Comments on: Almost Like Praying: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Maria https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/29/almost-like-praying-lin-manuel-miranda-song/ Thu, 14 Dec 2017 17:16:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: dean https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/29/almost-like-praying-lin-manuel-miranda-song/#comment-555645 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 18:33:17 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=28047#comment-555645 In reply to dean.

The company had 2 employees — 2 when the government gave it the contract. Never had more than that prior to bidding: had never done a job like that.

Scam.

]]> By: SteveP https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/29/almost-like-praying-lin-manuel-miranda-song/#comment-555640 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 17:12:34 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=28047#comment-555640 Thanks Greg for sharing this. What a truly beautiful song, beautiful people, beautiful passion, beautiful voices. Americans we can all be proud of. Americans we can all be proud of.

And Rita Moreno! Wow. from wikipedia… “Moreno is one of twelve artists to have won all four major annual American entertainment awards: an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy and a Tony.” Just Wow.

The song “America” from West Side Story is worth listening too again… and again…

“Immigrant goes to America,
Many hellos in America;
Nobody knows in America
Puerto Rico’s in America! “

]]> By: MikeN https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/29/almost-like-praying-lin-manuel-miranda-song/#comment-555581 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 04:52:12 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=28047#comment-555581 In reply to dean.

Getting subcontractors to fly into Puerto Rico is expensive. They probably had to pay up front as well, and there’s the risk of not collecting from a bankrupt state.

]]> By: MikeN https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/29/almost-like-praying-lin-manuel-miranda-song/#comment-555580 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 04:51:09 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=28047#comment-555580 In reply to dean.

How much is the replacement contract?

]]> By: dean https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/29/almost-like-praying-lin-manuel-miranda-song/#comment-555560 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 01:52:41 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=28047#comment-555560 People attacked the company for its overcharging and insistence that no review of the work it did was allowed. Not to mention they didn’t have the people to do it.
It was a scam from the get go.

]]> By: MikeN https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/29/almost-like-praying-lin-manuel-miranda-song/#comment-555549 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 00:06:05 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=28047#comment-555549 Everyone attacked that company for getting a big no-bid contract and being in the same hometown as a cabinet official. Contract was cancelled, and now Puerto Rico can’t get anybody to do the work. Plus they still owe big cancellation fees.

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