A day after declaring Richard Benda's death suicide, Attorney General Marty Jackley fingered the former economic development chief for double-dipping on $5,559.80 in travel reimbursements. Now someone (Bob Mercer doesn't name the sources, plural) ties Benda to the much larger…
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I know you readers find the Benda/GOED/EB-5 story fascinating; let's see what radio listeners think! Dan Peters has invited me to speak with him and Rick Knobe this evening on KSOO Radio's Viewpoint University. Peters says our conversation will focus…
When Joop Bollen took South Dakota's EB-5 visa investment program shadily private in 2009, he took what looks like a pay cut. When Bollen ran the program under the South Dakota International Business Institute on the Northern State University campus,…
Last month, Attorney General Marty Jackley acceded to public pressure and promised to allow two reporters to review documents from his investigation of the suspicious Ocotber 20 death of former economic development commissioner Richard Benda. Jackley conditioned that review on…
Pure speculation, Marty. Just skip this part. The GOED/SDRC/EB-5 scandal is a mess. The press still hasn't settled on a name for this vast complex of financial shenanigans (one national observer calls the affair South Dakota's Watergate) that touches on…
On November 26, intrepid reporter Bob Mercer sent Attorney General Marty Jackley a public records request, which makes a strong case for opening the Richard Benda death investigation to public scrutiny. In response, AG Jackley agreed to open those records…
Regular readers know I enjoy Sam Kephart's commentaries. The 2008 GOP Senate primary candidate offered us his penetrating insights on South Dakota Republican Party politics and "corporate kleptocracy" in a wide-ranging interview this summer. This weekend Kephart wins promotion from…
David Montgomery posts Richard Benda's death certificate online. I note three details of interest: The date filed is November 22, 2013, a full month after Benda's body was discovered. It took Charles Mix County deputy coroner Chad Peters one month…