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Hey, is this the new “brothers and sisters are running the city”? Let’s hope not. But I do really enjoy Wilson Goode Jr’s recent comments, where he just comes out and says he wants this construction project to hire black people. Geeze, if only all politicians made it this simple:
Convention Center officials originally promised to set aside at least one-quarter of the construction work for minority and female-owned companies. Councilman Wilson Goode last week described that as “crap.” Now, the Convention Center is promising to work toward 50 percent minority and female participation. Goode said that’s realistic only if the Center is willing to hire minority firms from other parts of the country:
“If you don’t do it on this, the largest public works project in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, then you’re still full of crap.” Goode wants a certain percentage set aside specifically for African-American contractors.
See? Simple as that.
Hiring Plans for Pa. Convention Ctr. Expansion Still in Limbo [KYW 1060]
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Shouldn’t awarding a contract have more to do with quality of work, references, and price quotes than with who owns the company?
I’m typically very lefty but if a company can’t compete in the marketplace why should they be hired? Also, if they are competitive, why wouldn’t they be hired anyway?
Oops didn’t mean to be anonymous - above comment is mine
The pre-qualification was open to every form of contracting firm through phila.gov. Yet no minority contractor submitted a pre-qualification package.
At least try to qualify for the project before complaining that you are not given enough of a minority percentage.
I think 25% of the contracts should go to girls with big boobs.