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00450 <br /> decision because this questionai.re came back from Durham with no <br /> information on it. This is the questionaire that was in Mr. Smith's <br /> file when it was given to us and had no information on it at all. Now <br /> what critieria or what criterion was used to justify taking that position' <br /> Now since that time we've collected some other information that has gone <br /> on in this program. And I'm going to have the opportunity to present <br /> that to you. And it isn't the most favorable material. And I say to <br /> you that Mr. Smith has been denied the right for program participation <br /> predicated on some nebulous approach that is not justified in being taken <br /> and we feel that he's being discriminated'against, and we feel that all <br /> measures must be exhausted to see that he is treated fairly in his <br /> effort to carry out the discipline in which he has prepared himself to <br /> earn a decent living. And I thought the most appropriate thing would be <br /> to Care before'you and let you know what has happened. Now since that <br /> tims, Mr. Smith received a letter from the City of Durham stating that we <br /> would be eligible to participate in that program, he received that letter. <br /> Since the time he was banned, he completed a $13,000 job for the City of <br /> Durham in the McDougall Terrace for a burned down apartment building. He <br /> had 60 days to complete the job and the job was completed in 42 days. <br /> And, gentlemen, and young lady, it is customary for contractors to go <br /> over-tine. at tires. That is why there is a penalty stipulation in the <br /> contract,. $5.00 a day, $10.00 a day, $50.00 a day or whatever you see fit <br /> to put in that contract. And I think there is something beycnd this, when <br /> your County Manager said the other night, "This is an administrative pro- <br /> blem." I see this as being an administrative problem and if he is the <br /> administrator that you've retained to function in a certain manner that's <br /> what it's supposed to be. If it were not an administrative problem I <br /> wouldn't have gone to him. But I also see something else when I see a . <br /> letter caning from him on the, dated the 21st, one coming from him on the <br /> 22nd after he said to me "I haven't sent the letters out yesterday." And <br /> getting both on the same day. something is rotten in Denmark and it isn't <br /> Christine. And that's why I'm here to present this before you so we can <br /> ascertain what direction can be taken. If you have sane questions, Mr. <br /> Smith and I will be delighted to respond. <br /> Carmisaioner Gustaveson: Just a couple of background questions, mainly that ah <br />