Everyone listed above received a NO BID contract for a professional service.
Here is one report of campaign contributions filed
by the Lodi council during their last election cycle:
Every July 1st, the Lodi council members
celebrate themselves and their campaign contributors celebrate their NO BID contracts.
* After their last election, the Lodi council went
from one engineer (Neglia) to two (Neglia and Maser). Wonder why?
* The Lodi council has repeatedly refused to pass a
real Pay-to-Play ordinance at its public meetings.
* The Lodi council members have defended their awarding
of NO BID contracts to campaign contributors by saying things like “it’s not
illegal what we are doing”. They also
cite a loophole known as “fair and open” as though that makes the situation any
better.
The residents of Lodi should pressure
their elected officials to reform this broken system by July 1st.
