Wait: don't trust government to put its hands anywhere near your pockets. Looks like there's enough blame to go around; the council has been known in the past for its secretiveness and night-time shenanigans.
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Paul Flint <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Stan, > > to quote Saint Everett of Dirksen... > > "A billion here and billion there and pretty soon you are talking real > money"... > > Never trust government with more than $0.25. > > > On Tue, 13 Oct 2009, Stanley Brinkerhoff wrote: > > Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:01:04 -0400 >> From: Stanley Brinkerhoff <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Wheres my $400,000? >> >> >> All, >> >> I know this list has members in the Montpelier/surrounding areas. Incase >> you missed the articles -- apparently Montpelier overpayed a contractor in >> ~2005 to the tune of $400,000. It wasn't noticed until ~2006, and the >> city >> council, nor the mayor have been entirely forthright about its >> occurrence. >> They do cite that they their legal requirements by putting it in their >> counsel minutes (only available on paper via request) and in the "annual >> report". They also note repayment was ongoing from the vendor who was >> over-payed, which made them feel as though the "issue was resolved". >> >> *Appropriate links* >> >> http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091010/NEWS/910109998/ >> http://www.montpelier-vt.org/story/241.html >> >> *City Council* meets this Wednesday to review the situation "publically" >> http://www.montpelier-vt.org/community/313.html >> >> Stan >> >> > Kindest Regards, > > > > Paul Flint > (802) 479-2360 > > > /************************************ > Based upon email reliability concerns, > please send an acknowledgment in response to this note. > > Paul Flint > Barre Open Systems Institute > 17 Averill Street > Barre, VT > 05641 > > http://www.bosivt.org > http://www.flint.com/home > skype: flintinfotech > Work: (202) 537-0480 > > Consilium _ > gratuitum .~. ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) > valet /V\ against HTML e-mail X > quanti /( )\ www.asciiribbon.org / \ > numerantur ^^-^^ >
