I have been watching the missing money as it relates to the Delta County Jail issue because it is associated with hotels, investments and some lose connection to some other questionable behaviors. Furthermore, tracking the activities to see if I can perhaps put together a model of how something like this might work, who it is connected to it and the ways to avoid having something like this repeated is important (Taxpayer money should be used for furthering the public's interests). Sometimes I'm fairly successful in finding new things and other times I'm not (usually a time issue. I got a life but like to sort of see how things unfold.).
An article on in the Daily Press showed up by Ilsa Minor on May 21-22, 2022. The following key points were pulled (Minor, 05,21-22/2022).
- $29K missing from a state grant (That is interesting that it was grant money. Yikes!)
-Escanaba Public Safety and FBI investigating.
-$23 million development project with Proxima Management Group
-Issues with City and Developer with 60-day notice of termination based on lack of progress in 8 months.
-Issues related to Michigan and California
-Proxima is based in Indiana.
-Proxima address is associated with an address used in 8 other businesses of which Proxima and a hotel are still associated (A possible red flag but also could be an entrepreneurial approach. Its a little odd from a business stand point.)
-City manager indicates no one in the city administration was involved (I kind of think that as well but I don't rule out anything. He is probably right.)
A couple of questions arise?
1.) Who was the contract person at Proxima and the City/County?
2.) Who had access to the money? (Applied for the grant, managed it, wrote the check, which grant, bank used, etc...)
Minor, I. (May 21-22, 2022). Investigation continues into missing funds. Daily Press, vol. 114 no. 59, page. 1.
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