A conservative advocacy group says it will represent the city of Sandpoint for free in a potential lawsuit over a Ten Commandments monument in a public park.
The Bonner County Daily Bee reports that Hiram Sasser of the Plano, Texas-based Liberty Institute made the offer at a public hearing concerning the monument on Wednesday.
City officials have said they're investigating alternative locations for the monument in Farmin Park after receiving a letter in November from the Freedom From Religion Foundation asking the monument be removed.
City Attorney Scot Campbell says the monument's location opens the city to potential litigation.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles gave the monument to the city in 1972.
City officials didn't make a decision at the meeting.