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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]corruption in construction contracts[/quote]

That's the easiest one to prove if you can get someone knowledgeable to talk about it.  The cost differences between DCPS/DGS projects and similar projects by charters are ridiculous- DCPS at least twice as much for similar buildings, sometimes 3 times as much.  And the charters still have to abide by some of the hiring standards like hiring a certain percentage of DC residents and DC businesses.[/quote]

My recollection is that Latin spent $17 million for a gut-rehab of the old Rudolph school. Compare that to the $200 million spent on Ellington, or even some of the less outrageous DCPS projects, and you wonder what is going on. Also compare to the $40 million that GDS is reportedly asking for their lower campus and you have to wonder.[/quote]

What is there to wonder about?  Developers (who happen to be Bowser donors) underbid and win the deal.  They then under-deliver, have cost overruns, and the taxpayers get bilked for hundreds of millions.  There's no political fallout, because they all support the Mayor and graft is the lifeblood of this one-party town.  Vote Democrat and vote for the same.[/quote]

Rinse and repeat.  Every vote for the party machine is a vote to grab your ankles.[/quote]

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