What a mind boggling bait and switch game! Sending Sheriff Joe in to "Raid" Cactus Towing like only a Sheriff and his Posse can do; setting up allegations of wrong doing, bids coming and going, words flying, lawsuits, attorneys to mix it up, let me see if I get this….Cactus Towing has apparently serviced Mesa and several other cities for a few years without complaint or disruption of service. Suddenly, there’s a "raid" and somebody has someone looking pretty guilty. Now what was that over and why so timely? (Tribune 1/21)The City of Mesa and it’s attorney offers the video, recording and documents of the Council Meeting in question, where possibly words were flying. Cactus Towing was denied a first bid, another bid progresses and is awarded. The end result? The City awards Cactus Towing half of the towing contract, and also awards Daryl’s Towing and another towing company one-quarter each of the remaining half of that contract. So, why is this not okay? I can see why Cactus feels a loss of business, on the other hand, everybody walks away with some of the business. Who is angry about getting something when they could have had nothing? I don’t know these details, but unless something has changed in the policy of awarding bids when I was a part of the process; the lowest bidder does not automatically get the bid. There are other considerations, criteria, service, and steps one must follow. But what do I know, I don’t see a problem here…..I’d probably just be grateful I was bringing in some business.
Towing, More Towing, and Sheriff JoeJanuary 25th, 2006, 1:58 am · Post a Comment · posted by SharonLeave a Reply |
