re: Sen Bodi White introduces bill to increase St George sales taxes up to 2% more

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I heard Central fired their original contractor and replaced him. Was it CH2 that was fired?

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Yes. It was a big scandal out there in Central. The Central City News was critical of it and there was circumstantial evidence that certain politically connected people (including a state legislator) were getting hooked up with contracts from CH2mhill and that they even gave some people free driveways and free electrical work on their personal homes. This is when Bodi White and his friends started a new news paper called Central Speaks to sing the praises of Bodi White, the mayor and ch2mhill. The owner of the new paper is now running for mayor against the person that Bodi White's sister is complaining about.

This private company also over-charged thousands of dollars for construction permits and at the time the permit costs were SIX times more expensive than they were in EBR for some reason. Nobody could explain it.

The people were generally upset about it and Bodi White/Starns' group lost majority control of the city council. At this point, they were able to put an RFP out and get a much, much cheaper contractor from out of state. A non-profit, actually. Saved millions when compared to ch2mhill AND have lower permit fees now - although not as low as EBR.