June 2015

EB-5 Investigation closed

I will be the first to say this is a travesty of justice;

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – The FBI has closed its investigation into South Dakota’s investment-for-visa program and the U.S. Attorney’s office has decided not to pursue prosecution.

I have often said besides the fact that Joop Bollen and Mike Rounds are having memory issues when it comes to EB-5, the lynchpin of this entire fiasco is Benda’s death report.

It’s unfortunate that our Attorney General has played games to keep the document quiet. But hey, he has more important things to do, like round up a dozen or so Hueterrites to testify they forged petitions for Annette Bosworth. Then gives them ‘criminal immunity’. Maybe they are the ones that staged Benda’s suicide?

Marty has his priorities you know, hunting down the real criminals while letting others get away with murder, so to speak.

Sioux Falls Planning Department recommends denial of Pavillion Square TIF

It is going to be an interesting Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday. The Planning Department is recommending approval of the ‘workforce’ apartments just North of Sunshine, but is recommending denial of the Pavillion Square project.

In all fairness, I recommend they deny both TIF’s and let free enterprise sink or swim on it’s own without corporate welfare and tax rebates.

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