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    Who are the NERD fund donors Mr Snyder?

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    Convene a Round-the-Clock Emergency Session TODAY! | 8 comments (8 topical, 0 hidden)
    budget shortfall (none / 0) (#4)
    by grannynanny on Thu Apr 30, 2009 at 12:53:20 PM EST
    I work for a company that supplies to MDOT and DNR. Every one of their employees come in at the end of the fiscal year and go on a buying spree to "use up our budget or else we lose it".  It makes me angry that they are buying for the sake of buying and not because it is needed.  Both of these departments have closets and warehouses full of crap, new and still in the box, sitting unused because it is no longer needed or obsolete.  All bought to "use up" their budget.  

    Also one of the dept heads at MDOT is very good friends with a sales rep and they are members in the same hunting camp.  Wanna bet that sales rep has great sales?  As a matter of fact, that sales rep wrote up specs for a bid on equipment so as it would eliminate other bidders thereby giving himself a very substantial contract with the state.

    I say each and every dept cull their budget by 25% and only essential items be purchased.  I see a lot of waste on a daily basis with just these two dept - can you imagine what goes on in other dept?

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