Comments on: Rendell Administration Love Affair With Big Labor Stalls Prison Construction Projects and Slows Job Growth for Pennsylvanians http://thetruthaboutplas.com/2010/03/17/rendell-administration-love-affair-with-big-labor-stalls-prison-construction-projects-and-job-creation-for-pennsylvanians/ Educating the public, elected officials, taxpayers and the construction industry about wasteful and inefficient project labor agreements (PLAs). Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:31:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: BenBrubeck http://thetruthaboutplas.com/2010/03/17/rendell-administration-love-affair-with-big-labor-stalls-prison-construction-projects-and-job-creation-for-pennsylvanians/comment-page-1/#comment-769 BenBrubeck Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:54:53 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutplas.com/?p=2732#comment-769 I respectfully disagree. Doesn't the government have the responsibility to make sure that all taxpayers, not just political supporters (Big Labor), have a fair shot to compete for those jobs (which are also paid for by their tax dollars) and help deliver to taxpayers the best possible product at the best possible price? Officials should not be attaching these costly special interest deals to public construction projects. They are the ones that should be held accountable. The officials at the Benner jail rebid the project because the costs were over-budget under the PLA. The PLA and not the legal challenge was responsible for this delay. Isn't the connection obvious? I respectfully disagree.

Doesn’t the government have the responsibility to make sure that all taxpayers, not just political supporters (Big Labor), have a fair shot to compete for those jobs (which are also paid for by their tax dollars) and help deliver to taxpayers the best possible product at the best possible price? Officials should not be attaching these costly special interest deals to public construction projects. They are the ones that should be held accountable.

The officials at the Benner jail rebid the project because the costs were over-budget under the PLA. The PLA and not the legal challenge was responsible for this delay.

Isn’t the connection obvious?

]]> By: professional http://thetruthaboutplas.com/2010/03/17/rendell-administration-love-affair-with-big-labor-stalls-prison-construction-projects-and-job-creation-for-pennsylvanians/comment-page-1/#comment-768 professional Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:14:10 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutplas.com/?p=2732#comment-768 The problem is that your untimely protests are only keeping people out of work in a very poor economy. The PLA should be debated but not at the cost of thousands of jobs. The problem is that your untimely protests are only keeping people out of work in a very poor economy. The PLA should be debated but not at the cost of thousands of jobs.

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