Among the many come-ons to sell the Red Plan was the claim that it would provide lots of local jobs. One person at last night’s meeting wondered where all the workers were on one project on a recent Friday. Apparently since they all come up from the Twin Cities they liked to knock off early in the week to get home.
Several other folks mentioned that a lot of these work sites have pick up trucks all over with no company logo on them. The word is – yes its a rumor – that they were all warned not to drive up with out of town company names on their doors.
And finally, of the last $32 million just authorized by the Board for new Red Plan projects only 16% of the work is being done by local contractors.
Apparently when Tom Kasper, a good union man, mentioned this at a recent union meeting there was shock and consternation. Union Poo bah, Alan Netland, shrewdly changed the subject.
