As the first stimulus money flowed into Colorado, it was doled out to shovel-ready transportation projects — and some of Gov. Bill Ritter's former law partners.
Ritter hired the politically connected firm of Hogan & Hartson three months ago to work on issues surrounding the state's disbursement of federal stimulus funds. The firm has been paid $40,000 through June and is expected to file monthly bills.
The state attorney general's office deemed the no-bid contract acceptable, according to the governor's office, which said the state needed to move quickly to get legal opinions on stimulus money.
How Halliburtonesque of them....
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Funny, I don't remember you making much of a fuss about the no-bid contracts for Halliburton at the time they became public knowledge.
ReplyDeleteI take it you've changed your mind?
Or that you never really cared about it in the first place, just using it as stick to beat Obamie Hussein?
Of course the latter must be false, only Lefties ever act in an intellectually dishonest way :-)
I see that satire escapes you.
ReplyDeleteI have never said that there are not times when the government needs to award contracts based on the known abilities of the vendor to perform vs the time consuming bid cycle with performance evaluations, etc....
Of course building militay bases, etc., appears to be a much more specialized field that would argue for sole source as compared to lawyering... of course you will dispute that.. so let's just disagree and go forward.
BTW - I will be on TalkLeft today. As my personal troll I expect you to check in frequently so you can attack rapdily.