In case you’d forgotten about my story on Toby Doeden’s PAC getting into the TIF election in Rapid City, after he had received his own TIF in Aberdeen, the Rapid City Journal has quite a large article on it today:
Proponents of the Destination District TIF point to what they consider a contradiction in the Doeden-connected PAC joining the “no” vote fray: In 2023, the Aberdeen City Council approved a Tax Increment Financing district for a housing project by a Doeden-owned business in the Brown County city.
and..
“You can’t, on one hand, use the thing that you’re condemning and then profit off of it. It’s just two-faced. You’re talking out of both ends of your mouth,” Jordan Mason, a “yes” campaign proponent and former Rapid City Council member, told the Journal. “It’s hypocritical.”
and..
The Doeden campaign staffer told the Journal, “Mr. Doeden is entirely open to the idea of new development projects to diversify and grow the economy. These decisions should be left to the local community to decide.” They added after follow-up questions, “He is no longer affiliated with the organization.”
Go read the entire article here.
So, Toby is open to projects “to grow the economy” that he’s making money on? But no one else?
Got it.
Pat don’t be too hard on the RC Journal, you have a bigger readership than they do.
Im not speaking for Pat, but I think he is agreeing with the story…
Every dumpster fire burns out at some point. Maybe the Doeden fire has already extinguished and we don’t realize it?