City councilors plan a special meeting Tuesday to award the final contract for the West Bristol school construction project.
The final piece of the project puzzle is for the site work slated to begin next month at the Chippens Hill site chosen for the new 900-student school.
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ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how this project has been shoved down the throats of Bristol's taxpayers and parents.
ReplyDeleteIt's a terrible location for a school (busing people throughout the entire western half of Bristol up Terryville Ave., etc to the Bristol/Plymouth line).
This is clearly the result of the election and appointment of incompetent and under-qualified people to the city Council and boards.
What a shame and a sham!
terrible leaders are ruining Bristol.This is what you get with uneducated people in charge.
ReplyDeleteyeah, something ain't right here......
ReplyDeleteroger rousseau is one of the most thorough guys out there, and for him to state "...a piece of important information was accidentally left out of the bidding documents..." doesn't pass the sniff test.
as i am not bidding this job, and have not reviewed the contract documents, i urge roger to please detail what information was left out the first time and restore some credibility.
steve...you might want to pursue this a little more, too...
-billy from bristol
"This is clearly the result of the election and appointment of incompetent and under-qualified people to the city Council and boards."
ReplyDeleteYou're out of step with the rest of Bristol on this one, CC. Every BOE member and every city councilman who voted for these new schools got re-elected. You and the handful of other nay-sayers can spend all day on the blogs, but the fact is Bristol understands why we need these schools, and therefore supports these new schools.
December 23, 2010 11:41 AM:
ReplyDeleteThe fact that the BOE had never had more Republicans than what is required by charter reflects that people vote the party not the person or the issue.
Also I believe that closing Bingham, Memorial Blvd and perhaps O'Connell would have failed in a referendum. The probability of that would have increased when compunded with the state deficit and the obviously poor location of the new school.
Comprendez Senor?
December 23, 2010 11:41 AM:
ReplyDeleteClearly you're a BOE member (or goupie at least).
Explain why we need these new schools. Explain why you (if you're on the BOE) decided to approve the site in question? Was it the only option because of a lack of planning? Was it what Steifer (who leads the BOE like bunch of sheep) told you to do?
Why didn't this go to a referendum if this is what the people wanted? I know why, because Striefer knew it would fail.
ReplyDeleteStriefer guided the BOE and the City Council around like the dogs they are.
"You and the handful of other nay-sayers can spend all day on the blogs, but the fact is Bristol understands why we need these schools, and therefore supports these new schools."
ReplyDelete--But it must worry you enough respond/attack. You are now the "nay-sayer". And "spending all day on the blogs" is more your game.
Should build a meth clinic instead. Looks whats going on here. The west end all drugs north main st drugs and hookers north maint st COPS not doing there job.Bristol just moves in circles. No leadership or police dept.
ReplyDeleteDecember 26, 2010 8:29 AM:
ReplyDeleteIn Bristol a "hooker" defines most of the politicians.
But not Ken Cockayne so much. He's generally his own man.
Go Cockayne, Go Cockayne, GO!
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ReplyDeleteGuess you don't know him
CC and Otter:
ReplyDeleteIf you were paying attention back when this issue was still pending, you would know why we need these schools, and that there were in fact other sites considered. But your mind is made up, so there's not point confusing you with facts. And the reason it did not go to a referendum is because we don't have a referendum process in Bristol. That might not be a good thing, but it is what it is. Don't get all conspiracy-theory on this.
We have a "referendum process". It's called the ballot question. The City Council could have put this on the ballot. As usual Odin yours is your own skewed information.
ReplyDeleteIf we need these schools so much why can't any explain solidly why? Because we don't need them.
CC:
ReplyDeleteYou're wrong, as usual. Go to Section 51 and 52 of the City Charter and tell me where is says the Council has the authority to put a question on the ballot WITHOUT first receiving a petition signed by 10% from the voters.
Concerned Conservative:
ReplyDeleteWell? Did you get a chance to read up on the referendum process? Do you want me to give you a link to the charter website?
Odin
ReplyDeleteHave someone explain Section 50 to you