Comments on: Pushback on racial-quota lawsuit against Caltrans

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:00:32 +0000

If CPI was truly “dedicated to the interests of working people”, their statement would never have been issued. What they are “dedicated” to is race-baiting hyperbole and they should be ignored for being the idiots they are. Taxpayer funded contracts must be awarded to those who will do the best work for the least amount of money. Skin color has no voice.

By: Elwood

Elwood — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:37:04 +0000

What RR said!

There is so much BS in the CPI statement that I didn’t know where to begin.

The AGC is simply asking the court to enforce the law.

If the CPI doesn’t like the law, there are ways to change it.

By: RR

RR — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:24:37 +0000

Is there a feminine/Afro-American/lesbian/Latino/you- name- perspective on public works? It took years
to wean local government away from favoring their cronies on big projects, now we have to contend with gender/race/ethnicity? As for “lifting people out of poverty,” giving the unskilled and under-educated priority in employment has nothing to do with helping the economy recover. What are out-of-work, skilled, well-trained men and women supposed to do? Quietly wait their turn while high school dropouts take priority? Congress did not intend the stimulus money to rescue the long-term jobless, that’s a task for adult education and work-training programs. The economic plight of low-income communities started long before this crisis and needs to be addressed. But until the larger economy recovers, there won’t be the means to help “lift” anybody upward.