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While the county fiddles, Johnson gets paid, and paid, and paid

07/15/09

02:19:15 pm, by bill

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Categories: Observer Opinions, Open Government, Homeland Security, Ethics

While the county fiddles, Johnson gets paid, and paid, and paid

It was in January that the commissioners court decided to put the operation of the North Central Texas Fusion Center out for competitive bid.

The Fusion Center was (and still is) being run by ADB Consulting of Santa Fe, New Mexico. ADB is wholly owned by Dr. Bob Johnson and his wife, Anita Miller. Dr. Johnson is the son of Plano's US Congressman Sam Johnson.

The commissioners were reacting to published reports detailing a series of no-bid contracts between the county and ADB Consulting going back over 5 years and at that time, totaling over $1 million.

Since that January decision, an RFQ was prepared and bids were solicited in February. The closing date for submission of all proposals was March 19. In the 4 months since the bids were received, the county has still not awarded the contract.

But while the county staff 'negotiates' or whatever it is they are doing, Dr. Bob and his ADB Consulting are still getting checks from Collin County.

A search through the county's check register shows that since January, the county has paid ADB over $ 76,000 in maintenance and consulting fees.

Month	Payment to ADB
January, 09	$ 25,200.00
February, 09	$ 33,831.95
March, 09	$ 3,033.33
April, 09	$ 3,873.33
May, 09	$ 6,646.66
June, 09	$ 3,613.3
TOTAL	$ 76,198.60

It looks like ADB will continue to be the no-bid vendor of choice until the county staff and commissioners court make a decision.

One of these days, they might just do that.

Bill

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Comment from: anon [Visitor]

I don't plan on holding my breath on this one. I am sure Jerry's out having a bite to eat while he thinks about it.

Permalink 07/16/09 @ 07:26

Comment from: grosir aksesoris wanita [Visitor]

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yeah I agree with you, and I think I am sure Jerry's out having a bite to eat while he thinks about it.

Permalink 07/31/09 @ 06:04

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While the county fiddles, Johnson gets paid, and paid, and paid

07/15/09

While the county fiddles, Johnson gets paid, and paid, and paid

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