The much awaited court fight between the Jackson City Council and Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba over the right to negotiate garbage contracts is here. The courtroom drama is live-streamed below. Break out the Bloody Mary's.
* Lumumba attorney Felecia Perkins argued the hearing should be stayed since the Council did not approve paying for the Mayor's legal fees. She said City Attorney Tori Martin said the City Council could not hire outside counsel nor sue the Mayor. Ms. Perkins also cited the Richard's Disposal lawsuit in Hinds County Circuit Court as another reason for staying the lawsuit.
* The Judge denied the motion to stay. He said the Mayor had a valid argument but there was a bigger issue, the lack of garbage service in Jackson. He called the controversy a failure of leadership all the way around. The word travesty was used. He said there must be give and take between branches of government.
* City Council attorney John Scanlon said the Mayor refused to follow the RFP process and submit another proposal after the Council rejected the Richard's Disposal contract multiple times. He wanted the Court to appoint a receiver to oversee a new RFP process while hiring a vendor on a short-term emergency basis.
* Judge Clark replied to Scanlon, saying the two sides did not trust each other. However, he said there was a constitutional problem. City Council is asking the Court to award an executive branch function to the legislative branch. Judge Clark said the Mayor is the only one who can recommend a contract to the Council. He asked Ms. Perkins if the Mayor submitted a contract. She said he indeed did so.
The Court asked her what his duties were if the Council rejects the vendor. Ms. Perkins argued he does not have to select another vendor. She said he negotiated with Richard's Disposal after the Council rejected its contract. The Council asked him to go to the next vendor, which he did even though he did not have to do. The vendor said it could not honor the original prices in its proposal.
* "So why is the garbage in the streets?" asked Judge Clark. Ms. Perkins said it's because the Council wants Waste Management. He asked Ms. Perkins if Waste Management withdrew its bid. "Is there a procedure for withdrawing the bid?"
* Mr. Scanlon said the Council rejected the contract in February 2022. He submitted the same contract two or three weeks later. The Council rejected the contract. The Mayor began a contract with Richard's Disposal on March 8 without Council approval. The Council rejected the contract but approved the accompanying emergency declaration. Judge Clark asked if it was a "self-created emergency." Scanlon: Yes. The Mayor asked the Council yet again to approve the contract. The Council voted no for the sixth time. Ms. Perkins disagreed with his account. He said the Council asked behind closed doors "What's the plan B?" Mr. Scanlon said the Mayor never said what a plan B or plan C was. He claimed the vendors said they would like to participate in an RFP.
Mr. Scanlon brought up scoring. He said Richard's Disposal only won on price but scored last on all other categories. He points out how the Mayor intentionally fails to mention scoring while discussing only price. Judge Clark asked why he was not asking for a writ of mandamus. Mr. Scanlon said the Council was not asking for the writ. Judge Clark said the City Council (in the cited Hattiesburg AG opinion) members sued the Mayor as individual members. "Here we have a City Council versus the Mayor," said the Court. Judge Clark said it seemed the Council wants the authority to perform an executive function by negotiating, recommending, and adopting a contract. Mr. Scanlon said as long as the Mayor is not doing his job, that is true on a limited basis.
* Mr. Scanlon concluded, Judge Clark said the facts are not in dispute. He said "peculiar circumstances" exist. He said the governing authorities of Jackson are dysfunctional.
* Ms. Perkins took her turn in the batter's box. Judge Clark asked what happens if Mayor picks Vendor A but Council says "no, I don't think so." What should the Mayor do next? Ms. Martin tried to interject but was told to wait until Ms. Perkins finished. Ms. Perkins said the Mayor negotiated additional terms with Richard's Disposal as he could under the RFP. She tried to defer to the Mayor but the Court said he would have to testify as a witness. Ms. Perkins said the Council rejected the contract again. Judge Clark asked what the Mayor did next. The attorney said he re-negotiated again only to be rejected for the third time. The Court asked "What the Mayor did after that?" Ms. Perkins said there was negotiation within the RD lawsuit. The Mayor offered to place the contract before the voters as a referendum. Judge Clark said he was not aware of the offer. Judge Clark said he never heard of allowing the citizens to vote on a contract. The lawyer is struggling on the stand while the Mayor repeatedly whispers in her ear.
* "I have real questions about the self-made emergencies but that's not my problem," said Judge Clark.
* The Court asked what the Mayor did after the third rejection. "What time frame are we in?" he asked. "I can't remember your honor," said the Mayor's lawyer. Mr. Scanlon interrupted and said October 2022. Mr. Scanlon said the Council did not approve a contract but approved a settlement to pay claims. Ms. Perkins said the Council agreed to pay RD until the end of March as part of the settlement.
*"When is the next time the Mayor presented or make a recommendation of vendors?" Ms. Perkins said March 30. Judge Clark said so we are now from October to March? Ms. Perkins said yes. "The option he chose was to stick with the same vendor," asked the Judge. Ms. Perkins said yes. Judge Clark said "his authority and their authority co-exist but they have to compromise, otherwise we have garbage in the streets." He said "it's not really a legal issue for reasons discussed in the memo presented in camera, which is going to be released." Ultimately it's not a legal issue in this context. He asked Ms. Martin to get out what she had to say.
* Ms. Martin said Jackson issued an RFP in March 2020 but city rejected all proposals since prices were so high. FCC won the next RFP. The Council rejected FCC twice in August 2021. A new RFP was issued in October 2021. She explained the court options. She said Mayor Lumumba chose the cheapest twice a week contract. She said the contract was renegotiated and presented to the City Council several times.
* Judge Clark asked Ms. Martin if the other two vendors have backed out. Ms. Martin agreed. He asked if original contract submitted by Mayor was still on the table. "So in effect we have one proposal left," asked the Court. Ms. Martin said yes. She said the adjustments for CPI would not occur until next year. RD notified the city it would reserve its contract rights to raise prices.
* The City Attorney entered a motion to dismiss the lawsuit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
* Judge Clark said "for today, let's look at one more thing." And here we go.
* He brought up a January 27, 2012 AG opinion. He said only the City Council has the authority to bind a city to a contract, subject to a veto by the Mayor.
* Ms. Martin said her office contacted the Public Works Department of New Orleans to check the record of RD. She said New Orleans said it had no issues with RD. Apparently New Orleans kicked out RD for no reason.
* "What we have seen from the opinions is the responsibility of the Mayor to negotiate. The Council has a limited right to negotiate. When the Mayor made the recommendation, the Council negotiated with the Mayor." There is somebody missing though and that was the Mayor. I think we have reached a tipping point here with this city. This city can recover from this debacle and moved forward. It's like parents and children. The things this Mayor and Council are doing right now will have an impact on people who hold those positions in the future.
"Sometimes litigation is not the answer. Sometimes putting on the gloves and swinging is not the answer. That's kind of where the city is at this point. I do believe under the authority cited, the Council and Mayor have the power to negotiate a contract but only the Mayor can recommend a contract." "What I'm suggesting to you is we take a break, and the Mayor and Council sit down" and negotiate.
Judge Clark announced he was taking a break.
Kingfish note: What we really have here is a loophole in the law. The drafters of the statute never contemplated a scenario such as this one. The Mayor refuses to submit a bid without carts. There is really no law stating the Council or Board of Aldermen can choose a vendor unilaterally. The Judge sees what is going on around the city but the law does not allow him much leeway.
99 comments:
Insane clown policy
This woman can not have a law degree. She acts like a child.
What a shit show!
Why is the judge asking dumb questions like "Can we amend the state constitution today?".
Why are the attorneys and judge still going on about the state Supreme Court ruling that the mayor can't veto a no vote by the city council? That was already decided by the Supreme Court.
Perkins is practically illiterate. She doesn’t write a word of her briefs and motions.
Complete with trademark hand gestures the puppeteer works his puppet. LOL
I hope every law student around the country is watching. Ms. Perkins is a perfect example of what happens when you try to "wing it" in front of the court.
I've been doing this a looong time. I've never seen a client repeatedly tell a lawyer what to say while at the podium. if you don't know your own case, you're toast in the real world
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Seems to me Perkins has undermined the FUD Antard sewed to Shad White about the City legal department having the expertise and staffing necessary to represent both the Mayor and Council in all matters.
Tori Martin is as dumb as a brick.
Jacksonians, don’t ever forget, y’all voted Antard the Blowhard in, not once but twice by an overwhelming majority! He owns Jackson!
Did she just say they called New Orleans and were told that they had no problems with Richards? Wow....
Any way to get sound on this live hearing?
Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.
For those of us who are not legally astute, what is the bottom line here? Was anything accomplished? Will we have a contract any time soon?
It's maddening when Kingfish announces live streaming and there's no audio, then when you click on the station's coverage, this comes up:
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It's fun to watch a live hearing but not hear a live hearing. If you have no other options for having fun.
FUBAR
The judge should have asked why the mayor did not choose another vendor/contract to submit to the council after the first one was repeatedly rejected.
The council's lawyer has really missed a lot of important details for this discussion. The judge only had part of the story.
Notions that there are no other vendors for a garbage contract and that New Orleans had no reason to dismiss Richard's are unfounded.
Most judges are frustrated, wannabe do-gooders who hate that that they are nothing more than a referee. "Judge" Clark? An idiot and attention whore.
Sound is playing fine for me on a MacBook and Windows laptop.
I'm on a windows laptop. Finally managed to get sound and it took me back to the very beginning with the judge shuffling his things around for four minutes. Then suddenly it clicked off to a sponsor's page.
Yeah it has sound!
On my Samsung, silence for this particular video is default and sound must be activated in lower r.h. corner.
Did he say the council did not pay the Mayor's legal appeal bills?
Why is no one bringing up those blasted carts that nobody wants?!?!..
No problem with sound here...you must unmute the video though.
So that’s it? Judge told them to work together to find a solution?
Another judge Dickinson ruling: he decides not to decide. and we're back to square 1
any bet takers?
More proof how badly Dudley Do-Right Democrat Delbert Hosemann screwed up HB1020 and the recall bill.
Who ever brought the law suit did not get any thing. So that is who lost. I feel sure that the tax payers are paying for all legal cost for both sides.
Shockway has them by the short hair-
Its almost impressive that one city has managed to employ so many people that are incapable of making a decision on absolutely anything.
What a laughing stock. I am so embarrassed that I have to emphatically clarify that I live in the suburbs when I tell people where I live so they don't immediately worry about my safety. Be the threat from bullets or bullshit politics.
I wish WM would now sue for damages based on improper contract negotiations and ask for a TRO until a proper RFP can be negotiated.
I am so glad that the judge has a rocking chair.
It’s time to seriously discuss moving our Capital to a different city.
I recall when litigation forced manufacturers to start putting ridiculous warning labels on things like "do not eat" on a bag of fertilizer. Those running the city of Jackson are going to force lawmakers to "idiot-proof' the statutes governing the city branches of government.
Jackson really went to crap after Priester stepped down.
No video or audio displayed in Firefox. Everything worked perfectly with Microsoft Edge.
There is no scenario in which the capital is moved.
Can you imagine how quickly CNN, BLM, MSNBC, and Jessie Jackson would arrive in Mississippi?
It will never be allowed, so no matter how much it would help, we should probably stop dreaming.
How long have "facts" of the case been available to pretty much anyone in that room? How could all 3 sides be so unprepared as to not be able to state the laws under which these decisions are made, solutions to render this thing resolved as of this minute on this day, April 17? Is Judge acting in good faith? Are the facts and solutions that difficult to square? Is the Judge just toying with everyone for face time on TV? Shuffling crap around for 5 minutes knowing the camera was rolling is just theater.
I've gone through dozens of RFPs but usually a 3rd party state agency would issue the RFP so as to have something of a neutral party. You write the specs, devise the scoring process using weights as to what's most important and so on. Third party agency would score it once bids were received, we (end user) would go through the "best" bid, approve or not. Not, would go to the next. Acceptable or not. No good bid and we had to reissue the RFP.
This is not rocket psychology and it's been done thousands of times throughout state's history.
This thing had legal answers to this nonsense a year ago.
Today's kangaroo court just raised the value of my Madison home, again. Chowke is home appraiser of the year.
Worked fine on my Firefox.
Ultimately the mayor will get what he wants because he was willing to look and act like a fool. At this point it is either let Richards pick up the trash or let the trash sit and pile up for months to come.
"Third party agency would score it once bids were received, we (end user) would go through the 'best' bid, approve or not. Not, would go to the next. Acceptable or not. No good bid and we had to reissue the RFP."
The mayor refuses to move on and blames the council for not rubberstamping his selection. That's where the process was not followed. This is all on the radical mayor. Radical apparently means "I don't have to follow the law."
@11:40 AM While he would probably be foolish to do so, Priester should run for mayor or Bennie's seat when that do nothing retires. I doubt he wants any part of this disaster since he left.
Unfortunately my impression from the judge's comments is that he seemed to be leaning towards ruing that he can't allow the Council to issue its own RFP or force the Mayor to submit another vendor's proposal. At the end of the hearing , he seemed to be focusing on the fact that there is only one vendor left still willing to honor its 2021 bid and that it is the cheapest and then told the Council's attorneys that the prices would drastically increase with a new RFP. He completely failed to recognize that price is only one of many factors to be considered here. And no one raised the fact that the only bid being discussed was the one "with carts" which the Council has made clear they do not want.
Apparently the mayor and his inane clown posse did the best they could today.
Which don't get the garbage anything but piled higher so far..
It seems like the old RFPs wouldn't still be valid for any of the vendors. A phone call to one saying :is the old RFP still good?" is kind of useless.
Also useless is asking if an old RFP is still valid as a substitute for creating the RFP and getting submissions from vendors. Isn't that required by law?
The mayor correctly understands that the majority of his voters have the IQ of a ham sandwich.
And therefore, they blame the city council. Regardless of that being fair.
They will support Chuck no matter what.
Firefox has what they call a Facebook container. You have to click and allow a Facebook site the privilege to play.
I continue to be amazed at the incompetence of the city of Jackson's leaders, and it seems to infect any that associate with it.
I can't believe how unprepared the legal representation of both sides were. Unreal.
Felicia Perkins and Tori Martin are not representative of all attorneys any more that Marjorie Taylor Green is representative of all Republicans.
The judge has no remedy to apply based on the pleadings, and he pretty well stated as much. He floated the idea of mandamus, which is a request for a court to order a public official to take an action. So, he pretty well telegraphed what he needs in order to rule for the counsel. I think he has done all he can.
11:51
Good explanation of how it is supposed to work. BUT, after first choice was not approved by the council, instead of the mair moving on to the second choice, he just keeps submitting HIS choice over and over and over. The council cannot make him submit another contract and they cannot go negotiate their own. AND I doubt the judge can order the mair to present a different contract or allow the council to go get their own(legislative powers vs executive powers)
A big loophole in the law that the legislature needs to fix.
"The mayor refuses to move on and blames the council for not rubberstamping his selection. That's where the process was not followed. This is all on the radical mayor. Radical apparently means "I don't have to follow the law."" And that's where the city attorney's office fails miserably but I understand what happens were she(they) do what's right.
"Jacksonians, don’t ever forget, y’all voted Antard the Blowhard in, not once but twice by an overwhelming majority! He owns Jackson!"
He's like BT and will stay in office until HE's ready to leave office. Has only one qualification to run for that office.
At the end of the day this all depends on if enough council members stay uniter against the mayor. Odds are one of them folds. Can’t imagine this going on much longer.
I think that anyone can Google RDI in NOLA and get a lot of bad reports, admonishments, and ending of contracts with the click of a mouse.
But, they "called NOLA." What, did they hollah NOLA out the window at City Hall and ask, "If anyone objects to the Mair's buddies, please speak now or forever hold your peace?"
That's some vendor research. Here's a sample. Google "Richard's Disposal" AND NOLA.
Result:
Richard's Disposal garbage collections falter in New Orleans
NOLA.com
https://www.nola.com › news › politics › richards-dispos...
"Richard's Disposal" AND NOLA from www.nola.com
Jan 4, 2023 — A Richard's Disposal worker empties household waste into a garbage truck on Burdette Street in New Orleans on Sept......
Whew, that was hard.
Ironically, there's a phrase in Comp Sci: Garbage in, garbage out.
The mayor knew all along that he could stonewall the RFP process if Richard's just submitted one cheaper proposal. Then it would not matter if the proposal were for service not wanted by the council. He would simply sit on "cheaper" and submit only a contract from Boss Bennie's favorite company. The council would have to finally submit or watch the garbage pile up. In the new radical city garbage pileup is a small price to pay. Strong-arm tactics.
Does the City of Jackson have term limits for elected officials?
“Ms Perkins, do you know your case?” She should never show her face in a courtroom again. I vote she doesn’t get paid any of my tax money.
Council never insisted on NO carts. They wanted 2x a week service and asked the mayor to negotiate w/ a vendor who offered 2x weekly service WITH or WITHOUT carts. This fact is in the agenda order that lays out the whole deal on this thing.
Can't wait until this bunch of clowns inform the public of a a new bond issue to pay legal fees for suing each other.
Bumble plays chess while city council plays checkers.
@1:27 pm read the council meeting order on this. all the proposals were reviewed w/o knowing the names of the companies.
KF:
Professional reporting on your part, thanks.
Judge says his ruling tomorrow, Tuesday, morning depends on discussions between now and then. Which parties to which discussions?
1:03 you're probably right and one of the council members will fold and vote with the Mayor due to the pressure from their constituents. Hard to blame them when the Mayor seems perfectly content to do nothing about it and decry how the council and the council only have the power to stop the garbage in the streets. Someone has to do something.
One thing Lumumba seems to understand that the council doesn't is that for the overwhelming majority of Jackson residents if you simply keep repeating the same line eventually people will regurgitate it. He's done this with the "Richard's is the cheapest" schtick since this began and now has the city residents believing this is 100% the council trying to get kick backs from WM. (all you need to do is read a handful of the nauseating comments on FB to see that's true) Why the council members don't use every opportunity to say "We simply want the mayor to submit the best bid for 2x weekly service without a cart as our constituents have overwhelmingly asked us for. It will save the city money and will end this fiasco now. Why won't be submit that bid?" and force the Mayor to answer that question is beyond me. Then every time he dances around the question calmly and politely ask it again. Then once more. Then another time. Let him show his true colors as any narcissist who isn't getting his way will. This is the game he's forced you into so you need to start playing.
If any of you folks think this mayor is ever winning another election you are mistaken.
Char needs to stock up on their Hennessy.
Wonder what kind of termination clause was in the contract? Sounds to me like the end result is going to be Richards will be brought back and one of two things happen, the contract will be terminated early with a new RFP issued or Richards will be allowed to fix their contract due to the city-induced issues once they are back in.
In this age of inflation, RDI saying they would honor the 2021 Bid Price, BUT(big BUT), they cannot guarantee a price increase in the future. Let me tell you what's going to play out. RDI is going to say "No new price increase" then as soon as the ink is dry, they are going to raise the price due to increased cost of doing business. I am not sure in a court of law how to handle that, but the common sense person would say ask the companies that bid if they would like to place a new bid. Send out a new RFP, and have a 3rd party arbitrator score price the lowest and best and everyone move on.
Seems like this judge is caving. He must be afraid of getting labeled as racist. What a shame.
Q&A with Judge Clark from 2011 on what makes a good/bad lawyer; what he expects in his court: https://betterchancery.com/2011/10/13/q-a-with-judge-clark/
@2:01, you don’t seem to understand how this works. Lubumba owns the majority of Jackson, if you stay there, you are his subject. You are in the minority.
2:02 if these business owners in Jackson had a set and were fed up with the mayor, they would turn him away at the door and refuse him service. His favorite, Char included.
@1:44 PM is absolutely correct: the Council has let the Mayor control the narrative (as ridiculous as it is) and is losing the public relations campaign. All they had to do was schedule press conferences immediately following the Mayor's and request a new RFP. All they had to do was create some doubt...
RDI has lowest price because they have fewer trucks, less dependability. In the last year, RDI, five times,left garbage in my neighborhood til the next day or the next week. Plus they never pick up short limbs neatly stacked, like WM always did.
11:51 you win the integrity prize today!
I remember when Metrocenter was a safe thriving mall where families gathered to shop, hang out, enjoy a meal or a movie out together. Now it’s a dump site for the citizens of Jackson. That’s some left wing, liberal, woke ass Democrat progress if’n I’ve ever seen it!
Disappointed that the judge seemed to uncritically swallow the mayor's line about another RFP being more expensive because RDI is the only vendor still willing to honor its 2021 bid. As the council's attorney pointed out, RDI scored dead last in every single category except for price. There's a reason for that. It's the same reason that RDI is willing to honor 18-month-old prices while reputable companies are not. And it's the same reason the council does not want to give RDI a 6-year contract!
Jackson has a weak council form of government, and it shows. RDI back in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
I thought that Wooten was hearing this case?
Some of y’all need to pay closer attention. Judge Clark was appointed Special Chancellor for this awhile back and boy am I glad. Here’s a judge I can get behind. “This country decided many years ago that it didn’t want to be a dictatorship, but that’s what we have here.” I second that. “A court of law is not going to solve the city’s problems. They’ll be solved at the ballot box.” EVERYONE NEEDS TO SIT UP AND TAKE HEED.
If your mayor has turned the job into a dictatorship, you VOTE HIM OUT. If I make it through the next two years of Lumumba’s term, and he gets reelected, I’m gone. Not gonna be another 10,000, 12,000, 13,000 voter turnout come next election rubber-stamping an incompetent, destructive megalomaniac. No, no, no.
28 minutes in, she tells the court that the mayor not only negotiated with the vendor he selected but he negotiated with the other two vendors. PROVE THAT HE NEGOTIATED WITH FCC AND WM. If all you’ve got is a couple of phone calls to see if they’d honor the prices they quoted 18 months prior, that is not negotiation and assertion otherwise is just not true. Imo.
BOOM. 31:13 minutes in, the mayor is being exposed. The judge is having none of the half truths and non answers. He wants to know if WM and FCC officially withdrew their bids after “all this supposed action” the mayor took. Her response “we have it in writing.” PLEASE STFU. Judge, “that’s not what I asked.”
And down goes the council! The council is down! The council is down!
Omg, this judge is running circles around everybody in the room. He prepared so thoroughly that he is more in command of both the FACTS and the LAW than any of the attorneys. Scanlon is hanging and he’s at least honest (for good or bad in terms of his clients’s position. Perkins, with Antar whispering in her ear nonstop, is of course the opposite because, well, when your client is Choke, you’re kinda fucked when it comes to veracity. Chokwe’s biggest problem today is being before a judge who is able to portray objectivity while totally being on to the little prince.
This is must watch viewing for all lawyers.
OMG. “Ms. Perkins, do you know your case or not?” That is blistering.
@3:00PM - the whole city of Jackson is a piece of crap.
That’s what this administration wanted all along. Death, destruction and total decay.
No one with any ability to work and pay taxes are welcome in the City of Jackson from now on.
And it kills the entire metro area. Yes, Madison watches. We know this is a death grab.
Everyone go eat at Amerigo in Fondren and help celebrate.
Don’t drink the water.
When Tori Martin takes the podium at 1:43:14 and says “Your Honor, I just want to make sure that the facts you’re hearing are accurate,” I’m done. For almost two hours, this judge has offered a silver platter to a he defense. That platter holds 5x the amount of rope they need to hang themselves. And their collective dumbasses are obliging. Chokwe lumumba has singlehandedly sent the cost of doing business with the City of Jackson skyrocketing.
@9:41AM
Yes indeed plenty was accomplished today. The judge expertly humiliated the Perkins/Lumumba/Martin trio for the better part of two hours and I’m not at all sure any of their dumbasses ever caught on. Scanlon et al did … they just sat back and watched. Lumumba finally came up against someone he couldn’t talk over, gaslight, and intimidate. Unfortunately for the little prince, it was a Special Chancellor who was so well-prepared that making mincemeat out of Lumumba was a no brainer.
And a 12 month contract with RD was agreed upon.
@3:07
Trust me, the judge did not uncritically or unwittingly swallow anything. I don’t have the energy to explain that to you, but you can bank on it. I dread tomorrow when all my friends want me lawyer’s analysis of what just transpired. It’s so close to wasted breath. No offense intended. It just is.
@11:51
In other words, you’ve been through the RFP process with people who act responsibly and professionally. You have not been through the process with the mayor/dictator/prince of the city. Don’t let the judge’s demeanor fool you. He played it to absolute perfection. You really do have to be a lawyer to know this. And, no offense, but it is so tedious for us to have to explain it/spell it out/spoon feed it to people who don’t have a clue.
"In other words, you’ve been through the RFP process with people who act responsibly and professionally. You have not been through the process with the mayor/dictator/prince of the city." 7:07
Actually, I have done those, as well. That was sort of my point. I was state. This is municipal, but the same purchasing laws apply, regardless. If you were a large enough state agency then you probably have your own attorney but they still fall under the AG as an assistant AG. Once things become obviously squirrely, you kick it over to the in-house or assigned Assistant AG. They read the state laws to you and end of discussion. In this case, the city attorney is completely controlled by the mayor. The judge has laws in place where the whole bunch could and should be sanctioned. However, that doesn't get the garbage picked up. The judge can not make draconian like rulings here or the city is left with nothing as Richards has no desire to do a month to month until a new RFP can be launched.
If I was Richards, I would come back with a high big in the next RFP. I don't think there will be more than one response to the next RFP. WM and the other would be stupid to even consider doing business with this puppet show. Chokwa has them by the old proverbially balls. And, he knows it!
OMG. What is that idiot Perkins' hourly rate for not knowing anything about her case?
Knowing that tax payers are funding Perkins salary is probably the most egregious thing in all of this.
Imagine knowing they Chuckles is wasting all those insanely high COJ tax collections on that MENSA member. Cause he sure 'aint paying it from his salary.
Good luck with him when he wins his next term as mayor too.
From the county board of supervisors, to the city council to the mayor. Just utter humiliation.
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