Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Update on McHenry County Sportsplex

On August 1, 2010 I posted a  lead to a newspaper story about Lakewood/McHenry County using stimulus bonding power [$18mm] to aid a private developer in building a very large sports complex. See http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2010/08/foreign-funding-and-key-to-165-acre.html  It appears that the blog, First Electric Newspaper, out of Algonquin, Illinois has some very interesting comments regarding the developer.  See http://www.firstelectricnewspaper.com/2010/08/unapproved-center-disgraced-cfo-linked.html

That blog questions the credentials of  the developer and points out the involvement of  Terry Gaouette in the project.  Mr. Gaouetter was the Chief  Financial Officer and CEO of the Milwaukee Public Museum. He  authorized the misuse of trust funds in a 2006 scandal at the museum.  See http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/29189214.html Felony charges were pressed against Mr. Gaouette  however he received only a small fine [$500] and the lost of his CPA license for two years. 

1 comment:

First Electric Newspaper LLC said...

The First Electric Newspaper is an online newspaper, not a blog. Blogs are about opinion. FEN isn't.