Late Friday afternoon, I got word from the state Department of Revenue that they were raiding the assets of the biggest fish on the list of revoked sales tax permits - a defunct Lake Street car audio joint called Bass Zone, Inc. that I wrote about in April. My colleague Katie Humphrey, stationed in Burnsville, went to the scene of the seizure - another car audio business, BZ3 - and produced this video, as well as contributing to this story. Stay tuned for a state of Minnesota warehouse sale for some tire rims, car speakers and a 2003 Lexus.

Fellow Star Tribune Whistleblower Lora Pabst traveled to New Prague for her inaugural Sunday column, which detailed the limits of a city’s help in dealing with problems caused by a city-hired contractor. It’s one of the recurring themes of Whistleblower: just because government is involved doesn’t mean government is responsible.

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