RPS: A snapshot of broken government. By Tim Connor and Larry Shook, Camas Magazine
How the following agencies and public officials figure in the RPS scandal:
Department of Justice and FBI
After a years investigation, these federal agencies found no evidence of financial fraud, and referred the manslaughter complaint back to the county. They didn’t contact key witnesses and did not refute any evidence of criminality.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Ignored a complaint filed in 1998 by former Prudential Securities attorney Mark Schwartz, who argued the parking garage was too closely tied to the privately owned River Park Square to quality for tax-exempt bonds. Schwartz appeared before the city council and called the project’s financing a heist by the Cowleses. SEC intervention could have saved the community millions of dollars and years of litigation. (See Secret Deal, part 2)
Freedom From The Press – Media Corruption & Government Fraud – Exposed
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