From Brian Lockhart, CT Post:
Ernie Newton wants to force the city to trash its plans to run the municipal dump in-house.
Denied the contract to manage the waste transfer station, Newton Thursday said he will ask a judge to stop Bridgeport from extending its contract with current private operator Enviro Express until the city can take-over.
“I will speak to my partners. We’ll probably seek an injunction,” Newton said. “The city at least should put it back out to bid.”
Full story here.
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Let The Trash Talkin’ Begin!
It appears as if contrition is only for white politicians, right Mayor Ganim?
He lied on the application. Maybe he got bum advice from his lawyer, but he still lied.
Day, give it a break. Newton was a front man for this undersized MILFORD company. Newton and this company also used a vacant lot as a business address. If the city wants to do the job in-house it has the right to do so. I am surprised Newton’s group met the specs for bidding on this job. Ernie, try a real job, you know, something besides a front man.
Donald must only have a Black & White TV!
WOW, “deep.” I hope not but I am sick and tired of this Race BS, there are good and bad of all races. There are some blacks you can’t trust to the corner, they get in position and forget all about US of Color!!! Please Stop Don with the race card, you have way more intelligence than that and I know it. 🙂 Then there are Whites the Same so Hey, six in one hand, a half dozen in the other.
Black Robes, White Justice?
The only color Moses sees is long green dollar.
AMEN.
Go for it, Ernie. I don’t know who’s right and who’s wrong but with so many stories going around it just doesn’t pass the smell test.
Compilation of my thoughts from previous posts.
I just checked the business registration filing with the Connecticut Secretary of State. East End Developers, Inc initially registered in 2011 by Moises Prieto. Ernest Newton and Deborah Thomas-Sims became principals some time later (as best I can determine in 2015) and the business address became 62-64 Read Street which is a vacant lot according to Vision Appraisal. East End Developers of 214 Pope’s Island Road in Milford (Moises Prieto’s home address) purchased the empty lot in October 2015, after Ganim, with Ernie Newton’s support, won the Democrat primary and was on his way to become mayor again.
The City’s purchasing ordinance gives preference to businesses owned by minorities that have a Bridgeport address.
Does everyone see where this is going?
Is this about ‘banning the box?’ I think not.
Rebid the contract or arrange to operate the transfer station internally? It appears to me a closer look at East End Developer’s bid is in order.
In a past life I had corporate purchasing responsibilities that included efforts to support minority-owned businesses. I was even on the board of the Connecticut Minority Purchasing Council. It was a common practice for businesses actually owned by white people to designate a black or Hispanic person as a ‘vice president’ or some other role so the company qualified as a ‘minority vendor.’ Companies such as Sikorsky and Lycoming were required to use ‘minority vendors’ given their government contracts. They even had a staff person seeking out these ‘minority vendors.’ Those requirements have since changed. My company did it voluntarily (with my urging) as a good corporate citizen.
Bridgeport has the ‘Minority Business Enterprise’ ordinance that gives preferences to minority vendors. Based on my five years on the Board of Public Purchases (reinstituted by Mayor Fabrizi after it became dormant in G1) and attending oversight meetings as the ‘legislative liaison’ specified in the ordinance, I concluded the process is inefficient and ineffective and heavily influenced by politics. It is now administered by Charlie Stallworth who was a Ganim campaign supporter.
The refuse industry is heavily regulated as a result of the influence of organized crime (some would say the mafia) in the past.
So is all this concern about the influence of politics and influential politicians manipulating a questionable city ordinance, or, as some less-informed people claim, is about punishing a politically connected felon because he chose to withhold that status in filing for a contract?
The City must follow the laws that apply. I don’t believe that it is an attempt to punish Ernie or make a statement about ‘ban the box.’
This administration and the city attorney’s office are playing cute on this one. There were at least two frauds committed on this application. One was about Ernie being a convicted felon, yeah I believe his lawyer told him not to answer that question; I also believe in the tooth fairy. The other fraud was to register the business in Bridgeport so it qualified as a minority contractor. The fraud is the address given was a vacant lot. Message to John Ricci, cut out the bullshit we already had one of your friends screw us for $400K and now we have another one.
So much for banning the box, but why his attorney would advise him to lie on the application baffles me. If I were the Purchasing Department, some red flags would have gone up based on 1) the fact a fledgling company with a Bridgeport address shows up as an empty lot, 2) how is it this new and inexperienced company can undercut the bid of the current contractor and one other established company by 50%, and lastly, are they able to provide references?
OMG, LOL. LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD!!! 🙂
Brenda Jernigan, you’re tired of all this race BS, then are you saying race is no longer an issue in America and Bridgeport? If that’s what you are saying then my suggestion to you is you are being mislead, hoodwinked and bamboozled. There are studies, that come from everywhere, from major universities to private research institutions to civil rights organizations, all saying the same thing: that race is still very much prevalent in American society, whether we talk about it or not. So since race differences never went away, can we also assume racism never went away? Of course we can. Thus, the need for a renewed race dialogue. America is not colorblind. It’s so blinded by color it just can’t see racism.
America has developed colorblindness and public policy initiatives were “race neutral” and any discussion about race, race differences, and most critically, racism were now persona non grata in social circles and viewed as politically incorrect in the public domain. Nobody wanted to talked about race anymore, and opinion leaders went to great lengths to convince us race no longer mattered.
Foolish proclamations were made by a new phenomenon, the Black Conservative–a new type of Negro who was used to deflect any discussion on race and racism. One such fool, Larry Elder, went on national television (20/20) and said, “There is no racism in America.” When I want comedic relief, I don’t put on Steve Harvey or Cedric “The Entertainer” or D.L. Hugley. I put in that tape of 20/20 of Larry Elder saying “there is no racism in America.” Brenda, which are you, the white wgi deluded themselves into believing race should never be discussed or even exists anymore or are you that new type of Negro like Larry Elder?
Brenda Jernigan, let me add one more thing for your race neutral, tired of hearing about race, race dialogue is BS. As we know, turning one’s head doesn’t solve the problem. It just allows the trash of racism to pile up in the house until the stench becomes unbearable. Somebody has to say something or somebody needs to take out the trash. In my humble opinion you’ve let the trash of racism pile up without saying anything or without taking the trash out. While that’s your purview I can assure you it’s not mine and you may be better served by trying to convince someone else to CUT IT OUT.
Donald Day, indulge me if you will. Based on the concerns I outlined in my previous post, would you consider Mr. Newton a viable contender for that contract? Would you give him the contract just because he’s black and throw caution to the wind? Where is that company’s experience, laborers, equipment, references, etc? Surely not on the empty lot that is the supposed location of the business. I realize Bridgeport prioritizes minority contractors, but in his case, you can’t just award him a contract if he has no level of expertise to get the job properly done. All factors considered, wouldn’t you agree the company that is most qualified should be given the contract regardless of race?
Godiva, I never said that, insinuated that or intimated he should be given this because he’s black. I said Ernie not checking the arrested box wasn’t a means to deceive considering everyone in Bridgeport knows his history. I also said his time in jail should not preclude him if Mayor Ganim’s tenure in jail doesn’t preclude him from holding his position.
I merely advocate that blacks are treated with with the same respect whites take for granted. I would agree the rules state the company with the lowest bid be given the contract and if that is the only criterion the city uses then his company should be given the contract. I think the city should look at every contract bid to see if the company with the lowest bid has the expertise and knowledge to fulfill its commitment, but you saying his company lacks the resources and expertise to fulfill this contract is of little importance because you have but a snapshot of this company’s abilities.