Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Hmmmmm.......

 Well this is interesting.  The nomination of MDOT Executive Director Melinda McGrath has been submitted to not one, but two committees.  

The standard practice is to submit appointees requiring a Senate confirmation vote to one committee.  MDOT Commissioners nominate the Executive Director.  The Senate confirms the appointment.  The Lieutenant Governor referred her to the Highways and Transportation as well as the Accountability, Efficiency, and Transparency Committees.   Ms. McGrath is going to have to face two confirmation votes in committee. 

Kingfish note: It wouldn't have anything to do with two change orders for the Highway 49S and I55S projects, would it?  The total costs of those change orders were more than $100 million.  That might get someone's attention.  Stay tuned.

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

If she was in charge of those two shit show construction projects, she needs to voluntarily resign.

Anonymous said...

Double referral is what they do to kill legislation or, in this case, a nomination. Something tells me there is another ED nominee waiting in the wings.

Anonymous said...

Doubtful... Delbert likes to double refer EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING....

Anonymous said...

49 and 55 projects are at $110,000,000 over and counting.

Anonymous said...

Remember when she took the news crews out to a major county bridge to show them why the state closed it? Turns out the bridge had already been repaired, inspected and it opened the next day. She couldn't tell the difference. And that my friends is our Executive Director of MDOT.

Anonymous said...

Who?

Anonymous said...

Who?

The main most shovel leaner to the most wasteful department in all of our state government.

Anonymous said...

Isn't highway 49 yet another Yates project sucking tax dollars down the drain and into Bill's pocket? Kemper...Pearl stadium...outlets...Biloxi stadium...I'm sure there are more. I wonder if Yates will get to own the resulting product this time too and charge a toll. It's good to own governors....several in a row.

Anonymous said...

11:01, find another appointment Delbert double referred

Anonymous said...

She holds one of the most important positions in the state. Look at the budget she manages!!! TOTALLY incompetent, She is a disgrace to the department and the state. She needs to be removed and should have NEVER had the position.

Anonymous said...

7:38...Help me out here. I'm trying to recall the name of somebody, anybody, affiliated with MDOT who WAS or IS competent. I wish I had a dime for every photo-op Haul Dick ever showed up for, but, at least he never slumped over and went to sleep at a slot machine.

Whatever happened to honorable people like Thurston Little and Sam Waggoner (senior or junior - google and take your pick)?

Sigh.

Anonymous said...

She seems to have issues beyond her competence. Take a poll among her employees. She should take her HUGE retirement and go home.

PittPanther said...

No one can ever question construction overruns in mississippi, they always shrug their shoulders and say "Yazoo clay." All questions stop at that point, as if Yazoo clay is an insurmountable and completely unexpected problem.

Anonymous said...

How is she more responsible for cost overruns and change orders than the design engineers (likely consultants) who designed the project or the MDOT engineers who administered them?

Anonymous said...

Meanwhile: Who has the orange barrel contract on 49S? Those things are $109 to $122 per copy.

Anonymous said...

@8:45 AM
That would be Traffic Control Systems in Pearl.


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