Great Post Blast.

I agree with what you have said.

Up here in Washington State, since to pass of I-200 a few years ago, most state funded projects require only "voluntary" requirements.

I remember biding on a large saw-cutting project, almost 10 miles of cutting, it was a federally funded project and the requirements were in place. A firm that had very little experience in saw-cutting were almost double of all 3 bids received and they made it known that it was because they were a minority owned and they were planning on getting the job at that price. There was very little work for other trades and the saw-cutting was more than half of the work to be done and was most of the contracted price, so they figured they could manipulate the system.

I thought I would move the poll to another area to be more visable.