209 responses to “Sandbox – 24oct19”

1. 

   BIguns

   31 October 2019

   ,,, Donnie, Donnie, Donnie!!! GDP at 1.9%!!! Don’t JUMP!!!
   Your hero says we are deep trouble!!!
   https://theweek.com/speedreads/875233/trump-celebrates-19-percent-gdp-growth-blasted-exact-same-number-under-obama

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2. 

   Walt

   31 October 2019

   Nice try Dougy,, I bet you can keep filling your wine glass, and it will never run over. Can you put 20 gallons in a ten gallon tank?

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   Walt

   31 October 2019

   A little update on the drag queen in the librarys.
   https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/30/drag-queen-story-hour-miniskirt/
   A view only a Proggy will love.

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   Biguns

   31 October 2019

   ,,,Try making sense for once Wally,,,

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   fish

   31 October 2019

   No doubt our vigilant watchers of government nepotism are already all over this one…..!
   From Instapundit

   COLORADO: Department of Transportation in Total Disarray. “CDOT Executive Director: Shoshana Lew, a history major in college, became the head of CDOT at age 35 with no engineering or construction management experience due to political connections in Washington, D.C.”
   

   The convergence of two events has turned CDOT upside down. The first was the Orwellian named “Keep Jobs in Colorado Act of 2013.” Previously under CRS Sec. 24-92-109 all public projects in excess of $50,000 had to be “awarded by competitive bid.” The drawbacks to this method include occasional “bid rigging” by competing contractors. In addition, so-called “change orders” can drive up costs of a competitively bid project. But overall this method, which was used for decades by CDOT, was the least subjective and generally viewed fairest method to have projects completed at the lowest cost.
   The 2013 act substituted the “lowest bid” method with the so-called “best value” model in which bids come in as either (1) Design Build; or (2) Construction Manager/General Contractor (CMGC). While these techniques have various theoretical advantages, especially for unique highly complex projects, including potentially cutting down the time to complete a project, it is a highly subjective selection process with the opportunity for corruption massively increased. To prevent cronyism and exorbitant cost increases, it requires high expertise and absolute diligence on the part of CDOT. What CDOT got was the exact opposite.

   Lew’s primary qualification, according to insiders, was her close relationship to Michelle Obama who called the newly elected governor for a favor — find a job for Shoshana Lew. Lew is the daughter of President Obama’s Chief of Staff and later Secretary of the Treasury, Jack Lew.

   In a word: Democrats.
   http://glendalecherrycreek.com/2019/10/cdotintotaldisarray/

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   fish

   31 October 2019

   No doubt our vigilant watchers of government nepotism are already all over this one…..!
   From Instapundit

   COLORADO: Department of Transportation in Total Disarray. “CDOT Executive Director: Shoshana Lew, a history major in college, became the head of CDOT at age 35 with no engineering or construction management experience due to political connections in Washington, D.C.”
   

   The convergence of two events has turned CDOT upside down. The first was the Orwellian named “Keep Jobs in Colorado Act of 2013.” Previously under CRS Sec. 24-92-109 all public projects in excess of $50,000 had to be “awarded by competitive bid.” The drawbacks to this method include occasional “bid rigging” by competing contractors. In addition, so-called “change orders” can drive up costs of a competitively bid project. But overall this method, which was used for decades by CDOT, was the least subjective and generally viewed fairest method to have projects completed at the lowest cost.
   The 2013 act substituted the “lowest bid” method with the so-called “best value” model in which bids come in as either (1) Design Build; or (2) Construction Manager/General Contractor (CMGC). While these techniques have various theoretical advantages, especially for unique highly complex projects, including potentially cutting down the time to complete a project, it is a highly subjective selection process with the opportunity for corruption massively increased. To prevent cronyism and exorbitant cost increases, it requires high expertise and absolute diligence on the part of CDOT. What CDOT got was the exact opposite.

   Lew’s primary qualification, according to insiders, was her close relationship to Michelle Obama who called the newly elected governor for a favor — find a job for Shoshana Lew. Lew is the daughter of President Obama’s Chief of Staff and later Secretary of the Treasury, Jack Lew.

   In a word: Democrats.
   http://glendalecherrycreek.com/2019/10/cdotintotaldisarray/

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   fish

   31 October 2019

   Maybe Shoshana Lew could leave CDOT and come out west to work on resolving some of the dysfunction at PG&E?

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8. 

   Biguns

   31 October 2019

   ,,,Ivanka, Donny Jr. and Eric should step in to rescue CDOT!!!

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9. 

   fish

   31 October 2019

   Posted by: BigAnus | 31 October 2019 at 10:26 AM
   ,,,Ivanka, Donny Jr. and Eric should step in to rescue CDOT!!!
   Nahh……they are off doing the lords work! Can’t spare them…..!

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