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  • Michigan developer Jim George gave $450K to lawmakers after $5M housing grant

    06/16/2024 10:43:41 PM PDT · by Texan4Life · 10 replies
    Bridge Michigan ^ | May 23, 2024 | Simon D. Schuster
    LANSING — Three weeks before Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed last year’s state budget with a $5 million grant for an undefined Mount Clemens housing project, city commissioners held a special session to award the money to a company controlled by local developer Jim George. In the months leading up to the vote, he had become a prolific political donor. George’s company provided the agreement to Mount Clemens officials. He would buy a disused property on the edge of downtown, demolish the notorious, condemned hotel that stood on it and build apartments in its place. Developer Jim George had requested...