Editorial: Bidding debacle

Thomas Fritzel is a business man, not a philanthropist. If the city is going to operate in a naive and reckless manner, the city employees are to blame, not the business person pitching the ideas. We elect or higher city employees to do due diligence on how our tax dollars are allocated. These city workers are the ones to blame for the incompetent bids and giving no bid contracts, not the contractors.

May 17, 2013 at 3:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Editorial: Gun law costly

I still have not gotten an answer on how the current law of a convicted felon owning a gun did not stop the recent Ottowa murders. THERE IS A LAW AGAINST CONVICTED FELONS OWNING GUNS AND YET, HE HAD ONE!!!.

May 16, 2013 at 9:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Editorial: Gun law costly

lol

May 16, 2013 at 9:08 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Day after city's bid opening for recreation center, relief and a few questions

"Given this low bid, how confident should the city be in its $8.3 million estimate for the remaining infrastructure work at the site?" Chad, maybe you should run for city commish next go around. This one question you have posed seems to have eluded the current seat holders. One would have to surmise by the history of botched bids by the city, T Fritz is gonna pocket about $4,000,000 on the infrastructure bid alone. Nicely played Thomas.

May 16, 2013 at 9:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Bid for recreation center comes in about $10 million lower than expected; questions grow over other cost estimates

Unfortunately, the city will not do any due dilligence and items like under bid a/c units, cheap materials and low allowances will be brought to whomevers attention in the middle of construction with an explanation how upgrading wil save money in the future, sign the dotted line.

May 16, 2013 at 8:25 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Bid for recreation center comes in about $10 million lower than expected; questions grow over other cost estimates

Maybe a pool for synchonized swimming. I bet our city leaders would bank millions on that concept to pack the place if an architect ran a p & l for them.

May 16, 2013 at 7:07 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Bid for recreation center comes in about $10 million lower than expected; questions grow over other cost estimates

Why are architects trying to price the job in the first place? These guys are not builders. The higher the price tag the more architects get paid, usally 10% of the cost of the job. The architect better do a better job with the planners or change orders are going to spiral out of control which is where the low ball bid contractor is gonna make his millions on this deal. Word of advice, NEVER SIGN A CHANGE ORDER.

May 16, 2013 at 6:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Bid for recreation center comes in about $10 million lower than expected; questions grow over other cost estimates

Lol. What a bunch of nitwits we have est. these projects. Someone needs to be fired.

May 15, 2013 at 8:54 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Two convenience stores coming to downtown Lawrence

Fountain drinks sold without "large food lines":

Freebird
Jimmy Johns
Pepper Jacks
Pyramid Pizza
Rudy's Pizza

These places do not have large food lines and if they did, most cases, you can go straight to the register and pay for a soda without waiting in a food line.

May 15, 2013 at 1:43 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Opinion: What, exactly, was the IRS thinking?

Obama administration waging a war on women with Plan B and military rapes, using IRS to target enemies, drone murders and illegal assassinations, oil company's with record porfits........is Obama a democrat or a republican?

May 15, 2013 at 12:51 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )