DC Auditor Report on Duke Ellington

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Still want to know if anything can be done. What about a petition? Just feel that this problem is so outrageous and feel frustrated that nothing is done to correct the problem

Send a message to sitting councilmembers that you won't be voting for them because of what they did for Ellington.

Especially those on the Education Committee, like Grosso.

Grosso lives down the street from me. His wife knocked on my door for votes when he was running for city council. Maybe I'll knock on his door and let him know how I feel about the Ellington debacle.

By all means knock on his door. He put out a good press release that hit all the right notes on this and seems to indicate he at least understands the corruption that led to this. Hopefully appropriate action reigning it in will follow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still want to know if anything can be done. What about a petition? Just feel that this problem is so outrageous and feel frustrated that nothing is done to correct the problem

Send a message to sitting councilmembers that you won't be voting for them because of what they did for Ellington.

Especially those on the Education Committee, like Grosso.

Grosso lives down the street from me. His wife knocked on my door for votes when he was running for city council. Maybe I'll knock on his door and let him know how I feel about the Ellington debacle.

By all means knock on his door. He put out a good press release that hit all the right notes on this and seems to indicate he at least understands the corruption that led to this. Hopefully appropriate action reigning it in will follow.

I met him a few years ago and he seems like a good guy. I'd knock on his door and talk, I believe he'd appreciate it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still want to know if anything can be done. What about a petition? Just feel that this problem is so outrageous and feel frustrated that nothing is done to correct the problem

Send a message to sitting councilmembers that you won't be voting for them because of what they did for Ellington.

Especially those on the Education Committee, like Grosso.

Grosso lives down the street from me. His wife knocked on my door for votes when he was running for city council. Maybe I'll knock on his door and let him know how I feel about the Ellington debacle.

By all means knock on his door. He put out a good press release that hit all the right notes on this and seems to indicate he at least understands the corruption that led to this. Hopefully appropriate action reigning it in will follow.

I met him a few years ago and he seems like a good guy. I'd knock on his door and talk, I believe he'd appreciate it.

I've met him a couple of times too, and he does seem like a nice guy. And very progressive. All things that I'd like.
It makes it all the more baffling that he'd vote for that corrupt mess while delaying our renovation of our kid's school. Really all that matters to me is the bottom line, and he can't excuse that away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still want to know if anything can be done. What about a petition? Just feel that this problem is so outrageous and feel frustrated that nothing is done to correct the problem

Send a message to sitting councilmembers that you won't be voting for them because of what they did for Ellington.

Especially those on the Education Committee, like Grosso.

Grosso lives down the street from me. His wife knocked on my door for votes when he was running for city council. Maybe I'll knock on his door and let him know how I feel about the Ellington debacle.

By all means knock on his door. He put out a good press release that hit all the right notes on this and seems to indicate he at least understands the corruption that led to this. Hopefully appropriate action reigning it in will follow.

I met him a few years ago and he seems like a good guy. I'd knock on his door and talk, I believe he'd appreciate it.

I've met him a couple of times too, and he does seem like a nice guy. And very progressive. All things that I'd like.
It makes it all the more baffling that he'd vote for that corrupt mess while delaying our renovation of our kid's school. Really all that matters to me is the bottom line, and he can't excuse that away.

Agreed.

This whole Ellington mess deserves an in-depth investigation. No one's seems to dare to touch, probably because how much it stinks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still want to know if anything can be done. What about a petition? Just feel that this problem is so outrageous and feel frustrated that nothing is done to correct the problem

Send a message to sitting councilmembers that you won't be voting for them because of what they did for Ellington.

Especially those on the Education Committee, like Grosso.

Grosso lives down the street from me. His wife knocked on my door for votes when he was running for city council. Maybe I'll knock on his door and let him know how I feel about the Ellington debacle.

By all means knock on his door. He put out a good press release that hit all the right notes on this and seems to indicate he at least understands the corruption that led to this. Hopefully appropriate action reigning it in will follow.

I met him a few years ago and he seems like a good guy. I'd knock on his door and talk, I believe he'd appreciate it.

I've met him a couple of times too, and he does seem like a nice guy. And very progressive. All things that I'd like.
It makes it all the more baffling that he'd vote for that corrupt mess while delaying our renovation of our kid's school. Really all that matters to me is the bottom line, and he can't excuse that away.

Agreed.

This whole Ellington mess deserves an in-depth investigation. No one's seems to dare to touch, probably because how much it stinks.

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still want to know if anything can be done. What about a petition? Just feel that this problem is so outrageous and feel frustrated that nothing is done to correct the problem

Send a message to sitting councilmembers that you won't be voting for them because of what they did for Ellington.

Especially those on the Education Committee, like Grosso.

Grosso lives down the street from me. His wife knocked on my door for votes when he was running for city council. Maybe I'll knock on his door and let him know how I feel about the Ellington debacle.

By all means knock on his door. He put out a good press release that hit all the right notes on this and seems to indicate he at least understands the corruption that led to this. Hopefully appropriate action reigning it in will follow.

I met him a few years ago and he seems like a good guy. I'd knock on his door and talk, I believe he'd appreciate it.

I've met him a couple of times too, and he does seem like a nice guy. And very progressive. All things that I'd like.
It makes it all the more baffling that he'd vote for that corrupt mess while delaying our renovation of our kid's school. Really all that matters to me is the bottom line, and he can't excuse that away.

I'm not impressed. He's all talk. He says the right things and does little. Prototypical DC pol in that regard.

[Anonymous]

After all this money and time, the Ellington building is still an empty shell. All this money is going into a hole somewhere, but it's clearly not being spent at the site. It reminds me of those slow-build projects you see in Brazil or Lagos and other very corrupt places.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:After all this money and time, the Ellington building is still an empty shell. All this money is going into a hole somewhere, but it's clearly not being spent at the site. It reminds me of those slow-build projects you see in Brazil or Lagos and other very corrupt places.

+1 seems like the sort of project where money is being funneled to terrorists. and auditors report that talks about costs that are closing in on $200 million but when you drive by it looks like a stalled project.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After all this money and time, the Ellington building is still an empty shell. All this money is going into a hole somewhere, but it's clearly not being spent at the site. It reminds me of those slow-build projects you see in Brazil or Lagos and other very corrupt places.

+1 seems like the sort of project where money is being funneled to terrorists. and auditors report that talks about costs that are closing in on $200 million but when you drive by it looks like a stalled project.

+2

I drove by DE last weekend for the first time in months. It doesn't look like its gotten very far. Are crews busy at work during the daytime hours?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After all this money and time, the Ellington building is still an empty shell. All this money is going into a hole somewhere, but it's clearly not being spent at the site. It reminds me of those slow-build projects you see in Brazil or Lagos and other very corrupt places.

+1 seems like the sort of project where money is being funneled to terrorists. and auditors report that talks about costs that are closing in on $200 million but when you drive by it looks like a stalled project.

+2

I drove by DE last weekend for the first time in months. It doesn't look like its gotten very far. Are crews busy at work during the daytime hours?

Contact Jeffrey Thompson Construction in Upper Marlboro.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After all this money and time, the Ellington building is still an empty shell. All this money is going into a hole somewhere, but it's clearly not being spent at the site. It reminds me of those slow-build projects you see in Brazil or Lagos and other very corrupt places.

+1 seems like the sort of project where money is being funneled to terrorists. and auditors report that talks about costs that are closing in on $200 million but when you drive by it looks like a stalled project.

+2

I drove by DE last weekend for the first time in months. It doesn't look like its gotten very far. Are crews busy at work during the daytime hours?

Contact Jeffrey Thompson Construction in Upper Marlboro.

Exactly who in DC government do they answer to?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After all this money and time, the Ellington building is still an empty shell. All this money is going into a hole somewhere, but it's clearly not being spent at the site. It reminds me of those slow-build projects you see in Brazil or Lagos and other very corrupt places.

+1 seems like the sort of project where money is being funneled to terrorists. and auditors report that talks about costs that are closing in on $200 million but when you drive by it looks like a stalled project.

+2

I drove by DE last weekend for the first time in months. It doesn't look like its gotten very far. Are crews busy at work during the daytime hours?

Contact Jeffrey Thompson Construction in Upper Marlboro.

Exactly who in DC government do they answer to?

The council. The F@$^%$ing council that we vote for. Tell your councilmembers (ward specific and at-large) that you care, and will vote accordingly.

[Anonymous]

Um, for 200 million dollar project, shouldn't the developer be a big company? Just tried googling Jeffrey Thompson construction and found nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Um, for 200 million dollar project, shouldn't the developer be a big company? Just tried googling Jeffrey Thompson construction and found nothing.

Probably just trying out the business, cause he had a good connection to get the bid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Um, for 200 million dollar project, shouldn't the developer be a big company? Just tried googling Jeffrey Thompson construction and found nothing.

The builder is GCS-Sigal -- http://dgs.dc.gov/page/dgs-duke-ellington-school-for-the-arts-modernization-project