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Shutdown was orchestrated and planned well in advance
By A. M. Johnson
October 14, 2013
Monday PM
Editor Sitnews,
The following letter submitted to Senator Murkowski regarding the preparedness of the Obama administration in notifying the public of specific closings of parks and public monuments.
Thank you again for the service you provide the community with Sitnews.
Regards,
Al Johnson
Ketchikan, Alaska
Senator Murkowski,
Interesting bit of information. How is it Congress, both houses, are not smart enough to have figured this following revelation. What it does reflect is the complacency that Congress has dealing with this Socialist administration.
Let us know how this statement is not acturate. I surely sounds as valid in all respects.
A.M.Johnson-Ketchikan
cc: Sitnews
Received this PM from an old Ketchikan friend.
"I have worked in the government on and off for 40 years. During that time I became quite familiar with requisitions, bidding, awarding contracts etc. It is a time consuming process with bean-counters and pencil-necked bureaucrats every step of the way. The simplest request takes months not days or hours.
In less than 8 hours of the shutdown, miraculously, professionally printed 3X4 foot signs appeared all over the country in the tens of thousands saying- this park, facility, etc. )with custom logos) closed due to government shutdown. There has not been a government shutdown in 17 years. These signs were designed, specifications were determined, signs were then requisitioned, bids were posted and vetted, government contracts were awarded. The materials were then ordered and the signs manufactured then distributed by U.S. Mails or freight companies.
This shutdown was orchestrated and planned well in advance at least 6-8 months ago. Millions of tax dollars were appropriated and spent in this process. There is a paper trail a mile long leading..."
About: " Another old timer loving dogs, children, water melon wine, and the U.S.Constitution "
Received October 13, 2013
- Published October 14, 2013
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