instead, let’s build a monument to stupidity
Retired Glenwood Springs car dealer John Haines’ hope of donating a giant chunk of snow -white marble to the federal government to replace the cracked Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery is stalled again.
Haines’ hoped-for donation, which has sat outside the Yule Quarry near Marble since it was cut for the tomb in 2003, didn’t even rate a mention in a 34-page Department of the Army report to Congress this week on replacement and repair options for the deteriorating tomb.
Haines’ donation creates problems for the federal government because it is free and has not gone through a pricey bidding and specification process. A quarry in Vermont has expressed interest in submitting a bid.
September 11th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Is there some knowledgeable someone who would comp Mr. Haines the bid-spec process and submit a one-dollar bid? I bet there is, if word got around.
September 11th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
There should be a person in Federal government, whose sole job is to smack these jackasses upside the head and declare, “wtf is wrong with you? THINK.”
I nominate myself.
September 12th, 2008 at 2:12 am
Amen, what AT said. I second the nomination.