Here's the Left of Lansing "Friday Short" for July 18, 2025.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Democrat, opened a criminal investigation on the Michigan Economic Development Corporation's grant to Fay Beydoun's nonprofit business.
Beydoun is a longtime Democratic Party donor, and an appointee to the MEDC by Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Beydoun allegedly used the grant money for her nonprofit, Global Link International, to pay for first class plane tickets, her $500k salary, and a $4,500 coffee maker!
But as Pat Johnston explains, the MEDC was put-together to attract businesses and jobs in Michigan, but it has done neither. Even more, this so-called "public-private" entity faces little-to-no government oversight.
And it's been championed by both Democratic & Republican governors. Something's got to change because someone's making it rich, and it's not the working class.
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NOTES:
"Beydoun grant scandal could lead to needed state economic development reforms." By Rick Haglund of Michigan Advance
"MEDC silent on whether it will seek appeal in search warrant battle over Beydoun grant." By Ben Solis of Michigan Advance
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