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    April 9, 2024

    Quentin L. Messer Jr., MEDC Chief Executive


    300 N. Washington Square
    Lansing, MI 48913

    Mr. Messer, Jr.,

    Accountability and transparency in state government and its departments are pivotal in maintaining the
    public’s trust. When people see questionable practices or outright failures in these areas on our end,
    they fail to respect our institutions and their elected leaders in greater numbers.

    Given these fundamental truths, I am formally asking you to halt and immediately examine an ongoing
    $20 million grant project headed up by Fay Beydoun after recent reports disclosed inappropriate uses
    of funds received. These reports included one payment by Beydoun of $4,500 for a coffee maker and
    another of $11,000 for a flight to Europe. Over a period of three months, Beydoun paid herself and
    another employee a total of $408,000 in taxpayer-funded salaries.

    The very nature of this grant was already under questionable circumstances after the state’s normal
    process for awarding them was bypassed. Multiple former associates of Beydoun have called for
    increased oversight of the funds in question, and a sitting member of the MEDC executive committee
    being embroiled in this controversy raises additional issues for the department. Taxpayers across our
    state who helped foot the bill for this apparent boondoggle shouldn’t have to wait until $10 million is
    gone for these expenses to be reviewed or audited. That accountability should be delivered now. If it
    isn’t, frivolous spending will remain unchecked, corruption could go unchallenged and the damage to
    our state’s less-than-sterling reputation for government integrity will only get worse.

    I look forward to your attention to this matter. Let’s make sure Michigan taxpayers are getting the most
    for their dollars instead of trampling their trust.

    Sincerely,

    Jay DeBoyer
    State Representative
    63rd District

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