FREEP THIS POLL

Evansville-Courier&Press ^ | 03-18-2010 | fightu4it

[fightu4it]

http://www.courierpress.com/polls/2010/mar/arenacontracts/results/

[fightu4it]

Please Freep this poll. The unholy cabal of democrat city administration and local construction union thugs have been combining for the last 5 years to run up the cost to local property tax payers on every project imaginable, and especially on the multi-million dollar bonded projects like this one!

[Mr. Lucky]

The poll assumes a void premise: this is, that the government should be building sports arenas in the first place.

[fightu4it]

I quite agree. We have several public entertainment facilities already and non of them have ever been self-supporting. All are currently requiring annual influxes of property tax dollars to keep them running. Please help

[goodnesswins]

Hmmm....my husband, who was once a Director of Procurement/Contracts for a large company....usually says...well...the “lowest” bidder is NOT always the best...in the end it sometimes costs MORE....because they just pad the project later with change orders.

[Mach9]

Can’t do it. Lowest bid means nada. Local bid means nada. “Best bid” not even an option.

[Paperdoll]

If local gubmint is a chip off the old Fed, they will award the job to anyone who will finance their next term. Corruption knows no boundaries.