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Meincrisis
of Portland, ME
Oct 7, 2008 4:04 PM
The only way this passes the straight face test is if its done by and out of state private company.report abuseErick Bennett
of Oakland, ME
If this was a real business they would get fired so fast, OR WORSE!
But it's not. It's a joke. A bad one.report abuse
Oct 7, 2008 1:24 PM
I believe the quote that was in the paper came from the Governor and the reason we were missing 150 MILLION DOLLARS WAS DUE TO "SHODDY ACCOUNTING"
If this was a real business they would get fired so fast, OR WORSE!
But it's not. It's a joke. A bad one.report abuse
Chris
of Brunswick, ME
Oct 7, 2008 12:11 PM
Correction: I believe it was this past spring that Democrats passed a law allowing certain professional contractors of DHHS to join the state employees union.report abuseChris
of Brunswick, ME
Oct 7, 2008 11:49 AM
The OPEGA Report found a “financial risk” to the state in so-called "cooperative agreements" between DHHS and the University of Maine (link below). Adobe Acrobat generated several error messages accessing the PDF file but then displayed it, and another PDF program I use can’t view the file at all. One question for voters is the financial risk to the state of the unionization of DHHS professional services contractors, in a law passed by Democrats in the legislation last year. Contractors reportedly joined the state employee union, a local of the SEIU. Link: “State Contracting for Professional Services - Procurement Process”: http://maine.gov/legis/opega/reports/Contract%20for%20Professional%20Services/State%20Contract%20for%20Professional%20Services%20Final%20Report.pdfreport abuseYou must be a registered user of MaineToday.com to post a comment. Register or log in.
