Wasted tax

How the Metropolitan council squandered ten Million dollars
Of tax payers money.
They let a UNQUALIFIED PERSON,
Buy , A FLEET of Metro Mobility vehicles . { I worked at Metro Mobility when it started up .}
My experience as a mechanic = 6 years the gay guy , in charge of purchasing ,

( I put the label g , because this guy was in the wrong line of work and I really think sexual nepotism was involved
and the buses were built WAY DOWN SOUTH where rednecks rein .
Bet they disrespected the Minnesotans /yanks buyer , who , should have had a better mechanical background in the first place)

who wasted 10 million dollars of taxpayer money’s , his mechanical knowledge , = zero !
He walked into the shop one day and put on airs of superiority saying something about “his” ten million dollars of buses.
They were POORLY BUILT , for example the wiring was not even properly connected = open ( not taped or shrink wrapped)butt connectors simple crimped dime store things were hanging down in the undercarriage exposed to road salt ,water and not even loomed .
No mud flaps ,
Heating system not made for winter conditions ( us mechanics had to reinstall the heater system)
Problems = on and on the thrown together buses failed , even the wheelchair entry door was a flimsy childish design that failed in the first months of use .
Ask anyone who was hired those first months , about the lead guy doing interviews = he was CREEPY ! He would get up real close , invading your personal body space and have this smirk on his face .
The shop foreman was fresh out of Ireland, a nice guy .
He even had me over to his place for dinner, I met his wife .
He had some quirks like calling the buses “buggies “ and having us mechanics keep the tire pressure way low so as to give the buggies a softer ride , or something to that affect.

And untold millions were also wasted by a faulty dispatch program, that ,
Got so horrendous,
The Minnesota National Guard
Had to called in
to run Metro Mobility.
The drivers came back from routes ,
Crying because their clients missed appointments . The computers didn’t know the area . Like putting West St Paul down as the west 7th area .

A National Guard commander walked in to the dispatch office and one of the workers told him he was parked in his parking space .
The Commander barked back at him
“ I’ll PARK ANYWHERE I PLEASE !”

PS :
How did St Paul lose the oldest boat on the upper Mississippi ? !
It was an old wooden Coast Guard ship/boat .
I helped do restoration on it .
The rumor mill says it may have been a lovers spat , Arson , or was it a drunken orgy?
Oh well I’m just railing ,doing personal inventory ,
I’m crazy anyway right?