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« on: November 10, 2009, 04:12:02 PM »

Stunning... a $35 million dollar project to build a dock in 2 years has run to $60 million and still counting.

Bermuda is such a mockery of good business!

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« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2009, 04:30:35 PM »

Stunning... a $35 million dollar project to build a dock in 2 years has run to $60 million and still counting.

Bermuda is such a mockery of good business!


Define "Mockery"...........and what "business" are you talking about. Yours, mine, or theirs?

Gotta run...........Government  Minister for the Enviroment opening the new LaVerne Shurbert Avery........

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« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2009, 08:25:19 AM »

Barkely school anyone? Mega school, mega over runs.
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« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2009, 02:50:01 PM »

One unfortunate aspect of this gross mismanagement of the public purse, is that the general public has become so desensitised, that it has become an accepted way of life.
However, it must be realised that future generations will end up paying the bills.
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« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2009, 02:56:59 PM »

 I Approve

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« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2009, 05:55:24 PM »

One unfortunate aspect of this gross mismanagement of the public purse, is that the general public has become so desensitised, that it has become an accepted way of life.
However, it must be realised that future generations will end up paying the bills.

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« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2009, 06:03:00 PM »

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Among our other findings we discovered that rental fees for a crane quadrupled from the subcontractor's original quote, and two vibratory hammers used to drive the pile foundations were billed as an extra under "dolphin mitigation".

The design of the thruster wall a barrier against sediment surge from docking cruise ships — also changed four times, according to Correia.


I can see the conversation now...

"yeah, yeah... put the extra million under de dolphin stuff!  Everybody loves de dolphins."   blink
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« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2009, 06:04:04 PM »

Shrugging off the over spend with platitudes, the Premier had this to say:

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"I am not proud that we couldn't do a better job of getting closer to what the end project could be, but that's part of Government and of Bermuda. We are not the most efficient model."

He continued: "I'm not going to stand here and make any excuses for that."


Good on Minister Quinton Edness for calling for a police fraud squad investigation.  Let's hope that gets some traction.

Classic definition of "mockery":

"When Mr. Gardella said the crane rental was to be $8,000 a month, Mr. Correia, according to the story, came back and said, 'No, we want you to charge us $10,000 a week', according to Mr. Gardella. "The plan was to split the profits on the equipment rental."
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