Suspicions sometimes followed after Kilpatrick, Ficano dealings

The nonprofit, former Wayne County Development Corp. member Rakolta was told, would launch trade missions to Asia, bring in site selectors to hear about Wayne County, and finance studies to show that Wayne County could be a competitive place to site a business. After a WJBK-N2 report was aired, impl...

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Published inCrain's Detroit Business Vol. 28; no. 38; p. 32
Main Author Kaffer, Nancy
Format Journal Article Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Detroit Crain Communications, Inc 10.09.2012
Crain Communications, Incorporated
Subjects
Business community
Call centers
Campaign contributions
Construction industry
Contracts
Corruption
County executives
Criminal investigations
Kilpatrick, Kwame
Litigation
Prisons
Scandals
Workforce planning
United States
Michigan
Detroit Michigan
United States > US
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Summary:The nonprofit, former Wayne County Development Corp. member Rakolta was told, would launch trade missions to Asia, bring in site selectors to hear about Wayne County, and finance studies to show that Wayne County could be a competitive place to site a business. After a WJBK-N2 report was aired, implying that Pasky's campaign contributions to Wayne County Executive, Robert Ficano played a role in the award of the call center contract, Pasky filed suit against the station and the reporter, Charlie LeDuff, alleging that LeDuff deliberately ignored relevant information in an effort to sensationalize the story.
ISSN:0882-1992