http://www.welovedc.com/2009/11/03/anatomy-of-a-scandal-parks-department/ Your Life Beyond The Capitol Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:42:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.welovedc.com/2009/11/03/anatomy-of-a-scandal-parks-department/comment-page-1/#comment-13594 Tom Bridge Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:15:48 +0000 http://www.welovedc.com/?p=21488#comment-13594 It's hard to say that this is the best thing for efficiency. Yes, fewer levels of approval for expenditures and greater flexibility makes it easier to get things done, but it also makes it easier to steer contracts toward "friendly" vendors, which seems like is what happened here. It’s hard to say that this is the best thing for efficiency. Yes, fewer levels of approval for expenditures and greater flexibility makes it easier to get things done, but it also makes it easier to steer contracts toward “friendly” vendors, which seems like is what happened here.

]]> http://www.welovedc.com/2009/11/03/anatomy-of-a-scandal-parks-department/comment-page-1/#comment-13582 Elizabeth Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:18:33 +0000 http://www.welovedc.com/?p=21488#comment-13582 Thanks. Learned more here in a few minutes than aywhere else over the past weeks. Very interested in Council-Rhee. There is enough to goaround the block a few times. Do you think Fenty is msimply rewarding or it is more complicated than that?Perhaps he is trying to get things done in the time he has--didn't he argue this was the most efficient route? I can't tell. Thanks. Learned more here in a few minutes than aywhere else over the past weeks. Very interested in Council-Rhee. There is enough to goaround the block a few times. Do you think Fenty is msimply rewarding or it is more complicated than that?Perhaps he is trying to get things done in the time he has–didn’t he argue this was the most efficient route? I can’t tell.

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