Saturday, March 15, 2008

Another contract goes to the highest bidder

The Monmouth GOP hasn't selected its Freeholder slate yet, but the fall campaign has started.

The Asbury Park Press reported yesterday that the GOP controlled Freeholder Board awarded another contract to the highest bidder, a subsidiary of Birdsall Engineering, over the objections of the Democrats on the Board.

At the Democratic convention last week, Freeholder candidate Glenn Mason made it clear that the practice of awarding contracts to the highest bidder will be an issue in the fall campaign. It should be, and the GOP is on the wrong side of this issue.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Shocking. A few weeks ago, Barham and Larrison's buddy Birdsall who is Brookdales chair voted to keep the crooks name on the building. Now Birdsall gets a contract from the freeholders when they are a high bidder.
The appearance of a county wide "friends and family" program continues.
-EthicsCount