Thursday, February 28, 2013

Enterprise Florida and Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Share a Lack of Transparency


Enterprise Florida, a public-private partnership that serves as the state's primary economic development agency
Chairman, Rick Scott, Governor

Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, a public-private partnership that serves as the state's primary economic development agency.
Chair, Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin

Miami-Dade Sees Failure in Company It Favored.  (The New York Times, 2/26/2013)

This Enterprise Florida misstep won't surprise Wisconsinites in the least

Banah International Group, a sugar company, received $430,000 in state and county tax breaks last year.

There was so much happy happy joy joy that the Miami-Dade County mayor renamed a street Banah Sweet Way.

Banah filed for bankruptcy on Friday, February 22, 2013.

What was missed, or overlooked, in Enterprise Florida's vetting process is the fact that Banah's chairman Alexander Perez is a convicted cocaine trafficker and spent time in federal prison.

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