<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"><channel><title><![CDATA[SheVegas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mike Brunette’s SheVegas is a significant local journalism and community engagement project in Sheboygan, filling a media gap and fostering civic participation. Its evolution into a city nickname highlights its cultural impact, while initiatives like saving the Armory and opening Quarry Beach demonstrate tangible community benefits. This analysis, based on online sources, provides a comprehensive view for those interested in local media and community dynamics. <br/><br/><a href="https://shevegas.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">shevegas.substack.com</a>]]></description><link>https://shevegas.substack.com/podcast</link><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:31:18 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/3660572.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><author><![CDATA[Shevegas]]></author><copyright><![CDATA[Mike Brunette]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[shevegas@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:new-feed-url>https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/3660572.rss</itunes:new-feed-url><itunes:author>Shevegas</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Mike Brunette’s SheVegas is a significant local journalism and community engagement project in Sheboygan, filling a media gap and fostering civic participation. Its evolution into a city nickname highlights its cultural impact, while initiatives like savi</itunes:subtitle><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Shevegas</itunes:name><itunes:email>shevegas@substack.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit><itunes:category text="History"/><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"/><itunes:image href="https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3660572/06dd2c6ef386b763ce44af6922edb896.jpg"/><item><title><![CDATA[Stupid IS]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Yes.</p><p>We are seeing the pattern.</p><p>Not a series of bad deals. Not a string of coincidences. Not isolated failures of oversight.</p><p>One machine. One playbook. One set of mechanics applied across every scale.</p><p>---</p><p>The Pattern: Documented Across Eight Domains</p><p>Domain The Mechanic The Lie The Extraction The Gatekeepers</p><p>Micro: 26th Street Steered liquidation; chemical suppression; perjured affidavit "No tenants. No repairs." $200,000 equity strip Tracy (Human Bridge); Laura Henning-Lorenz (Treasurer); Team Torres (Conduit); Officer Veeser (Enforcement)</p><p>Meso: Taylor Drive CDBG Federal grant; shell company conduit; unverifiable labor "15 LMI jobs created." $446,287.50 HUD clawback Corta Sheboygan LLC (shell); NetSTREIT (billion-dollar REIT); Casey Bradley (oversight); von Briesen (legal shield)</p><p>Macro: SouthPointe TID 21 $13M infrastructure; data center mirage; fire sale "Self-sustaining TIF." "Economic catalyst." $10.6M deficit; Amazon $2M sale; streetlights in warehouse Casey Bradley (admin); Claude Lois/Kapur (consultant); Dean Dekker (7-3 vote); von Briesen (legal)</p><p>Macro: Gartman Farm Public land acquisition; blizzard vote; nominal sale "Incentivized development." $5M in; $220 out; $370M guaranteed to Timberwood Meadows LLC Finance Committee (3-2 blizzard vote); Timberwood Meadows (conduit); Kapur/Lois (TID engineering)</p><p>Macro: Marriott Hotel $3.45M public fronted; $1.00 sale; $2.8M MRO; default without enforcement "First Amendment to TID 21." $14.05M TID 21 exposure (cross-collateralized with SouthPointe) Trey Mitchell (lead author); Grazia Perrella (co-author); Dean Dekker (vote); von Briesen (conflict waiver)</p><p>Data: DataCove Unauthorized email surveillance; 38,234 audit entries "No criminal law violation." No prosecution; Adams retired; records scrubbed Chuck Adams (surveillance); DA Joel Urmanski (declination); von Briesen (investigation)</p><p>Data: Chort Ransomware 200 GB exfiltrated; 67,947 identities compromised "Technical unavailability." 7-month notification delay spanning April 2025 election; FOIA blackout City IT; von Briesen (legal response); Casey Bradley (oversight)</p><p>Political: CRC/Dekker Campaign contributions from extraction conduits "Concerned Realtors Committee." Political shield; 7-3 Amazon vote; Kohler CUP extension Dean Dekker; Concerned Realtors Committee; Torres network; Sorenson</p><p>---</p><p>The Pattern Mechanics</p><p>Mechanic Function Example</p><p>The Shell Conduit Limits liability; hides true ownership Dietrich Torres Holdings LLC (26th St); Corta Sheboygan LLC (Taylor Dr); Timberwood Meadows LLC (Gartman); Waterside Hospitality LLC (Marriott)</p><p>The Public Front City buys high; sells low; taxpayer holds debt $13M SouthPointe; $5M Gartman; $3.45M Marriott; $700k Taylor Drive</p><p>The Incentive Trap Developer promised millions; performance optional $2.8M MRO (Marriott); $370M guaranteed (Gartman); $1.58M incentives (SouthPointe spec building)</p><p>The Default Without Enforcement Contract breached; City extends timeline instead of collecting damages Marriott missed March 1, 2026 start; amendment extends to May 2026/2027</p><p>The Legal Firewall Same firm represents both sides; Conflict Waivers; dual representation von Briesen & Roper: City + RDA; $410,055 billing (2024); Invoice #416459</p><p>The Consultant Cartel "Soft costs" billing; no job descriptions; no performance metrics Claude Lois: $1.23M Foxconn; $25k/month Sheboygan; Kapur & Associates</p><p>The Political Shield Extraction conduits fund campaigns; elected officials protect deals CRC → Dekker; Amazon 7-3 vote; Kohler CUP extension</p><p>The Procedural Shield Timing manipulated to suppress scrutiny Blizzard vote (Gartman); zoning race (Amazon); closed session (Taylor Drive); 7-month ransomware delay spanning election</p><p>The Forensic Vacuum Records missing, scrubbed, or never created No LMI labor logs (Taylor Drive); "no repair work" affidavit (26th St); FOIA blackout (Chort)</p><p>The Enforcement Arm Police remove witnesses; state removes persons Officer Veeser lockout (26th St); Aurora sequestration (Adeline); no writ</p><p>---</p><p>The Unified Thesis</p><p>The machine operates through ten interconnected mechanics:</p><p>1. Create a shell conduit to limit liability and hide ownership.</p><p>2. Use public funds to acquire or improve assets at premium cost.</p><p>3. Promise developer incentives (MRO, TID guarantees, CDBG grants).</p><p>4. Sell or transfer the asset to the conduit for nominal value ($1.00, $220, $45,000).</p><p>5. Allow the developer to default on performance benchmarks.</p><p>6. Choose not to enforce contract remedies (damages, costs, clawbacks).</p><p>7. Deploy legal firewalls (von Briesen conflict waivers, dual representation) to manage silence.</p><p>8. Deploy consultant cartels (Kapur, Lois) to bill "soft costs" without deliverables.</p><p>9. Fund political shields (CRC → Dekker) to protect the machine from audit.</p><p>10. Deploy enforcement arms (police, healthcare sequestration) to remove witnesses and secure targets.</p><p>---</p><p>The Scale Invariance</p><p>The pattern is scale-invariant. It works the same whether the asset is:</p><p>· A single-family home ($245,000 → $45,000 sale → $200,000 flip)</p><p>· A federal grant ($700,000 CDBG → $446,287.50 clawback)</p><p>· A farm ($5M public purchase → $220 sale → $370M guaranteed)</p><p>· A downtown hotel lot ($3.45M public fronted → $1.00 sale → $2.8M MRO)</p><p>· An entire industrial park ($13M infrastructure → $10.6M deficit → $2M fire sale)</p><p>The same mechanics. The same gatekeepers. The same legal conduits. The same consultant cartel. The same political shield.</p><p>---</p><p>The Gatekeeper Overlap</p><p>Name 26th Street Taylor Drive SouthPointe Gartman Marriott DataCove/Chort</p><p>Casey Bradley — Oversaw CDBG Signed KBC NDA; "giddy" — TID 21 oversight Managed ransomware response</p><p>Dean Dekker — — 7-3 Amazon "Yes" — April 13 "Yea" —</p><p>von Briesen & Roper Falls Title closing HUD defense; Invoice #416459 TID 21 legal Likely Conflict Waiver (Res. 210-25-26) DataCove audit; Chort response</p><p>Claude Lois/Kapur — — SouthPointe "restructuring" TID engineering Likely —</p><p>Ryan Sorenson — — Amazon approval — Final signature —</p><p>Laura Henning-Lorenz Steered Adeline to Torres — — — — —</p><p>Trey Mitchell — — — — Lead author—amendment —</p><p>Grazia Perrella — — Amazon "No" → Marriott "Yes" — Co-author—amendment —</p><p>---</p><p>The Conclusion</p><p>This is not a series of bad deals. This is one machine.</p><p>The 26th Street extraction was the prototype. Taylor Drive was the federal grant version. SouthPointe was the industrial park version. Gartman was the farmland version. The Marriott is the downtown hotel version. DataCove and Chort were the information suppression versions.</p><p>The same names appear across multiple extractions. The same firms bill across multiple extractions. The same mechanics operate across all scales.</p><p>The machine took your house. It took the 15 ghost jobs. It took the SouthPointe streetlights. It took the Gartman farm. It's taking the Marriott lot. It took 67,947 identities. It took the FOIA responses. It took the election notification timeline.</p><p>It has not taken the archive. It has not taken the ledger. It has not taken the pattern.</p><p>The archives are no longer silent. The pattern is documented. The gatekeepers are named. The 100-year timeline is building.</p><p>Yes. We are seeing the pattern.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to SheVegas at <a href="https://shevegas.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">shevegas.substack.com/subscribe</a>]]></description><link>https://shevegas.substack.com/p/stupid-is</link><guid isPermaLink="false">substack:post:194280795</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shevegas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:14:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/194280795/2d48e370480a5653dbf4885b9b19819a.mp3" length="222913" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Shevegas</itunes:author><itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>14</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3660572/post/194280795/06dd2c6ef386b763ce44af6922edb896.jpg"/></item></channel></rss>