More info on the CRC scam coming out in the Columbian...

So, I've been calling this scam a, well, scam, for years now.  I've been vilified by Lou Brancaccio, in part because of how I express my concerns over that project that the newspaper has gone through thousands of gallons of ink cheerleading for on the way to this point.

It's been worth it.

The newspaper finally seems to be getting it.  And now the fit is beginning to hit the shan.

Here's the money quote from the article:

Lou Brancaccio · Top Commenter · University of Florida  "It was noted that David Evans and Associates’ billing rate schedule allowed for each billable labor hour to be marked up by a 172.82% Overhead Rate and a 31.0% Fee (Profit). The total markup on each billable labor hour was negotiated to be a factor of 204.32% (for example, a state rate for a Bridge Engineer of $40 per hour would actually cost the CRC $121.73 per hour)."

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This is the kind of apparent theft that those of us opposed to this rip off have been yelling about for years.

 

There's no excuse for this kind of thing... whoever approved this... new about it... allowed it should be tried and sent to prison for allowing this horrific waste of money, the same kind of waste made famous in  in Bell, California.

 

There should be both criminal investigation and sanctions against the conspirators.

 

And now.

 

So yeah, I write with fury.  I am so incredibly angry at those who would screw us or allow others to screw us when it's THEIR JOB TO PROTECT US.

 

And that means you, Leavitt.

 

And you, Stuart.

 

And you, Boldt.

 

And you, Smith.

 

And you, Hansen.

 

This has all been happening on YOUR watch and with YOUR approval.

 

YOU are more at fault then Evans, who has no doubt concluded that you can't rape the willing.

 

But you can rape the taxpayers.

 

What are you going to say about "David Madore's hired gun" now, Mr. Smith?