By Darren DaRonco | Arizona Daily Star
The Rio Nuevo debacle may have squandered millions of dollars in taxpayer money, but no one will wind up behind bars because of it.
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office released a memo outlining its decision to decline prosecuting anyone for the nearly decade-long exercise in government mismanagement.
Many Rio Nuevo critics held out hope the attorney general’s and FBI’s investigations would bring charges against those responsible for wasting approximately $250 million and eroding Tucson’s trust in government.
But the memo, which was dated December 2012 but didn’t become public until late Thursday, dashed those hopes.
