The Vincent Gray Home Improvement Invoices
Earlier this evening, in his wrapup of D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray's televised response to allegation of misconduct, LL asked, among other things: Would Gray provide invoices for work done on his home by a subsidiary of megadeveloper William C. Smith & Co.?
To Gray's credit, he has [PDF].
The documents include a consolidated invoice issued by WCS Construction, the Smith Co. subsidiary, plus invoices from four subcontractors. The combined invoice was sent on Oct. 30; the first of the subinvoices was sent on July 30, the last on Oct. 28.
What do the documents mean? LL knows little of the contracting realm, so how about a little crowdsourcing? Have a look at the PDF above or image links after the jump, and let LL know if you see any matters that deserve further scrutiny.
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8:15 pm
Followups:
* The electrical work probably required a "postcard" permit from DCRA.
* Is WCS a licensed home improvement contractor?
* Are the 3 Maryland subcontractors licensed to do business in DC?
8:58 pm
More followups:
When was each task performed, when was Gray invoiced for the work, and when did he pay for it? Was it before or after the media inquired?
My initial take: This doesn't pass the smell test.
9:28 am
oh no! he didn't get a postcard permit to change a lightblub! what an outrage! whatever shall we do?
9:32 am
Wow, so I think Gray gonna run for Mayor. There is no way this stuff has been suddenly uncovered. I think Fenty's begun digging. Gray, for whatever its worth, is as stand of a person as there is. I think this might have been an occasion where he showed poor judgment, but compared to Fenty's numerous and continuing amounts of mini-scandals, this is nothing.
9:37 am
I have no idea whether Gray did anything wrong. but I do know that Fenty and Rhee have done many, many questionable things with public money, including lying about budgets, hiring friends, and using police protection for bike rides. LL, while I'll agree that this deserves coverage, please find out how this story broke. there's no doubt that this has something to do with the Fenty machine.
9:38 am
The District is just a whore house for developers, with the Mayor & council turning tricks for them. You want a blow job? Sure, Vince will do that. You want a butt fuck? Sure, Adrian will take it in the ass & wiggle his ass for you. Whatever you want, Vince or Adrian or Jack will satisfy & gratify you.
Communism would drive these rapists & whores & thieves out of the city. Unfortunately, since we just have ignorant beaten-down poor people & transient self-absorbed yuppies living here, the developers continue rape & steal & the council members continue to suck dick, take it in the ass, & do whatever else the developers want.
Good luck, suckers, good luck. As Biden said, in America, rich people get socialism, everyone else gets capitalism.
Has there ever been a less enlightened, more ignorant, more superstitious population in history? Answer: no.
9:48 am
This is the attack by the FENTY- NICKLES- RHEE - HARTSOCK MAFIA. With the halp of th WAPO and WA Times along with a disfunctional DC Republican Party being bankrolled by AEI, Americans for Taxpayer Reform, Democrats for Education Reform(Kevin Chavous), Tea Party Birther's and the Heritage Crowd , Fenty is a KARL ROVE ZEALOT . This makes Mr Gray's Credibility more needed in terms of his position on Council . Fenty' tactics will unseat Fenty and elevate Marion Barry to Sainthood . Has Mchelle Fenty recovered ?
9:57 am
Comrade- Socialism is counter-intuitive. Our nature is survivalism and thus capitalism is perfectly suited for our being. I know you're going to point to hunter-gatherers or Native Americans tribes, but my only response is that they're not around anymore. Evolution did away with that shit long time ago. Come over to the dark side my friend, AC in the summer is marvelous.
10:22 am
You're right - I have to point to hunter-gatherers. The "lone wolf" man died. Being ostracized was a death sentence.
Today it's even worse. If everyone had to go completely off network, 99.9% of people would die in two weeks, die of starvation.
"Social-ism" is inborn in people. We are social from the moment we start kicking in the mom's womb & stay social for the rest of our short, pathetic lives.
People just want rewards. Cash money, employee of the month, just a little pin or badge - people love that stuff. So just substitute sex for money & we'll have plenty of "entrepreneurial" behavior. Money & sex already go together.
And fame is a great reward. Instead of publicizing nitwits like that Palin creature, have worker heroes publicized. & simple things like, "today's Metro ride is brought to you by Comrade Al Gonzalez, philosopher of the month". Then I get sex with Kate Moss. I'd do anything for that experience.
10:48 am
Kate Moss Comrad?! Come on, Adrianna Lima by far. Ok, those social interactions you claim aren't because we feel the need to bond. Think about it. Why do we really interact with anyone else. It's always a selfish motivation (getting drunk, winning at Risk, orgasms). Really are we doing it to feel chirpy inside. It's something driving us for more... conquest and promulgation of our self (either through children, fame, or money or all combined).
11:32 am
Oh please! Vincent Gray paid WSC for services rendered!
The question is: does the Mad King plan on reimbursing taxpayers the $400,000 dollars stolen from the coffer to transport his bikes around the country? The mad man needs to exiled and Gray is the most likely candidate to dethrone Fenty! Run Gray, Run in 2010!
11:43 am
I second Truth Hurt's comments.
When was the work done?
When did WT begin investigating?
When was the invoice generated and submitted?
When was the invoice paid?
Electrical work requires a DCRA permit.
Exterior electrical work requires a DDOT PS permit.
1:13 pm
Rez- Who really gives a shit. Even if he got a hook-up on this from WCS, this is a long way off the multi-million dollar contracts Fenty has given his frat buddies. $86 million to Karim, $11 million to Lommax, God knows how much to Skinner.
This is so stupid...
1:55 pm
Heh- If your standard is giving contracts to friends, how much has city money has Smith got over the years?
2:17 pm
I live in a William C. Smith owned building.
I had a door replaced. It was over $200. Perhaps there is a different fee for work not done in apartments, but I want to start getting Gray rate.
I'm still waiting for them to paint my chipping and peeling paint.
2:39 pm
WCS bid competitively each time for his contracts. Fenty's buddies didn't. Gray and these guys are saints compared to Fenty and his crew.
3:47 pm
Wake me when Karim and Lomax start renovating the Fenty abode.
6:47 pm
Really bad judgment, but, it isn't exactly $82 million dollars given to questionably qualified construction managers. I hear Sinclair Skinner, Fenty frat boy, has a engineering company certified in the District. Yet, the man has no engineering credentials; a fundamental requirement for principles technical fields.
Strings were pulled, who pulled them?
All good questions' Truth Hurts. I can't see this story going very far for some reason. It seems like small beans, but who knows what else the inquiry minds of a journalist will uncover.
Seems like someone is trying to force Gray into campaign mode, or at least to announce whether or not he is going to run for Mayor. If I were him, for now I'd let the Mayor continue to campaign against himself. He doesn't need an opponent to create bad press, he does it all by himself, at least once per week.