Martini

Much of Atlantas middle class black population came from New Orleans middle class blacks who left in droves during the 1970’s to move to Atlanta for black prosperity. Economic and job opportunities were plentiful and that was the beginning of the downfall of New Orleans.

Well I’m guessing you aren’t running a company that size and I’m glad you never ran mine if that’s how you see it.

That is not even a reasonable answer on a message board like this much less an answer that would sell well in the C Suite.

So your strategic approach is let a state and federally funded $84m project get in the weeds and pretend it’s to your advantage because you assume you have more profitable contracts elsewhere? In 2010 when the world was trying to come out of a meltdown. And a company that had revenues probably between 1 and 2 billion at the time. Eating 8% is one thing. Doing it willingly is fricking stupid.

That project after litigation with the state, bonding company and everyone else involved in addition to the premium put on the cost by the new contractors that certainly was piled onto the value is a hundred million dollar loss give or take 10%.

You don’t happily make that decision based on “more lucrative work elsewhere.” No one makes that decision based on that and if they do they are out the door shortly.

This is a company about the size of Turner. Can you take the hit? Sure. Do you last if you are the one that created it? No. Do you do it with a shrug and a tomato tomatoe attitude? Good lord I hope not.

If you are ever put in that position I hope I don’t have any chips in the pot betting on you.

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I was told to me that by law only Louisiana companies can bid on these projects and there are no Louisiana companies big enough to do it in one swing. So they get parceled out. Don't know if true but it's what I was told.

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No that’s not accurate. As long as the company is licensed in Louisiana and has the bonding capacity they can bid on it. Especially since it has federal dollars attached.

Austin Bridge and Road were the contractors on the Obama shovel ready lane additions from the 10/12 split to I think Siegan and got booted because they couldn’t man the job. They gobbled up a bunch of that shovel ready work.

James took it over and the smartest thing they did was immediately sub the bridge work to Boh Brothers. Boh Brothers can build a bridge and James knew it would move the project faster.

And speaking of how long it’s been planned the federal funds were originally released to East Baton Rouge Parish in the late 90’s or so with matching State Funds however typical Baton Rouge-the council and mayor refused to come up with the local match money so Richard Baker the congressman who secured the Federal funds simply went to Livingston Parish and offered it to them if they matched and that’s how Juban Road intersection at I-12 was built. That one had been on the drawing boards since the 70’s as has Pecue Lane and Livingston jumped in it. And that opened that whole portion of the parish.

100% pieces of shite.

I don’t know how you do it High C. I don’t know the proper temperament.

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Christians don’t shoot people or blow people up in the name of Jesus in 2025.

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Yeah that’s a bit of a stretch.

Jeff Hughes is a piece of shite. Always has been and always will be.

Very nice.

I double faulted looking at that first picture.