Special Interests Own Lucas County Ohio Commissioners

December 17, 2009 – 5:41 am

Readers of TheTruthAboutPLAs.com know that we have closely followed a proposal before the Lucas County, OH Board of Supervisors that would require PLAs on all county projects valued at $25,000 or greater that receive county funds. Unfortunately, on Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors approved the PLA proposal, which is sure to discriminate against qualified and local nonunion contractors [...]

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Back To The Future: The Lucas County PLA Fight

December 4, 2009 – 5:21 pm

Readers of TheTruthAboutPLAs.com know that we have closely followed a proposal being consider by the Lucas County, OH Board of Supervisors that would require PLAs on all county projects and those that receive county funds. As the Lucas County PLA fight heats up, it’s like deja vu all over again for Lucas County residents. Great Scott Marty! [...]

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Lucas County Ohio Project Labor Agreement Vote Delayed Again

December 2, 2009 – 7:29 am

Yesterday, the Lucas County (Ohio) Commissioners again deferred a vote on the agenda item, “Incorporating Project Labor Agreements into Bidding Specifications for all County-Supported Projects.” (Download PDF). As TheTruthAboutPLAs.com discussed in a previous post, this sop to Big Labor, led by Commissioner Ben Konop, is an attempt to require discriminatory and costly project labor agreements (PLAs) on [...]

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Exposing Warped Logic Behind Lucas County (OH) PLA Ordinance

November 24, 2009 – 6:35 am

Today, Lucas County (Ohio) Commissioners will discuss an agenda item, “Incorporating Project Labor Agreements into Bidding Specifications for all County-Supported Projects.” (Download PDF). Led by Commissioner Ben Konop, this sop to Big Labor is an attempt to require PLAs on all Lucas County projects. 11/25 Update: Maggie Thurber reports that the Commissioners delayed the vote until [...]

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