The following is excerpted from “Harrisburg Forensic Audit Report” which seeks to explain how the disastrous incinerator retrofit project took place.
“The following were key contractors on the retrofit project:
• Barlow Projects, Inc. (“Barlow”).26 Hired by the Authority as early as September
200027 to assess the feasibility of the retrofit. Later provided project design, bid
management and financial analysis services. Ultimately, Barlow served as the lead contractor on the project.”
Recall who disingenuously claimed there had been a Convention Center feasibility study? Recall who was the chief sponsor of the project? Recall who managed the project during the development stage? Recall who eventually was the major contractor for the Convention Center Project? (In Lancaster’s case, who owns half of the adjoining Marriott Hotel built largely with public funds and guarantees.)
Is it possible that what we occured in Harrisburg is what happened here in Lancaster?
Is this a contagion that has swept over the world: Unbridled exploitation of taxpayers through the bond financing of questionable public projects to profit the very few at the cost now and for future decades of the very many?
