Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Government at Work - In Pennsylvania
Nice work if you can get it.
I wonder if the voters will ever "get" it, and vote these bums out?...
I wonder if the voters will ever "get" it, and vote these bums out?...
Chris Freind reports in the Philadelphia Bulletin:
"But in 2007, the ethical line was taken to a whole new level when Ballard performed $773,000 of state legal work without a state contract, leaving many questions unanswered.
On March 1 of that year, the firm began work on the proposal to privatize the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Over the next 83 days, Ballard utilized 55 attorneys (more than 10 percent of its legal staff), and billed the state for 2,300 hours, which equates to an average of 27.38 hours per 24 hour day. The hourly rates varied based on seniority, with firm Chairman Arthur Makadon billing $637.50/hour, and partners Ken Jarin and Adrian King Jr. billing $531.25/hour and $403.75/hour, respectively."
