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gator_fl t1_j9y3qi2 wrote

Yes, a total liability for DC and discussed many times in this sub and WaPo and City Paper documented the nepotism in awarding to Intralot with a local business front connected to DC Council Member.

Corruption has been endemic in DC government for decades so nothing new. A few businesses I know were thinking of bidding for support service contracts but walked away after seeing how rigged the bid process seemed. Everybody knew.

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rectalhorror t1_j9yhqjv wrote

I maintain that DC peaked when it was being run by the Control Board with Tony Williams at CFO. Ever since he left the Mayor's office, the rot started setting in; the way DC contracting setasides work, you have a handful of "small, disadvantaged, locally owned contractors" who put their name on the contract, collect their check, and subcontract the work out to out-of-town businesses that actually do the work. Same situation with the sports betting and online gambling apps; "emergency" legislation was passed, which means little if any oversight. Instead of having multiple apps like Virginia, you get one poorly cobbled together POS that nobody uses.

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