[Quote]Thanks for taking the time to post that BB. It’s an eye opener and just highlights the problems with these projects using taxpayer dollars. They NEVER finish on time and they ALWAYS go way over budget. And ultimately all they have to say is “oops…we need more money” and the taxpayers are on the hook.[/quote]
Problem ultimately is there is zero accountability. So what if a hospital went over budget by 1/2 billion? Pay is not reduced, no one got fired, you don’t even hear any investigations or news articles on this major mishandling of public funds. On the other hand, let’s say the administrators did complete the hospital on time and on budget, there’s zero reward for that type of accomplishment either. End result is projects run into problems, we’ll just throw more money at the problem because it really is just other people’s money.
