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Posted on: 2016/1/21 17:06
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Why does anyone need a custom built desk, regardless of price?
Posted on: 2016/1/21 16:33
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This thing registers pretty low on the corruption meter, but it really was poor judgement. Especially in a city that has an almost epic history of graft, you'd have expected them to be smarter. I'm sure it was a nice desk, and probably worth the price, but if it were me I'd have had everybody up and including the mayor sign off on it first. Just dumb.
Posted on: 2016/1/21 15:29
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'Arms length'? They sourced the furniture from the assistant's husband . . . And it's not newsworthy when an employee making 80K gets fired over an ethics violation?
Posted on: 2016/1/21 15:04
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I loved this (old) story about Tom DeGise's chair, which was linked from the original, and includes this gem:
?There?s probably still FBI microphones in it,? Kennelly said of the old chair.
Posted on: 2016/1/21 14:48
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Based on the price this appears to be an arms length transaction. Is there no other news worthy event going on in JC.
Posted on: 2016/1/21 14:41
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lol - we apparently have both furniture and procurement specialist on the forum today...
JJ is a trolling POS
Posted on: 2016/1/21 14:25
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I think those are just called tables...
Posted on: 2016/1/21 13:57
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Posted on: 2016/1/21 13:56
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I wish there was photo of the work, I heard it is a desk with no drawers. If that is the case then the city definitely overpaid.
Posted on: 2016/1/21 13:35
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This really isn't that bad. You don't know what they got for their money. Might have been a great deal for the city.
I've done several thousands of dollars of work for my wife's company and it's mutually beneficial for both of us. I give them my best price, and they get to get exactly what they want because they know me and can work on a custom project with me rather than hiring a designer by the hour. My portfolio stays fresh looking, their office stays fresh looking. Quit ragging on the furniture making husbands of the world. hah
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No bid contracts for furniture purchases, pay for play contracts getting rescinded-not a good week for City Hall it would seem.
Posted on: 2016/1/21 3:35
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Attitudes like this are what allows continued public corruption to flourish.
Posted on: 2016/1/21 2:59
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That's relatively cheap for office furniture... who cares?
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Good job Terrence and the JJ for this investigative reporting.
Would this employee have been fired if this story didn't come to light?
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Even if the price was totally reasonable (and how can anyone really gauge that?), it is a glaring conflict of interest.
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City buys $6K in custom furniture from top city official's hubby
Terrence T. McDonald | The Jersey Journal The health department shelled out nearly $6,000 for some custom-made furniture made by the company run by the husband of the department's deputy director. The new furniture includes a $1,175 desk for Health Director Stacey Lea Flanagan, plus four tables and two desk extensions that cost an additional $4,800. The total paid by the city was $5,975, according to invoices obtained by The Jersey Journal after a public-records request. The invoices indicate the tables have a "branded logo" on them. More
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