Bob Mercer is trying to wrap his brain around the state and federal investigations of the EB-5 visa program overseen (perhaps not overseen enough) by the South Dakota Governor's Office of Economic Development. As background, Mercer directs us to required…
Posts tagged as “Richard Benda”
My Chinese is worse than Mike Rounds's. But luckily for Rounds and China, everybody speaks dollar. The Chinese state news office archives this article from July 2009 showing then-Governor Rounds, his economic development chief Richard Benda, and EB-5 visa hustler…
Open the speculation floodgates.... Governor Dennis Daugaard announced today that Attorney General Marty Jackley and federal law enforcement have been investigating the Governor's Office of Economic Development for financial misconduct. Not his Office of Economic Development, Daugaard emphasizes, but someone…
The Mitchell Daily Republic makes up for yesterday's sheerly speculative coverage of the shooting death of former state economic development and tourism secretary Richard Benda with an interview with the man who found Benda's body, his brother-in-law Jim Johanneson. Reporter…
Richard Lynn Benda was found dead from a gunshot wound Tuesday in a grove of trees near Lake Andes. The Crawford Funeral Chapel says Benda died Sunday. That's awful, and that's all we know. Amidst the speculation bubbling under cover,…
The Republican revolving door spins happily around Heartland Consumers Power District in Madison. As lifelong patronage beneficiary and former state senator Russell Olson advances to CEO of Heartland, he brings in Richard Benda to take his spot as Heartland's economic…