Tips of the sombrero to eagle-eyed readers Duarte and BLT who spotted it:
Here’s an excerpt from Karl’s story:
In 2018, Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long’s husband went into business with her office’s chief deputy, forming an LLC that purchased nine row homes in a small Wilmington suburb that had been targeted as an ideal community for government redevelopment dollars.
In the subsequent years, Hall-Long — now a leading candidate to be Delaware’s next governor — failed to disclose the business to the public, as is required by law.
The company, called TWP and BML, LLC, formed in early 2018 with its registered agent listed as Rep. Sean Lynn, D-Dover.
Following the formation, the new business purchased the nine rowhomes along three enclosed streets that make up most of the Edgemoor Gardens community.
Public deed records associated with the purchase list the owners of TWP and BML, LLC as Dana Armon Long, who is Hall-Long’s husband; and Tanner Polce, her policy director in the Lieutenant Governor’s office between 2017 and 2020.
With its purchase, the company secured a mortgage of $409,000 for the nine homes. It later refinanced with a larger $744,000 mortgage, according to public records.
It is unclear whether Hall-Long perceived a conflict of interest with Polce’s dual roles — as her subordinate in government and as her husband’s business partner — because she declined an interview for this story.
Polce also did not respond to a request to comment for this story.
Read the entire story. Local reporting at its best.
And, IMO, the well-deserved death-knell for BHL’s campaign.