A St. John man who registered a company name affiliated with Donald Trump Jr. said he did it because he wanted to show what happens when municipalities accept what’s presented to them without taking the time to examine it first.

Speaking to the St. John Town Council during its Aug. 28 meeting, Stephen Jarzombek walked the council through the timeline of events that led to Trump Jr.’s July 23 visit in which he deeded water rights to the town.

While Town Manager Bill Manousopoulos said he contacted RBCP, which owns the approximately 167 acres at 12863 State Line Rd. in Cedar Lake that’s just more than two miles from St. John town limits, about possibly drilling for water on the parcel, test wells had already been dug in March and April, and RBCP didn’t own the property until July 2, wh

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