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The Muni Bonds In The Hardin Jail Project: Who Lost Money?
Justin Elliott | October 16, 2009, 1:41PM
Two Rivers Detention Center
We posted an investigative piece Monday about the back story on the empty jail in Hardin, MT, explaining how a consortium of companies made millions on the project that has netted exactly nothing for the struggling town.
But what about the $27 million in high-risk municipal bonds that were issued to fund the construction of the speculative jail in 2006 and 2007?
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (2) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (5)Topics: Christopher "Kit" Taylor, Dan Rather Reports, Hardin, Hardin Montana, James Parkey, Private Prison Business, Private Prison Industry, Two Rivers Authority
American Private Police Force
The Unkindest Cut: Hardin Loses Its APPF Mercedes SUVs
Zachary Roth | October 15, 2009, 5:59PM
Michael Hilton
Did we just hear the death rattle of the Hardin-American Private Police Force deal?
The last two Mercedes SUVs that the mysterious private security contractor brought to the tiny Montana town have been taken back.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS (5) | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (1)Topics: American Police Force, American Private Police Force, Becky Shay, Hardin, Michael Hilton, Private Prison Industry
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