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The Bedford Park Files · A Public-Records Investigation
A $45 Million Sports Complex, and the Money No One Can Verify
A village of a few thousand people is building a professional basketball practice facility on a private partner’s promise — one its own treasurer can’t confirm, and one it told bond investors was worth half as much.
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