Today’s Blaine County Journal quoted district landfill coordinator Clay Vincent as saying that this estimate was “to move 350,000 to 400,000 cubic feet of dirt” and that the bids were given to site engineer, Barry Damschen of Helena to review and make sure that they were in compliance with the specs and all the related paperwork was in order. Vincent further went on to say that the Disposal District was already starting the next phase of the project which is erecting a building, starting the concrete work, and doing other related preparation work at the site. The Disposal District also must begin upgrading the roads from the Clear Creek turn off and from Hi-Way 2 east of Havre. It appears that Vincent also couldn’t resist taking a stab at the “local” contractors for bidding higher than other contractors that have to move their equipment long distances and pay for room and board for their employee’s. Pick up a copy of today’s Blaine County Journal and read the story for yourself and give us your impression.
Again, we at the Corrector wonder why this story wasn’t covered by our local Havre Daily “News”? We recommend that our readers subscribe to the weekly Blaine County Journal where the Corrector first saw this landfill story. Unlike the Havre paper it is a quality paper chock full of local stories instead of Associated Press reprints. You can contact them at The Blaine County Journal, PO Box 279, Chinook, MT 59523 or e-mail then at bcjnews@mtintouch.net
If I understand things their are three counties involved in this landfill do they have enough people working for them at their road departments to do this work? or could they hire a few unemployeed people to do this work.
ReplyDeleteI guess those hearings they held where people were opposed to this new land fill were just for show as they are going ahead with it anyway.
ReplyDeleteMaybe that's why the havre daily didn't report on it. Funny the little Chinook paper knew about this bid opening and the mighty havre daily didnt
I was wondering if Mikey Anderson was the general contractor on this project too?
ReplyDeleteThanks for filling us in on news the HDN misses. I get the BCJournal and it is a great paper
ReplyDeleteThe history of a Chinook newsman is legendary on the internet, particularly involving huge drug shipments.
ReplyDeleteThese shipments were all covert operations of the government and are all over the internet, culminating in heroic effort of Chinook publisher Mike Perry wearing a side arm while publishing incriminating information about drug shipments being flown into Chinook and Havre, and the cover up by the government conspiring with local officials.
http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/msg57294.html
http://www.supremelaw.org/sls/email/box044/msg04448.htm
HEEHAW HEEHAW sad little HDN missed another one
ReplyDeleteDeConstructor why do you post these links to a story that is 20 years old? Is there something still going on in Chinook?
ReplyDeleteThe one thing overlooked on all of this is that this is a bid process. Instead of wining about local contractors gouging us on price, remember it is their loss if they don't get the job. They either have enough work or they need to sharpen their bidding process.
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