderful
people of Idaho, I hope they will see I'm working extremely
hard now to preserve good tradtional family values and
a wholesome environment for the children of Idaho to grow
up in."

Last week, Proctor was named executive director of the ICA,
which was formed in part to campaign for an anti-gay initiative.
Proposition 1, on the Nov. 8 ballot, would prevent the state
from extending civil rights protections to gays and lesbians.

Walton wasn't available for comment Tuesday.

After a plea bargain, the conspiracty charge was dropped.
Proctor was sentenced to three years on one count of
delivery, to be served before three 10-year sentences on the
other counts.

Proctor was in the Idaho State Penitentiary from Feb. 1, 1983,
to June 4, 1984.  He also served four years probation,

Brian Bergquist, chairman of the opposition group No on One
Coalition, said he was shocked to learn of Proctor's prison time.

Although serious, Bergquist said, "It was 10 years ago or so,
and he did pay his debt to society.  If Kelly and company are
comfortable with that person being their spokesperson, I guess
that's a choice they made.

"It does raise some questions when people base a lot of their
arguments (for Proposition1} on their supposedly superior
moral values."

John Slack, ICA communications director, said Proctor "told
us up front about his past.  Having known Bill for three years
now, Bill has the highest moral character of anyone I know.
Bill served his time.  He paid his debt to society."

Proctor was arrested with two others after a three-month
investigation.  At that time, police said the three were
suspected of being suppliers for many Boise-area street
dealers.

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