This is good, old fashioned reporting about unnecessary waste at Prospect Point from the Niagara Falls Reporter:
"Contractors knew in advance, however, from looking at the specs, that the granite was to be purchased from one, specific quarry owner, despite New York State Finance Law, 163, that prohibits such sole source bidding.
As one contractor said, referring to the overpriced granite, "Someone is getting a free cottage on the lake for this one." Another contractor said, referring to the high-priced granite, "They're paving the park with gold, and there are pot holes all over the city. What a waste."
According to the specs, the bidding contractors were required to base prices based on the purchase of the granite from Champlain Stone, at a price of around $60 per square foot, far above the market price of $20-$40 for similar quality granite.
"A cozy relationship between architects, project managers, and quarry owners, where the plan is for one quarry owner to profit by a friendly architect drawing specs to make certain that quarry is the sole source for granite, also allows quarries to inflate prices (at taxpayer expense).
"It is not unique to the Niagara Falls State Park project.
At the State's Inner Harbor Canalside Phase 3-A contract, specifically-colored granite was required there also. When the contractor, DiPizio Construction, found similar granite that met the contract specifications for substantially less, DiPizio was thrown off the job site by, what appeared at the time, a seemingly capricious project manager named Mark Smith, (who fought for months to make sure a certain quarry in Virginia got all the granite purchases), resulting in a lawsuit that will, after costs and damages, probably cost the taxpayers an additional $12 million for a $19 million job.
State Supreme Court Justice Timothy Walker ruled on November 1st that the granite DiPizio selected legally meets the specifications of the contract.
When Empire State Development Regional president, Sam Hoyt, a newcomer to the litigation, was asked in open court to identify which granite was better, he could not tell them apart and actually chose the granite selected by DiPizio.
The state's preferred granite seller was more than $100 per square foot."
Could you imagine the scamming and colluding across the continent?
It always ends up being YOU who pays. Taxes you pay (or expropriated depending how you see things) go to pay for this sort of stuff.
YOU.
I'll repeat so you fuckers understand next time you call for more taxes for bull shit.
YOU PAY for another man's corrupted cottage.
"Contractors knew in advance, however, from looking at the specs, that the granite was to be purchased from one, specific quarry owner, despite New York State Finance Law, 163, that prohibits such sole source bidding.
As one contractor said, referring to the overpriced granite, "Someone is getting a free cottage on the lake for this one." Another contractor said, referring to the high-priced granite, "They're paving the park with gold, and there are pot holes all over the city. What a waste."
According to the specs, the bidding contractors were required to base prices based on the purchase of the granite from Champlain Stone, at a price of around $60 per square foot, far above the market price of $20-$40 for similar quality granite.
"A cozy relationship between architects, project managers, and quarry owners, where the plan is for one quarry owner to profit by a friendly architect drawing specs to make certain that quarry is the sole source for granite, also allows quarries to inflate prices (at taxpayer expense).
"It is not unique to the Niagara Falls State Park project.
At the State's Inner Harbor Canalside Phase 3-A contract, specifically-colored granite was required there also. When the contractor, DiPizio Construction, found similar granite that met the contract specifications for substantially less, DiPizio was thrown off the job site by, what appeared at the time, a seemingly capricious project manager named Mark Smith, (who fought for months to make sure a certain quarry in Virginia got all the granite purchases), resulting in a lawsuit that will, after costs and damages, probably cost the taxpayers an additional $12 million for a $19 million job.
State Supreme Court Justice Timothy Walker ruled on November 1st that the granite DiPizio selected legally meets the specifications of the contract.
When Empire State Development Regional president, Sam Hoyt, a newcomer to the litigation, was asked in open court to identify which granite was better, he could not tell them apart and actually chose the granite selected by DiPizio.
The state's preferred granite seller was more than $100 per square foot."
Could you imagine the scamming and colluding across the continent?
It always ends up being YOU who pays. Taxes you pay (or expropriated depending how you see things) go to pay for this sort of stuff.
YOU.
I'll repeat so you fuckers understand next time you call for more taxes for bull shit.
YOU PAY for another man's corrupted cottage.
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