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Money Wasted

Lake Worth Utilities
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$50,000
... for an arc flash study that Mr. Reyes was qualified to do in house and at no cost to taxpayers.
$200,000
... the estimated engineering cost of the express feeder which could also be done in house at no cost to taxpayers.
$591,898
... wasted when insurance requirements were circumvented by the city manager and utility director.
$123,098
... wasted when plant manager Dave Mulvay’s first attempt at writing a scope of work contained a defect that cost taxpayers an extra $123,098 for tainting the bidding process and giving unfair advantage to one bidder over another. - April 2009
$64,000
... wasted when the Matrix organizational study to save taxpayers money was scrapped in favor of higher cost outsourcing by city manager Stanton.
$450,000
... wasted engineering design cost of water piping and tanks (original county water deal) that will never be built.
$59,975
... wasted when additional costs were incurred for not following insurance procedure on transformer repair.
$82,620
... wasted when the commission unanimously voted to order transformers when we had equivalent replacements already in stock since the upgrade. - 15 Sep. 2009
Total Taxpayer Dollars Wasted:
 $1,621,591
 
 

 
 
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Video Archive




Lake Worth Beach Redevelopment Issue
December 4, 2007
October 18, 2007
October 10, 2007
September 6, 2007
August 21, 2007
August 19, 2007
McVoy -- Second Video Interview
(City Sues Petitioners II)
August 16, 2007
August 15, 2007
Interview with Christopher McVoy
August 11, 2007
August 11, 2007
Comments on the beach redevelopment issue.
June 22, 2007
June 22, 2007

Lake Worth Chamber of Commerce
September 29, 2007

Lake Worth City Commission
October 31, 2007
September 26, 2007
September 19, 2007
September 18, 2007

Lake Worth CRA
October 25, 2007
October 25, 2007
September 26, 2007
September 14, 2007
CRA awards $13,000 to its interim director instead of taking a freebie!
Video Part 1 -- Part 2 -- Part 3
August 28, 2007

Lake Worth Landfill
September 19, 2007
September 17, 2007
September 17, 2007
September 8, 2007

Lake Worth People and Places
December 10, 2007
October 7, 2007
October 3, 2007
Interview with Darlene Krause, President of Sun Title
September 28, 2007

Lake Worth Utilities
December 20, 2007
October 31, 2007
September 26, 2007
September 25, 2007
September 24, 2007
September 15, 2007
September 2, 2007
Interview with Ed Tichenor of Reef Rescue
on the LW Utilities ocean outflow issue.
July 15, 2007
                               December 30, 2007
July 13, 2007



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