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> This is a failure at the city contracting level. Incompetence or corruption or both. Solely? Editing out the contractor's actions seems to leave an incomplet
by WarOnPrivacy 2y ago
> This is a failure at the city contracting level. Incompetence or corruption or both.
Solely? Editing out the contractor's actions seems to leave an incomplete picture.
edit: I suggest there is a fault with society, when society gives a pass to a business operating unethically - simply because it leveraged (or purchased, fed/state) loopholes that allow it to do so.
- quesera 2y agoContractor fulfilled obligation. City contracting office failed to specify the requirements correctly. In particular the curing schedule/temperature. If this was a homeowner getting a driveway paved, it would be one thing. But a city needs to employ people who know how to write contracts. If they do not, and bad contracts are legally fulfilled, then yes I'd argue that it's entirely the city's fault. And the contractor's unethical exploitation, of course. But that's contracts. To your edit: I agree, and it sucks! But this is not a novel problem, and people in this business know how to get their desired results. I would argue that this kind of error does not happen accidentally.
- ajsnigrutin 2y agoI'm pretty sure a homeowner would want his driveway repaved much faster than that, and done properly You either must really not care about the job, or be corrupt (and get some under-the-table money) to sign something like this. Somehow in the private sector people complain, and once it comes to someone high up, heads fall until it's solved... but not in the public sector.