It’s around the 1st anniversary of the Copper Lounge building collapse. Is it just me, or do I faintly remember the city talking about the rescue and cleanup efforts and who was going to pay for them.
Obviously, the construction company would have to cleanup their own demolished mess. But I do remember someone from the city saying that Hultgren would be billed for the extra effort in rescue and security from the city’s first responders.
Just curious if that bill was ever sent? How much it was? And if it was ever paid by the now defunct Hultgren Construction.
Oh the irony and hypocrisy of Mr. Hultgren signing as a guarantor for the Downtown Parking Ramp Village project corporate welfare handout if he never paid the city for the hundreds of hours of rescue and security efforts. And who can forget the 24/7 CityLink film crew.
It will be interesting to see how Mr. Turbak explains this one to us.
There are better ways than politician to get rich. Obviously, bankruptcy not paying your bills and getting another lucrative city contract is one.
In the near future:
Huether: “Hultgren paid us 1 million dollars!”
Argus Leader: “Show us the money or we’ll take you to court”
Turbak: “Well, 1 million of it was already our money…”