Millions Borrowed And Spent For Enviro Cleanups – But Did They Happen? [Michigan Capitol Confidential]

Sloppy state records mean taxpayer dollars may have been thrown away

By TOM GANTERT | Oct. 17, 2017 |

In the northern Michigan city of Alba, with a population of less than 300 people, is the Museum of Darkness and Tunnel of Doom.The building appears to be an old flat roof house in need of repair.The Museum of Darkness and Tunnel of Doom has a Facebook page with 13 fans.The owners of the Facebook page did not respond to a Facebook message asking for information.  But the page has been active in October as Halloween nears, with a few posts and a notice of an $8 admission.

If most Michigan residents have never heard of this business, they should know their tax dollars were earmarked at one time to clean up or remediate the property on which it sits. But current state officials appear unable to identify records that show what was supposed to have been done and whether it happened.

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Source: Millions Borrowed And Spent For Enviro Cleanups – But Did They Happen? [Michigan Capitol Confidential]

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