tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post30226073538918297..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-76918362619435125932015-09-11T07:48:07.824-05:002015-09-11T07:48:07.824-05:00Taxpayers are indentured by this corruption.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-33977466515329051812015-09-11T04:36:40.836-05:002015-09-11T04:36:40.836-05:00Poaching. What a sad little word, as if people can't work for whomever they please in America. We are not indentured servants. This state needs to get its head out of its @.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-66926322005944029942015-09-10T21:21:59.723-05:002015-09-10T21:21:59.723-05:00Those firms probably wouldn't be offering the INDOT employees so much money to come to work for them if: (1) Indiana had an ethics rule barring government contractors and those bidding for contracts from making campaign contributions; (2) engineering contracts were competitively bid; and (3) someone was auditing bills submitted to the state by these firms. The same rule should apply to the law firms that double and triple bill government agencies to recoup the large campaign contributions they make to win the no-bid contract work. Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-29185278918716258742015-09-10T21:16:33.079-05:002015-09-10T21:16:33.079-05:00The firms Tally identified in the e-mail to Browning as poaching INDOT engineers included: RQAW (3), Primera (4), HW Lochner (2), American Structure Point (1), BFS (1), Parsons (1), Isolux Infrastructure (1), Wabash Valley Asphalt (1), Lochmueller (1) and DVG (1). Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-65116558179483198732015-09-10T21:10:33.917-05:002015-09-10T21:10:33.917-05:00Perhaps Indot could try paying their people market rate instead of 25% less. Big surprise the better employees head for greener pasture. The best part is they go work for a connected consultants doing the exact same job while the consultant bills the state 3-6 times the hourly rate Indot used to pay the employee directly. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-3180192520958568752015-09-10T21:05:53.344-05:002015-09-10T21:05:53.344-05:00Gary, wha were the other engineering firms you mention?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-9025630310677158592015-09-10T20:05:48.768-05:002015-09-10T20:05:48.768-05:00He is a lightweight. Pence is not showing much executive talent, however. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-67512735745235805082015-09-10T18:33:31.046-05:002015-09-10T18:33:31.046-05:00Thanks for exposing Shabazz' role in this sordid affair. I dropped my membership at the Columbia Club because he became a permanent fixture at the joint. It only takes over-hearing a few of his conversations in the French Room to cause one to head for the door. I can't believe WIBC and WRTV discredit themselves by associating with this buffoon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com