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State Funding Agencies Freeze Payments to MWH in New Orleans
Despite a contentious rebuttal from the Nagin administration to the city Inspector General’s “scathing” report on construction giant MWH America’s business practices in New Orleans, the state agency administrating the SRF loan and the state agency doling out FEMA reimbursements to local governments have halted MWH-related payments and begun tightening future loan disbursement rules and billing requirements.
Written by Rock News Wire On 18.04.10
'Torn Fabric'
During ex parte comments by commissioners at the June 11 Coastal Commission hearing in Marina del Rey -- which resulted in a Coastal Development Permit unanimously granted to the Los Osos Wastewater Project -- Commissioner Mary Shallenberger disclosed that the day before the hearing she had met with San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Gibson, County Counsels Jensen and McNulty, and County Public Works Director Ogren.
Written by Ed Ochs On 18.06.10
Design-Build-Collapse
By ED OCHS
The USDA loan may signal the demise of the design-build process, once a cornerstone of the County’s lapsed campaign to deliver affordability, competitive bidding and a co-equal cost analysis—including economical alternatives—to the Los Osos sewer project.
Written by Ed Ochs On 28.08.10
Centurion Gibson Calls for ‘Ramming Speed!’ ...
By ED OCHS
Second District Supervisor Bruce Gibson is in a big hurry, at least when it comes to the Los Osos Wastewater Project. He would do anything to speed up the project, anything. If he could push the start of construction up six months from March 2012 to September 2011 by ramming it by his pliable County Board of Supervisor brethren, then he will ram them head-on by lawyering, squeezing, smothering, hustling, and palavering them until they roll over, which they all eventually do. Gibson, like the Roman Centurion commanding the war galley rowed by slave Ben-Hur, has called for “Ramming speed!” on the Los Osos sewer. Public Works staff has been asked to return to the board in September with an accelerated plan.
Written by Ed Ochs On 22.08.10
Tom Murphy Busted in Arizona
Apparently, Tom Murphy, self-described inventor of the quirky “Reclamator” home water-reuse device, has been busy inventing new professions for himself. At least one particular profession might force him to hire an attorney -- a real one -- to keep him out of mounting legal troubles. The sometimes volatile Murphy was arrested Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. at his residence in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, for impersonating a public servant, according to Lake Havasu City Police Department Sgt. Joe Harrold.
Written by Ed Ochs On 09.06.10
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