2.3 million in no-bid trailer purchases by FEMA for Katrina storm victims!
YAY!
Now, I realize we need places for these people to live. But it only takes a day or so for companies to assemble government bids especially if the rules are relaxed (that's relaxed, not revoked), trust me, I know. Just because there's a crisis does not mean we should wave our bras in the air like we don't care and fling our panties around at will.
For temporary roof repairs, FEMA went to All American Poly Corp., where it bought $6.6 million worth of blue tarps bearing the FEMA logo. The agency bought $28 million in ready-made meals from G.A. Food Service of St. Petersburg, Fla., and it went to the Danish firm Thrane & Thrane for $3.5 million in satellite phones.
All of these contracts, along with many more, were awarded without the competitive bidding normally required for government purchases. It's not unusual for such processes to be streamlined in disasters, but waiving safeguards raises the risk of fraud and waste, said Steven Schooner, a government contracts specialist at George Washington University Law School.
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I cannot wait until we vote as many of these trolls out of office as possible.
Write kids, write.
