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| 'Social justice' in contracts costs S.F. millions |
| 2011-05-11 |
| San Francisco's much-heralded "social justice" requirements for city contracts are costing local taxpayers millions of dollars a year in overcharges, according to workers in departments ranging from the Municipal Transportation Agency to the Department of Emergency Management. In one case, a Muni worker said the city paid $3,000 for a vehicle battery tray. Such parts can be found online for $12 to $300, depending on the type of vehicle. City officials said they couldn't verify that purchase, saying the trays are usually bought in bulk with the battery. Other city purchasing policies, if followed, would mean paying about $240 for getting a copy of a key that actually cost a worker $1.35 to get done at a hardware store on his break, the employee said. Another city worker called the use of catalog pricing for supplies "Pentagon-style purchasing." Markups from approved vendors range from 10 to 150 percent, employees said, with one calling the city's requirement that contractors provide health care benefits for domestic partners "the expensive white elephant standing in the middle of the room (that) no one wants to mention." |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #7 To paraphrase that German guy, when I hear the words "social justice", I release the safety of my Browning. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-05-11 21:18 |
| #6 Pomo tranzi morons... |
| Posted by: AutoBartender 2011-05-11 20:12 |
| #5 "Social justice = reparations for slavery." Well, slavery is terrible and inhumane. I'm all for paying reparations to people who actually have been slaves. Though it's today's Arabs and Africans who need to be paying the reparations, since they're the ones who still keep people as slaves.... No, I'm not holding my breath. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-05-11 19:58 |
| #4 Social justice = reparations for slavery. For crying out loud, it has been 150 years since the Civil War. Forget it SF and stop being idiots. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-05-11 18:50 |
| #3 And the lifeguards earn $120,000 a year. What a puffy way to rape your state. Please do not ask the Federal Government to bail you out, California. You all are idiots. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-05-11 12:41 |
| #2 Social Justice is a synonym for injustice. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-05-11 10:33 |
| #1 "It's for the |
| Posted by: tu3031 2011-05-11 10:26 |