{"id":348,"date":"2012-11-03T13:49:01","date_gmt":"2012-11-03T17:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/fair-bidding-practices-and-community-public-input-barbara-stratton.html"},"modified":"2012-11-03T13:49:01","modified_gmt":"2012-11-03T17:49:01","slug":"fair-bidding-practices-and-community-public-input-barbara-stratton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/fair-bidding-practices-and-community-public-input-barbara-stratton.html","title":{"rendered":"Fair bidding practices and community public input —Barbara Stratton"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nReceived today on\n\nCounty trash plan already failing<\/a>. -jsq\n<\/p>\n

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\nYet another example of government contracting not following the fair\nbidding practices or allowing community public input. Even if you\nattend government meetings no bid information is made public & even\nif bids are referred to the amounts are always in those elusive\n"packets before you" that only the members have access to.\n<\/p>\n

\nIn a recent Hahira City Council meeting the city attorney ruled that\nthe city council did not have to put out the garbage service for\nbids & that it did not even have to have a contract. As of December\n31, 2012 the city collection services will not be under contract at\nall so who knows what the rates may be or if a lower bid would have\nsaved citizens money?\n<\/p>\n

\n\n\"Barbara<\/a>\nI've been involved in government contracting for years & I can tell\nyou that the recent path government bodies have endorsed is leading\nfurther & further away from the bidding procedures that were enacted\nto prevent good old boy politics & kick backs & is opening the door\nwide for public\/private partnerships that never answer to the\ncitizens.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe state attorney general's office which should regulate bidding\npractices will not interfere with county or municipal issues unless\na citizen is willing to pay $500 to a lawyer to present the case to\nthem. They justify this as catering to "home rule" but in actuality\nthey are turning a blind eye because it is within their jurisdiction\nto rule on non-adherence to proper bidding practices.\n<\/p>\n

\nIf the state believes in "home rule" why is Governor Deal pushing a\nstate charter school board amendment that will take away local rule?\nThe state seems to pick & choose its standards.\n<\/p>\n

\n-Barbara Stratton\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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