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Former North Carolina Lawmaker’s Son Submits Highest Bid, Gets Prison Contract
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2008
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2008, page 22
Last year, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation began examining the award of a prison pest control contract to the son of the state’s former House Speaker. The contract raised questions because the winning bid was roughly three times higher than the lowest bidder for the same job.
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Government Misconduct,
Vermin.
Location:
North Carolina.
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