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Lisa Gets Politik

Contractors need to be held accountable for mindless cutting of trees.

Contact SKANSKA and tell them that you are outraged that they cut a grove trees without permission, causing erosion and flooding.

Contractors need to be held accountable and heavily fined.

Boston, MA
+1 617 574 1400
101 Seaport Blvd
Boston, Massachusetts 02210

You can also contact RIDOT to see if they will fine them Phone: (401) 222-2450

abc6.com/ridot-says-contractor

#Erosion
#ClimateChange
#Contractors

ABC6 · RIDOT says contractors cut down grove of trees in Providence without permission | ABC6A grove of trees wrongfully cut down in Providence on March 20, 2025. (WLNE)PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Rhode Island Department of Transportation said that a contractor working on the Interstate 95 15 Project cut down a grove of trees in Providence without permission. The crews worked for Skanska, a construction company previously awarded $600 million to replace several bridges...
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beSpacific

Janis Kluge, German Institute for Int'l & Security Affairs - American #defense #contractors are about to lose #billions in business from #Europe after US disabled jamming equipment in F-16s, withholding maintenance and parts for systems already purchased:“US weapons are toxic, just as Europeans are making plans to spend hundreds of billions on arms procurement. This is against US interests on so many levels. But for #Trump, the end of US supremacy just can't come soon enough.” #economics

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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

"reducing staff is a bad way to save money... Unlike a private company, the #government is required to carry out certain functions by law... the govt wound up merely handing over more jobs to private-sector contractors. “Replacing govt workers to do these #jobs tended not to save money, and, of course, hiring the same employees back tended to cost govt even more, because govt paid twice—once for the buyout, once for hiring them as #contractors”"
theatlantic.com/politics/archi

Text from article: One lesson of Clinton’s Reinventing Government project, if Musk had bothered to learn it, is that reducing staff is a bad way to save money. Cutting the government payroll was, by all accounts, the Clinton initiative’s greatest failure. Unlike a private company, the government is required to carry out certain functions by law. Clinton reduced the federal workforce, but not the responsibilities that those civil servants had carried out. As a result, the government wound up merely handing over more jobs to private-sector contractors. “Replacing government workers to do these jobs tended not to save money, and, of course, hiring the same employees back tended to cost government even more, because government paid twice—once for the buyout, once for hiring them as contractors,” Donald Kettl, a professor of public policy at the University of Maryland, told me.
#Musk#Doge#News
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Nonilex

Typically only a small number of career ofcls control #Treasury’s payment systems. Run by the Bureau of #Fiscal Service, the sensitive systems control the flow of >$6T annually to #households, #businesses & more nationwide. …Hundreds of millions of people across the country rely on the systems, which…distribute #SocialSecurity & #Medicare benefits, #salaries for federal personnel, payments to govt #contractors & #grant recipients & #TaxRefunds, among tens of thousands of other functions.

#Trump
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

"the #Trump administration never realized how much money the #OMB memo would hold up... the number of civil servants working in the administrative state today is about the same as it was in the 1950s & 1960s... Federal spending has grown tremendously... but that growth has been managed not by federal #bureaucrats but by federal #contractors, who outnumber federal employees more than two to one... we need more civil servants... not fewer."
newrepublic.com/article/190838

Text from article (edited for length): the Trump administration never realized how much money the OMB memo would hold up. It is, after all, committed to the paranoid fantasy that the federal government is managed by an out-of-control Deep State. In fact, the number of civil servants working in the administrative state today is about the same as it was in the 1950s and 1960s. (According to Axios, Trump is offering them all a buyout to quit, though where the buyout money would come from is anybody’s guess.) Federal spending has grown tremendously since the mid-twentieth century, but that growth has been managed not by federal bureaucrats but by federal contractors, who outnumber federal employees more than two to one. Indeed, as Donald F. Kettl argues in the current issue of The Washington Monthly, we need more civil servants to supervise or replace these contractors, not fewer... According to the Government Accounting Office, the federal government spent $759 billion on contracts in the 2023 fiscal year, $478 billion on services, and the rest on goods (mostly military hardware). Most if not all of that $478 billion likely constitutes federal financial assistance and is therefore now frozen. About half of the $478 billion purchases services for a single federal agency, the Pentagon, which makes it likely the OMB memo would bring a great deal of defense spending to a halt.
#GOP#Politics#US
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Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:

This is the most helpful article I’ve read on drawer slides. I’ve been battling ours for years, and have needed to replace some of them more than once. I didn’t realize how many factors determine if you’re using the right ones. Turns out our contractors installed ones that weren’t right for us.

Sigh.

If I had known all of this, it would have alleviated a lot of frustration for me.

woodmagazine.com/woodworking-h

WOOD MagazineDrawer Slides DemystifiedSlides come in many different types, and determining which to buy can be confusing. Here’s how to pick the best one for the job.
#HomeRepair#DYI#Kitchen
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Lee from Philly 🇺🇦

Some facts that just can’t be repeated enough about #DonaldTrump. This is a man known for stiffing contractors just because he knew he could. He knew the amount of money it would take to sue him was beyond what most contractors had. So any young guys out there working as #contractors (he’s hoping it’s young white guys that he can get to vote for him.), please keep that in mind. #DonaldTrump never honors his word, as evidenced by the fact he did not bring down the national debt nor your taxes.

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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

"Consider these alarms: In an uncommonly public report in April, Carlos Del Toro, the #Navy secretary, announced that nine Navy ship programs were between one & three years behind schedule...

Del Toro called out dilatory #contractors by name — #GeneralDynamics Electric Boat, #HuntingtonIngalls Industries and #FincantieriMarinette Marine — and went so far as to suggest that the #UnitedStates should consider building some of its #warships overseas."
washingtonpost.com/opinions/20

Text from article: Delay has been the Pentagon’s dance partner all spring. Program after weapons program has fallen behind its production schedule, which means cascading costs for taxpayers and declining readiness for the military. The problem stems from choosing systems that are too complicated, too exquisite and too costly to maintain — and relying on just a handful of prime contractors, most of which face little or no competition. On June 17, the Government Accountability Office, in its annual survey of 76 leading procurement programs, described the Pentagon as “alarmingly slow” in fielding weapons for every service. Consider these alarms: In an uncommonly public report in April, Carlos Del Toro, the Navy secretary, announced that nine Navy ship programs were between one and three years behind schedule. The ships include the new Columbia-class submarine (12 to 16 months late); a new aircraft carrier (18 to 26 months late); and the first Constellation-class frigate (three years late). Del Toro called out dilatory contractors by name — General Dynamics Electric Boat, Huntington Ingalls Industries and Fincantieri Marinette Marine — and went so far as to suggest that the United States should consider building some of its warships overseas.
#Military#USA#News
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I wonder...

@mekkaokereke

#DEI is part of what we do at work. We help high schools build equitable and inclusive computer science programs.

In states such as Florida, we present it as every student having access to computer science classes, and as having the demographics of the CS classes match the demographics of the campus as a whole.

We expect schools to make a DEI commitment at the start of the school year (before, actually, when working out the details of which course type and curriculum), and we follow up. Sometimes, teachers are doing DEI already (displaying posters depicting diverse CS innovators, for example).

So I can't really answer the question the way you ask it.

Also, my role is supporting staff doing this work. My co-workers (the region I support) are my bosses, and my peers support their own regions.

Because all of us are #contractors, it matters that I support staff working in states that ban DEI in schools. If there aren't enough enrolled schools, they could be looking for work. (This is in answer to "Why 'yes'?")

I support #Black, #white, #Latine and #Native staff. Men, women, and nonbinary. Eight directly, and another twenty or so on some large projects.

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DoomsdaysCW

Hmmmm... I'm seeing a pattern here. #PeterMills and #MaineTurnpikeAuthority are looking to build a highway through forests and farms because it would be cheaper (but #LightRail would be even CHEAPER, but would involve less #contractors). Peter's sister #JanetMills wants to put an #OffshoreWindFarm on #SearsIsland because it would be cheaper than #MackPoint (which would involve cleaning up pollution -- the horror!)

[Article is behind a paywall -- full text in comments]

The unusual political alliance opposing an offshore wind port in #Maine

by Billy Kobin
December 4, 2023

"The 941-acre Sears Island, the largest undeveloped island in #PenobscotBay, is connected to the mainland by a causeway and is located off the coast of #Searsport, the Route 1 town of about 2,600 residents. The state owns the island, though #NativeAmericans who called it #Wassumkeag, or 'bright sand beach,' used it over thousands of years for camping, hunting, fishing and resting along paddling routes."

Source:
bangordailynews.com/2023/12/04

Bangor Daily News · The unusual political alliance opposing an offshore wind port in MaineBy Billy Kobin
#MainePolitics#Environment#Greenwashing
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AI6YR Ben

Really, they should have rented a porta potty for the duration of the job. I didn't know that until halfway through (thanks whoever here on the Fediverse told me about that law), but I did not push the issue as there were so many things I was fighting the contractor over... CA code that governs access to toilets (or porta potties) at job sites: dir.ca.gov/title8/1526.html #contractors #legal #law #california #bathrooms

www.dir.ca.govCalifornia Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 1526. Toilets at Construction Jobsites.
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AI6YR Ben

It appears today's game is "who said what"...

Contractor: we can't proceed until insurance approves a supplement to cover this.

Email insurance: "These guys say they can't work on this until you guys approve X"... radio silence.

Soon afterwards: Contractors resumes work.

(item is on their original estimate... so I suspect they are attempting to get insurance to pay the more money, in general).

🤔 #disasterremodeling #contractors

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AI6YR Ben

Interesting on the responsiveness difference between one contractor's project manager and another.

The one that originally pulled all the wet carpet, drywall, and content out of our house after our plumbing disaster texted me back instantly (arranging a move back soon). 30 seconds later.

The project manager for the folks doing the restoration usually takes two days to reply (to text, calls... does not respond to emails).

#gripes#contractors
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AI6YR Ben

Pointing fingers, here's what they say
It's not our fault, insurance won't pay
Things aren't done yet, don't look at us
It's someone else's problem, don't make a fuss

Cutting corners, cutting costs
Why should we care, it's the homeowners loss
The only problem, unforunately
Is those pesky owners keep bugging me

(Contractor's lament)
#poem (human)
#contractors

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