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Sounds like they anticipated cost overruns or lack of qualified woman & minority
subcontractors to get the job done on time.
Minority goals looking for 20% participation cannot be met in most urban areas. To do so requires awarding contracts to scam companies set up to appear to be a minority contractor. There simply are not enough minority companies in business to meet these goals. It is very difficult to be a construction subcontractor and have the resources, manpower and ability to perform to what is expected on these large and difficult jobs. And then to top it off wait 60 or more days to get paid in many cases.
The whole required participation program is a scam, and always has been. Sounds like the City of Worcester went for their 25% of the penalty, the 75% will probably be pilfered away by the state.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is turning over in his grave, his dream of his children being judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character having been high-jacked by all the cultural parasites among us.
Sometimes things that are meant for good could be changed for something bad but awarding a certain percentage to women and minority contractors was to serve a specific purpose. Let’s not act as though these and other measures weren’t put into place for no reason at all. America has a long track record of racism and bias towards women and people of color. I see nothing wrong in regulating these things if done correctly and fairly.
I recall IBJ stories about a recent project in Indy that was 100% completed by MBE/WBE, the new Goodwill/Cook factory on E. 38th. It certainly can be done.
For all those criticizing minority participation programs, you missed the main point of the allegations, and that is that this contractor misrepresented the status of some of its subs. That’s called fraud.