Talk:Ryan, California

Rio Tinto CEO founds corporate owned "charity"
"The Death Valley Conservancy nonprofit charity is led by the former Rio Tinto Chief Executive of Energy & Minerals, Preston Chiaro, as the DVC's President."

As stated in the article the Ryan parcels are owned by the 501C3 charity created by the former CEO of US Borax / Rio Tinto Minerals when he was CEO. According to best information, he made that decision ie to "donate" the property to his own "charity" himself, as CEO of Rio Tinto Minerals at the time. Rio Tinto received a large tax break from the public as a result. Of course the Rio hierarchy and top 'leadership' had to agree to the creation of their own 'charity' as well by their CEO, and expended significant legal resources in making a case for a lack of conflict of interest there. As a result Ryan Camp is subsidized by public donations, and a Rio Tinto Corporate Trust which provided significant public tax benefits to Rio Tinto. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Montoya44 (talk • contribs) 17:13, 16 September 2016 (UTC)