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H. Brent Coles served as mayor of Boise Idaho from 1993 to 2003.Coles was appointed mayor upon the resignation of Dirk Kempthorne who was elected to the United States Senate. He was elected to a full term as mayor in 1995 and reelected in 1999.In 2000 and 2001 Coles served as president of the United States Conference of Mayors.In February 2003 Coles resigned after being charged with accepting an illegal trip from an insurance company to the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City Utah.