There's a saying about government that goes "a billion here, a billion there and pretty soon you're talking about real money." I've always wondered why some government services cost sooooo much. This sidebar about the $38 million price tag on the rehabilitation of the Ada H. Lewis Middle School could shed some light:
For example, the district estimated a cost of $2,500 per door to be placed on existing frames.
"That's ridiculous," contractor Hillard Fontaine said. "The metal doors they need, with the type of hardware they'd need, would cost close to $900 to $1,100."
Another contractor, Robert Kirby, said he thought he could get doors for even less.
"I've done prison work, hospital work, and a fire-rated, prefinished door, I can get for $250," he said.
Apparently the School District also has aspirations to host an NCAA tournament opening weekend at the gym:
Kirby also said the estimate for replacing the Ada Lewis gymnasium floor was overpriced at $40 per square foot.
"Unless you're at the Palestra, you're not going to spend $40 per square foot," Kirby said. "You could do a middle-school gym floor for $10 to $12 a square foot."
Or you could just use linoleum like some of the floors I played on in grade school.
Imagine if every budget item for every government expenditure could just as easily be revised downward by seventy to ninety percent.
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