Who do these people know? I understand the need for a non-competitive contract
because of the urgency of this issue; however, this on it's face makes no sense at all? Is someone being paid back for a favor(s)? Are they a relative or friend of someone? Who thought giving a small 2-person company a contract for such a monumental job was a good idea?
https://www.aol.com/article/news/201...airs/23255610/
Does this answer my questions?
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According to the Washington Post, Whitefish Energy’s chief executive, Andy Techmanski, has links to Trump’s secretary of the interior, Ryan Zinke. The firm is based in Zinke’s hometown, and one of Zinke’s sons previously worked at one of Techmanski’s construction sites. Both the secretary’s office and Whitefish deny Zinke played any role in the firm’s Puerto Rico contract. Zinke’s office told the Post that Whitefish is based in a small town where “everybody knows everybody.” Whitefish also said it is up to the task of repairing the power grid and that, as of Monday, it had 280 workers in Puerto Rico.
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