Helios Dayspring, a local marijuana mogul, transferred ownership of his retail cannabis shops to his girlfriend, Valnette Garcia, in 2020, before he pled guilty to tax fraud and bribery charges.
That was not legal, Attorneys Randall Fox and Mark Beck argued in a meeting with SLO City officials.
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Dayspring has a long history of using limited liability companies in a scheme to conceal ownership stakes and under-report his income from cannabis sales.
The FBI and the IRS raided Dayspring’s home in March of 2020 and he pled guilty to the tax and bribery charges in Oct.
Seligman, Sweeney and Wright are also partners in a marijuana grow near the top of the Cuesta Grade, along with Mitch Woolpert.
Mark Woolpert said he knows two Heidi Harmons, the former mayor of SLO and a former employee, and that neither are involved in the property ownership or the pot farm.
Harmon reported receiving donations that coincided with a Dayspring fundraiser, from both Bonnie and Jamie Saucedo with an address also at 473 Bernardo Avenue in Morro Bay.
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Good God almighty this is nothing but a huge mess, thank you city of san luis and thank you to slo county board of stups, this whole racket should be shut down, this crap is costing the taxpayer bug bucks to deal with this malarkey, we were told from the onset that no taxpayer monies would be used when having to deal with the dope deal, I’m sure thats a crock of flop.
Nick Andre is also involved with Quinn Brady’s ‘partner’ , Adam Kirshner, who has been growing cannabis for decades.
Levi Seligman, Keith Sweeney and Christopher Wright were all at Nick Andre’s fundraiser on in October 2018, which was at Helios Dayspring’s house.