Security is this screwed up, and the Board of Education does...what?

Have any of them said anything to the press yet, or do they only do that when they're trying to promote the budget?

Hey, both Powell Middle and Hardin Valley Academy were school construction projects that Mike Ragsdale insisted be managed by the Public Building Authority. The Board of Education has little if anything to do with this mess.

It's somewhat like the Carter Elementary School project brought to us by Mayor Burchett. -- s.

Taking the lowest bid on these massive construction projects is ridiculous and had cost lives here. The Bridge company had a reputation for safety violations before it was hired. Since then it has caused the deaths of 4 workers, thousands of dollars, the safety violations STILL exist, wasted time and more problems existed in the 'supports' of this bridge than were estimated when it began.

As to the electrical contractor, with all these safety violations, endangering workers, and waste of thousands of tax payer dollars, it seems the lowest bid was accepted. My son-in-law, who is a licensed electrical contractor and building inspector, could have provided this work at these installations for a fraction of this cost and destruction of supplies, materials. If the goal of this electrical work was "saving money", not hiring a quality, respected company, the goal was NOT met.