Mike Rounds desperately needs you to believe that his office had little to do with the EB-5 program that has endangered his gubernatorial legacy and his Senatorial aspirations. "...[T]he program and the personnel were responsible to the South Dakota Board…
Posts tagged as “Joop Bollen”
Among the questions Rep. Bernie Hunhoff posed to former Governor Mike Rounds last month about his EB-5 czar Joop Bollen's contract with himself was this loaded query: Did you know Bollen was asked at deposition "why didn't you sign on…
The hook in Denise Ross's blockbuster EB-5 story today is that Governor Mike Rounds attended a meeting in the Capitol with economic development chief Richard Benda, EB-5 czar Joop Bollen, Northern Beef Packers CEO David Palmer, Hanul Law Firm and…
Among the absurdities revealed by Joop Bollen's April 16–18 deposition is the EB-5 czar's haughty disdain for following the basic rules of contracting with private vendors. First, some background (I know, it's maddening, but the EB-5 scandal is complicated!): Darley…
One of the numerous violations of state law Joop Bollen appears to have committed while running Mike Rounds's EB-5 visa investment program is his representation of the state in court in the Darley v. SDIBI lawsuit. Bollen submitted a pro…
Yup, it's Joop all day! The Aberdeen American News does us a public service and posts the deposition of Mike Rounds's EB-5 czar Joop Bollen in the Darley v SDIBI. The deposition spans three days, April 16, April 17, and…
Dakota War College has tried to brand itself as the main outlet for all news "SDSenate2014," yet DWC author Powers has doggedly avoided discussing any of the big news that has made South Dakota's U.S. Senate race nationally newsworthy. Powers's…
With national media and money breathing down his neck, Mike Rounds seems to be rediscovering his affection for speaking to the public. He raced to the Sioux Falls Rotary forum yesterday; now the Black Hills Pioneer publishes a lengthy interview…