Trump Never Give Up by Donald J Trump & Meredith McIver

Author:Donald J Trump & Meredith McIver [Trump, Donald J & McIver, Meredith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780470190845
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2010-12-27T05:00:00+00:00

POSTSCRIPT TO THE WOLLMAN RINK STORY—21 YEARS LATER

Government bungling of the Wollman Rink project was made possible in part thanks to a terrible New York State law passed in 1921 called the Wicks Law. It requires local governments undertaking renovations or new building projects that cost more $50,000 to hire four separate contractors (general construction, plumbing, electrical, and heating and ventilation). Local governments must hire the lowest bidder in each of these areas, even though they could save a lot of time and money by hiring a single general contractor who oversees all subcontractors. Instead of allowing competition, what it does is increase up to 30 percent the cost of building anything for the government in New York.

Fortunately, there may be some new hope for getting rid of the Wicks Law thanks to recent media attention. On May 29, 2007, the New York Times ran an article by Dorothy Samuels in their Editorial section which was titled From Donald Trump to Eliot Spitzer: Still Battling Over a Wasteful Law. Ms. Samuels has always been an insightful writer who writes about significant issues. In bringing up the Wicks Law, she retold the story of how I saved Wollman Rink from government bungling—and managed to educate the citizens of New York City about something they probably weren’t aware of, unless they are in real estate construction. It’s something that affects them by driving up government costs and taxes. I have to say, it was nice to be remembered 21 years later as someone who tried to make a difference, and did. Let’s hope this situation will be remedied soon—it will benefit everyone.

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