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Saturday, May 16, 2009
Where is Randy Bell?
A couple of weeks ago the Gilmer County Board of Commissioners (BOC) voted to award a propane contract to a company that was not the low bidder. Instead of granting the contract to Ferrellgas (of Blue Ridge), which was reportedly more than 5 percent lower than the selected supplier, the BOC selected Appalachian Propane from Ellijay. I get my propane from Appalachian Propane and I don't usually even check prices. I like to support Gilmer County companies when I can. However that is my decision with my money. I guess numerous questions could be raised about how much it would have saved the county to go with the low bidder versus the positives of using local companies however that is not what is peaking my curiosity. I thought Randy Bell would be all over this one! Randy, who questions why invoices submitted by the contractor on the court house were rounded to the nearest dollar, has been silent on this one. Randy, are you slipping (or sleeping)?
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Hi Max...here I am! Good site, congrats. First of all, I questioned invoices submitted by the Courthouse contractor rounded to the "not necessarily nearest $1000, not nearest dollar.
ReplyDeleteOn the gas bid, I totally agree with you, it was a bad decision, but both Ferrell Gas and yourself beat me to it on calling out the BOC.
I haven't been sleeping, I am trying to get language inserted into future County contracts that will prevent all the work going to illegal immigrants as happened on the Courthouse and Firestations. It never ceases to amaze me that the good old USA is the only country in the hemisphere that absolutely CANNOT enforce it's immigration laws. I'm thinking of a new article "A County Divided- Part 4!
"A County Divided-Part 4", eh? Go for it, Randy! Keep in mind that this July is when SB 529 is supposed to go into full effect. Whether or not it will be enforced, though, is a different story.
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