When it comes to the Lodi politicians, two is always
more costly and usually less efficient.
Marc Schrieks and Tony Luna were both very dishonest
in today’s Community News article titled “Town Hires Two Computer
Consultants”. Marc Schrieks stated,
“….For the same price as one.” Tony Luna
is quoted, “Each took half of what last year’s contract was, so it’s all the
same amount.”
Last year, Lodi paid a monthly consulting fee of
$2000 a month. In this article, they
admit to paying $2,475 per month. That
is a 24% increase for the same consulting job.
Imagine if every borough cost increased 24% this year. Furthermore, this doesn’t even consider the
fact that instead of one consultant milking the town $95 an hour for “extra
work”, now Lodi has two.
Marc is quoted as saying, “Because one is more
efficient in police maneuvers/police operations than the other one.” So why wouldn’t he just hire the one that is
more efficient for everything? Because
the name attached to JNP Consultants is Perrapato, the son of the Garfield School
Superintendent. Perrapato and Conte are
to Garfield what Luna and Capizzi are to Lodi.
This contract is just a way for Luna and Perrapato to swap favors and buy
influence in one another’s patronage mills.
Unfortunately, they use the taxpayers’ money and not their own.
And just for the record, Marc Schrieks said at the
last meeting that he didn’t know what the $2000 monthly charge covered. He was wrong about the additional monthly
costs to “install”. And Tony Luna sat
silent when given the opportunity to explain why he hired two consultant this
year instead of one.
