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Do PLAs Reward Special Interests?

March 9, 2010 – 12:01 am

TheTruthAboutPLAs.com has long maintained that government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) are one of the purest forms of payback to special interests. Sometimes it is hard to believe that PLAs are even legal. And as this example will demonstrate, elected officials go to great lengths to justify their paybacks to special interests. Matthew J. Brouillette, president [...]

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PA Government Cronyism Continues with Rockview Jail PLA

July 9, 2009 – 8:21 am

Here is an interesting update (and documentation of government corruption and cronyism) on the State Correctional Institution (SCI) at Benner Township (commonly called the Rockview prison project), which is one of a series of approximately $830 million in jail construction projects the Pennsylvania Department of General Services (DGS) is putting out to bid that may [...]

By Ben Brubeck | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Benner Township, Centre County, Department of General Services, Keystone Research Center, Pennsylvania, PLAs, Prisons, Project Labor Agreements, Rendell, Rockview, Union Propaganda Machine | Comments (0)