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Wessman’s Wins: The Developer, the Recipient of Many Millions in Taxpayer Dollars, Has for Years Made Money by Sitting on Property—Until the Timing Is Just Right

by Brane Jevric February 22nd, 2016December 16th, 2020

A bottle, perhaps two, of Barolo might have helped cost the city of Palm Springs a fortune. The Italian red wine was served during a meeting in 2010 between Steve Pougnet, then Palm Springs’ mayor, and developer John Wessman. Before the meeting, Pougnet had publicly talked about filing eminent-domain proceedings against Wessman’s Desert Fashion Plaza—which […]