DELAWARE- Delaware Governor John Carney responds to critics who say a land deal was really a political favor for a friend.
The deal involves eleven acres near the Delaware Turf Club in Kent County. Critics claim the land was sold in 2008 for $2.7 million. They say the state then sold it to John Paradee in 2018 for $275,000, pennies on the dollar. It was listed for sale two weeks after that for $6.5 million.
Carney addressed the allegations during Tuesday's COVID briefing.
"As governor, I don't involve myself in those kinds of transactions," Carney said. "In fact, the first time I heard of these set of transactions as part of the political ad was in the political ad. I contacted the department of transportation to make sure that the process legal requirements were followed as they were."
We spoke with Carney's Republican opponent Julianne Murray who says the land deal is "indicative of a career politician and should have an effect on taxpayers."