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ak47workaccnt OP t1_iz9nyuz wrote

Why was a company that owns and manages trailer parks getting contracts from the state for masks? Maybe they should be investigated for throwing tax money down the drain.

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PakkyT t1_iz9ru5q wrote

"A Bedrock owner in June 2021 blamed problems on its China-based supplier."

Why are we contracting with a company that doesn't actually have the ability to manufacture what we are paying them to supply?

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"In January 2021, Bedrock sent a check for $750,000 to the state, but the check bounced, the attorney general's office said."

Yeah, that $3 mill is basically never coming back.

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stevenc88 t1_iza0gmi wrote

That headline writer should be repremanded - I first read the headline a Maura Healey was the owner, and she was receiving the $3 million...

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Akilou t1_iza4ffn wrote

This headline makes it sound like Maura Healey is the owner of a company that received $3M

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pillbinge t1_izaadey wrote

That headline is deliberately misleading as Maria Healey isn’t an owner.

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Cyclone_1 t1_izagcaq wrote

Shocked you didn't post this to the MA Politics sub-reddit. I'll do that.

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PtrWalnuts t1_izam84f wrote

Typical Herald Bullshit.

Go after the one who is actually fighting for the common man. They have to do this because they represent Republicans. And we all know Republicans can't govern.

So far the only thing I've seen them good at is stealing from the middle class.

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riefpirate t1_izari8t wrote

I think Massachusetts made a wise decision !!

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Audioengineer68 t1_izatl5x wrote

The herald is a rag barely useful for for the bottom of a birdcage. Misleading titles and slanted opinion pieces.

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waffles2go2 t1_izayx4m wrote

Title of caption was "Adrenochrome sucker showing feasting ritual".... or that's what every Herald reader assumed as they skimmed for the comics...

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ConceptualEconomist t1_izb15i7 wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#880,032)

Saying I have a vagina (aka trying to call me a woman) as an insult is 1. insanely unoriginal and 2. reflects the fact you have 0 understanding of anything going on around you. Try coming up with insults that are original and aren’t misogynistic.

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LinkLT3 t1_izb91cw wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#879,041)

The only known Democrat in this story is literally the one putting a stop to the situation. So I’m just gonna assume you think all Democrats are heroes! That’s pretty cool of you.

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chevalier716 t1_izbiqjp wrote

Ah the Herald. SPORTS and carefully worded outrage-bait, plus whatever black slime is spewing out of Howie Carr's mouth-anus.

Edit for clarity

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SLEEyawnPY t1_izccfqo wrote

Replying to PakkyT (#878,134)

>Why are we contracting with a company that doesn't actually have the ability to manufacture what we are paying them to supply?

Few companies in the US actually have the ability to do rapid turn-around custom manufacturing on anything in-house. The ones that do tend to charge an enormous premium.

>Bedrock and its owners offered to procure one million (1,000,000) N-95 compliant respirator masks from their contacts in China...in reliance of the Defendants’ misrepresentations, the Commonwealth issued an emergency purchase order and paid Bedrock $3,560,000, with the understanding that Bedrock Consulting Group would deliver the 1,000,000 masks within 20 days.

The Commonwealth was high on crack cocaine when it believed some has-been "consultants" from fucking Salem had any ability to deliver on jobs like that in timeframes of 20 days. a 5 minute Google search would've likely confirmed for anyone with a brain that all the principals at "Bedrock Consulting Group" were certifiable nincompoops, who couldn't deliver a pizza on time.

>Yeah, that $3 mill is basically never coming back.

Nope. Seems likely their "reputable supplier" in China also only took money up front, same as they asked and received from the Commonwealth, and then fucked them and only delivered a fraction of the order before they stopped replying and went dark. Bedrock's cut is spent and the rest is long gone.

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SLEEyawnPY t1_izcijxr wrote

>On April 2, 2020, Defendant Roth contacted the Operational Services Division ofthe Commonwealth ofMassachusetts (“OSD”) with an offer for Bedrock to supply one million (1,000,000) N95 protective masks (the “Masks”). Defendant Rothstated that Bedrock had a connection with a reputable mask manufacturer in China and sent OSD a picture of the packaging of the Masks that Bedrock was offering to provide. Defendant Roth stated that the full purchase price for the masks would be required up front.
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>On April 3, 2020, OSD signed an Emergency Purchase Order (the “Purchase Order”) to purchase one million units of the Masks

3.5 million in one day with a picture of the packaging as due diligence.

Sounds possible that their "reputable supplier" in China also liked to take their money up front, and then turned around and fucked the Commonwealth's "reputable supplier" in Salem.

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ak47workaccnt OP t1_ize11gh wrote

Replying to deadlyspoons (#884,617)

That's all kind of irrelevant here, isn't it? There isn't anything wrong with this article. Why should this story be blocked?

I'm not trying to drive traffic to the Herald or something, it just came up in my feed.

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brookrain t1_ize2rgl wrote

OP you should rephrase this post, it looks like you’re saying Maura Healey owned this company but that is clearly not the case

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inspircatible t1_ize3fii wrote

As someone who studied journalism this headline is HORRENDOUS I will pay them to let me fix it

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TheGrandExquisitor t1_izgp6aa wrote

I used to live in Salem, so I dug into this to see what was up.

This is kind of weird.

Roth is a Boston business attorney. Lives in RI. Apparently he was the one who called the state, said he had the masks ready to ship, and needed payment up front.

Sperlings are from CA.

Damore is unknown. I just come up with some mobster. Maybe it was him? I dunno. Seems like he should be in jail from what I read if it is. Probably someone else.

Their business address is in Pickering Wharf and appears to be a residence over a haunted house.

This is weird.

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