Kevin Johnson

Ford Arena

Ford Arena

Editorial: Delusions of grandeur mix with just plain delusions

In August 2020, when The Examiner revealed a year-long deal worked out among Jefferson County Commissioners to sell the Ford Park Entertainment Complex to a wanna-be casino owner out of Port Arthur without even knowing the appraised value of the public commodity was contrary to Texas law, that...
Kevin Johnson wears a mask while at a discussion of the sale.

Kevin Johnson wears a mask while at a discussion of the sale.

Buyer reneges on $22 million county deal

Yet another deadline has come and gone – the last, according to Jefferson County Attorney Kathleen Kennedy – in the long lingering contract sale of the county-owned Ford Park Entertainment Complex. Buyer Renaissance Development Group, led by front man Kevin Johnson, bid $22.