tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post112169505500560504..comments2024-02-19T00:14:24.293-08:00Comments on Daniel's political musings: They are better at "diversity" than they are building roadsDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14946233454014389006noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-1121730309322900752005-07-18T16:45:00.000-07:002005-07-18T16:45:00.000-07:00It would be great if some of those documents, date...It would be great if some of those documents, dated of course, could find the light of day...<BR/><BR/><I>But not to worry...</I><BR/><BR/>It doesn't matter if they call it federal money, state money, lottery money, local money, etc. The bottom line is that the citizens are footing the bill.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946233454014389006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-1121719988623967762005-07-18T13:53:00.000-07:002005-07-18T13:53:00.000-07:00Having been a board member with a government agenc...Having been a board member with a government agency, during the course of a major construction project, I saw how the quality control standards that were set out in the bid docs were later lowered to meet whatever the minority contractor had delivered.<BR/><BR/>Later, other contracts were let to repair or replace the sub-standard work products and that was required in most circumstances.<BR/><BR/>But not to worry, the Feds were paying 80% of the tab and loaning the local government the other 20% but only if there wern't any waves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com