Cat 1 WMA funding

[Strick9]

There is no universal best answer when considering the choices of 1) actual state employees doing the work and 2) actual state employees bidding out the work. Both of them depend on the state employees being honest and competent. That seems to be a big ask these days...

Correct , as to lower level employment to mid level employment hiring practices, I have seen it time and time again, Farm raised John boy with cracked hands and dirty finger nails and a degree or bushels full of real world experience gets passed over for greased hair, fair skinned and soft handed . Is it because upper level doesn't like John boy , is it because soft hands dad knows somebody or is it because upper level fears John boy or maybe just doesn't like his kind.

I think its a combo of they don't like his kind plus hiring teddy promotes not only the excuse for money due to failure but also scratches the back of teddys dad. Now mind you this is coming from someone who slipped the cracks and caught the fragrance from the inside. Now with that in mind when it comes to the state subcontracting out the work that sure does allow for some convenient transferring of funds and favors.

[buckpro]

Now with that in mind when it comes to the state subcontracting out the work that sure does allow for some convenient transferring of funds and favors.

Not talking about management but fixing dikes, trunks, etc the state already contracts out alot of the major projects. The problem is when proper maintenance is not done(because of various reasons) and the term “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” can never ring more true.

[Strick9]

Not talking about management but fixing dikes, trunks, etc the state already contracts out alot of the major projects. The problem is when proper maintenance is not done(because of various reasons) and the term “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” can never ring more true.

That is what the state has been doing since Emily Cope took office. Now SCDNR doesn't even write their own repair grants. In days past, a man who had grown up farming or in hard work and who had a love of waterfowl was hired for the job and everything was completed in house by the manager and staff and it was done well and through hurricanes and flooding etc.

Now Most anything of substances is put through the NAWCA process by DU to include original scope of work write up, design, engineering, approval, permitting, fund collection, bidding and contractor awarding. All this happens with little to no oversight and since DU has the strong arm any field staff from the old school that see items of oversight that need attention or correction while repair are told to stand in the corner.

I am perfectly happy with subbing all the work out , its the oversight in the end that counts and that should be done by a non biased party.