Hometown Heroes shows a bidirectional financial lane with Esto Perpetua-named entities

Idaho Sunshine’s Hometown Heroes profile reports $222,000 categorized as contributions to candidates and PACs and identifies top vendors/payees including Magic Valley Voter Action ($112,000), Defend and Protect Idaho ($65,000), Idaho First ($45,000), and Esto Perpetua Group ($22,396.57). The same profile’s contribution side lists Esto Perpetua as a $35,000 contributor to Hometown Heroes. Thus the disclosed profile shows money moving both from Esto Perpetua into Hometown Heroes and from Hometown Heroes to an entity labeled Esto Perpetua Group, while Hometown Heroes is chaired and treasurered by Risch Pisca lobbyist Lara Herway. Supported conclusion: there is a verified bidirectional financial/operational lane between the Hometown Heroes structure and the Esto Perpetua-named structure, plus downstream redistribution to other Idaho PACs. Evidence firewall: the profile labels differ ('Esto Perpetua' contributor versus 'Esto Perpetua Group' payee); corporate/legal identity and beneficial ownership of the payee require separate primary closure. The transactions do not alone prove improper coordination.