Hopefully the Hays County Commissioners will vote with their conscience.
County delays KBR pact after vets protest
By SEAN BATURA
News Reporter
A routine execution of a professional services contract turned into a political statement at the Hays County Commissioners Court Tuesday morning, where the court wound up taking no action on an item to approve an engineering contract for KBR.
Two combat veterans of the war in Iraq testified against giving the FM 110 engineering services contract to KBR, Inc. Rather than execute the contract, the court decided to give sponsoring Precinct 1 Commissioner Debbie Ingalsbe (D-San Marcos) time to decide if she wants to again propose giving the contract to KBR.
KBR, a Houston-based engineering, procurement and construction firm, has been in the news in recent months for charges ranging from bribery of foreign government officials to endangering their own employees and U.S. troops serving in Iraq. Pending litigation against KBR involves allegations including human trafficking, purposely sending unarmed employees into a dangerous combat zone (the “Good Friday Massacre”), exposing employees and national guardsmen to carcinogenic sodium dichromate and covering up evidence of rapes of its employees.
“I personally watched KBR ship empty trucks around Iraq,” Hays County resident Bryan Hannah told the court. Hannah served in Baghdad from 2006 to 2008.
“I put my life on the line to escort those empty trucks and make a profit for this company,” Hannah said.
This is an excerpt from deeper in the article. A very wise man!!
“My father once told me, ‘Son, your dollar votes; if you don’t like the way a company does business, then don’t do business with them,’” Foster said. “I believe I speak for many of us here in Hays County when I say, ‘We don’t like the way KBR does business. We don’t want to give them any more of our money.’ I would like to ask the court to postpone making a decision on this contract.”
Click HERE to read the entire article. It’s worth it. And be sure to leave a comment. Tell them why you think KBR does not deserve one more US tax dollar! Click HERE to go the to Hays County Commissioners Page. Call or email and ask them to award the contract to a contractor that is not under investigation by the US government.
Ms Sparky
KBR is off the table in Hays County! The contract will probably be awarded to S&B Infrastructure, Inc! Well Done AMERICANS!!
Go to the link below to read the article.
http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/hillcountry/entries/2009/04/02/kbr_off_the_table_in_hays_coun.html
A soldiers voice counts in Hays County!