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Puerto Rico gov. seeks immediate cancellation of Whitefish Energy contract
cbs ^ | 10/29/2017

Posted on 10/29/2017 9:32:05 AM PDT by BenLurkin

The controversy over the no-bid contract previously set off a Twitter feud between the mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulin Cruz, and the company, which is based in Whitefish, Montana, the hometown of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. 

The company has only two full-time employees, and many were surprised when it received the big contract to help rebuild Puerto Rico's electrical grid in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Whitefish has never worked on a project of that size. 

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: arewesnowflakesnow; conspiracy; puertorico; somebodysintrouble; whitefish; whitefishenergy; zinke
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1 posted on 10/29/2017 9:32:05 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

OK, its cancelled. Now go find one.


2 posted on 10/29/2017 9:33:22 AM PDT by Mouton (The MSM is a clear and present danger to the republic.)
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To: BenLurkin

Must not have been enough opportunity to skim from the contract.


3 posted on 10/29/2017 9:36:20 AM PDT by Enterprise (Do away with all symbols of past slavery. Start with the Democrat Party.)
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Congress makes deal gets slammed by media because he’s not on the left side.


4 posted on 10/29/2017 9:36:22 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: Enterprise

Must not have been enough opportunity to skim from the contract.

BINGO!


5 posted on 10/29/2017 9:38:39 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: BenLurkin

Fine...fix it yourselves with all that great workers you got there...like the truck drivers.


6 posted on 10/29/2017 9:40:47 AM PDT by davidb56
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To: BenLurkin

They are bringing down people with actual SKILLS to do the job required, instead of hiring the worthless unskilled nephews of local corrupt Democrats, which is standard practice there.


7 posted on 10/29/2017 9:40:59 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: BenLurkin

Ok, Adios, MoFos.


8 posted on 10/29/2017 9:41:22 AM PDT by dfwgator
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No white small business need apply.

DISCRIMINATION


9 posted on 10/29/2017 9:42:03 AM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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That Hillary type _itch is not the Governor.


10 posted on 10/29/2017 9:45:48 AM PDT by dforest
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Time to open up a candle and Franklin stove shop in Puerto Rico...


11 posted on 10/29/2017 9:45:51 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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You can bet this is all about "union workers". This company subcontracts workers as needed.

This is not their first rodeo. I think I read that they have actually been around for 27 years.

12 posted on 10/29/2017 9:50:18 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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This is that nasty female mayor at work again. Apparently, she’s not getting a piece of the action.


13 posted on 10/29/2017 9:51:24 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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>>Must not have been enough opportunity to skim from the contract.

A utility company that I work with sent 1/4 of its line crews to PR to work under Whitefish (for various legal reasons). I’ve heard that the corrupt PR government is trying to keep them from working outside of certain areas. They want the people miserable because they are trying to use this as the crisis to make them demand communism. Mayor Cruz sees herself as the female Castro and wants to create another “Workers’ Paradise” like Cuba.


14 posted on 10/29/2017 9:51:26 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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I thought they did take bids but the only other possible company insisted on $25 mil up front and Whitefish did not. They staffed up and are doing the work. They are also taking financial risk, by assuming that PR can actually pay them at some point.
At the time PR needed help, the closest US firms were already occupied with Florida and other disasters. This is the libs way of not being happy that an obscure firm from a red state got a big contract.


15 posted on 10/29/2017 9:53:36 AM PDT by GnuThere
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Is it not true that utility companies expand and contract in size as their contractual needs require, that it is not unusual to have only a small group of permanent staff?


16 posted on 10/29/2017 9:56:08 AM PDT by Real Cynic No More (Border Fence Obamacare!Jim robinson)
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https://secondnexus.com/news/mayor-carmen-cruz-twitter-feud-whitefish-energy/


17 posted on 10/29/2017 9:57:43 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Another misleading headline....Puerto Rico Gov..shoul read...same old big mouth PR mayor...


18 posted on 10/29/2017 9:59:20 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: BenLurkin

IBEW?


19 posted on 10/29/2017 10:00:39 AM PDT by the_daug
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To: Sacajaweau

This is from the faggots Twitter feed.

He has been weaponized.

20 posted on 10/29/2017 10:03:36 AM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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