Puerto Ricos Contract With Whitefish Is As Bad As It Looks, Say Experts

[TomCADem]

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Source: Huffington Post

WASHINGTON ― Something does not look right with the contract the Puerto Rican government signed last week with Whitefish Energy Holdings to restore the island’s power.

Never mind that the massive $300 million contract went to Whitefish, a two-year-old firm based in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s Montana hometown that had just two full-time employees when Hurricane Maria hit the island.

There’s language in the contract ― a full copy is here ― that looks like Whitefish is about to screw over the government and the people of Puerto Rico as they struggle to recover from the devastation of the hurricane. Even Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló is concerned with PREPA’s deal. On Sunday, he called for canceling the contract with Whitefish.

For one, the contract, which Whitefish signed with the government-owned Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, or PREPA, states that, “In no event shall government bodies have the right to audit or review the cost and profit elements.” That gives Whitefish an incredible amount of discretion and privacy over how it uses $300 million in American taxpayer money.

Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/puerto-rico-power-whitefish-contract-zinke_us_59f60718e4b03cd20b823156

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The corruption is strong in the Trump administration. An audit-free, no-bid government contract. Amazing.

[Wwcd]

1. Weren't there a bunch of this type of contracts in the Iraq War start up?

Every republican company named "freedom" something, something, was getting a cut of the war chest pie, claiming to provide services that were never completed or scant provisions after the no-bid was issued.
This is straight from the Dick Cheney profitteers & the Bush "ownership society" bull crap.

RWrs are liars & thieves

[Angry Dragon]

7. Halliburton had very large no-bid contract .......Cheney former corp

[7962]

2. Such a bullshit contract. Should be tossed. nt

[Achilleaze]

3. republican business grifters eager to ripoff American taxpayers

screw the republican Shock Doctrine profiteers and their slimeball ripoffs of Americans.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Plus Whitefish would screw the subcontractors

Whitefish would get paid $300 + per hour for some subcontractor positions (supervisors, e.g.) but you can be sure the subs would not see more than about $60 per hour, max.

[Iliyah]

5. Sounds like a t-rump business deal

[Thor_MN]

6. I'm seriously doubting mutual aid hourly billouts at anywhere near $300 an hour.

How much of that are the workers getting? More than a third? It sounds like the company is totally ripping of the government.

[DonViejo]

8. Locking....

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