Apr 27 2008
Minority Outreach Wastes $400,000
Charleston County spent more than $400,000 of taxpayers’ money on a minority business outreach effort that accomplished little, but provided lucrative contracts for several politically connected consultants.
The goal of the outreach was to see that local minorities received job training, internships and a share of the multimillion- dollar road construction contracts financed by the half-cent sales tax.
Minority outreach is a crock and in the case of Charleston County, a waste of $400,000 tax payer dollars. Adults are responsible for their own education and construction contracts should be awarded based on competitive bidding and competency, not someone’s race.
As you can see from the long list in the article, this was a costly flop to Charleston County residents.
