"In April, an independent report commissioned by the county found the structure so unsafe that chunks of concrete could break off the center and fall on commuters. In 2013, two reports, one commissioned by the county and the other by WMATA, revealed the transit center would not meet state building codes and WMATA requirements."
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| This is taken from a presentation that Ed Blansitt, Montgomery County Inspector General, gave on September 3, 2014 to the annual conference of the Federal Audit Executive Committee (FAEC), Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria VA. |
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| This is taken from a presentation that Ed Blansitt, Montgomery County Inspector General, gave on September 3, 2014 to the annual conference of the Federal Audit Executive Committee (FAEC), Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria VA. |
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| "The County knew about problems in April 2010, even before construction on the elevated decks started; and, the County didn't do anything about them?!? ... I'm shocked!" |
Yes, Ma'am, it's shocking.
Ask Montgomery County why they selected Foulger Pratt, Parsons Brinkerhoff and Balter Company noncompetitively (public-private partnership), when the contractor/builder, the design engineer and the concrete inspection and testing firm, and special quality inspector, are selected competitively for most large public works projects. Ask Montgomery County if political contribution$ were part of the $$TC's $election proce$$.
What's best for the taxpaying public--competition or crony capitalism?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crony_capitalism
The severely flawed, over-budget, overdue, lemon SSTC is exactly what you get when politics trumps competition.
The "in depth reporting" and "probing questions" news media haven't done either--reported on the Silver Spring Transit Center "in depth" or "asked probing questions". Will the taxpaying public ever get "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth", about the severely flawed, over-budget, overdue, lemon SSTC? Who knows? But, if the truth ever does come out, it's likely to be both revealing and shocking.
Ask Montgomery County why they selected Foulger Pratt, Parsons Brinkerhoff and Balter Company noncompetitively (public-private partnership), when the contractor/builder, the design engineer and the concrete inspection and testing firm, and special quality inspector, are selected competitively for most large public works projects. Ask Montgomery County if political contribution$ were part of the $$TC's $election proce$$.
What's best for the taxpaying public--competition or crony capitalism?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crony_capitalism
The severely flawed, over-budget, overdue, lemon SSTC is exactly what you get when politics trumps competition.
The "in depth reporting" and "probing questions" news media haven't done either--reported on the Silver Spring Transit Center "in depth" or "asked probing questions". Will the taxpaying public ever get "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth", about the severely flawed, over-budget, overdue, lemon SSTC? Who knows? But, if the truth ever does come out, it's likely to be both revealing and shocking.
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