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Contractors caught face prison time

By G. Romero Wendorf

As of this writing, no government law enforcement agency, state or federal, has accused Michael Doug Smith, owner of Texas Descon L.P., of any crime. And neither has it been alleged that he’s currently under investigation for any crime.

Obviously, his friends and family are hoping that Smith never did anything illegal and doesn’t end up like one of his building peers, Mitchell Kent Sweezy, former CEO of Sweezy Construction Inc (SCI). Because today, Sweezy’s still got two more years to go in the “Big House” in Big Spring, Texas, before he can once again breathe free air.

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