Governor to Commerce Director: "This is not acceptable"

Attendees at this morning's GMAP session were witness to a visibly disappointed Governor expressing her displeasure with an agency's lack of performance. The focus of the meeting was the state's use of the federal stimulus funds. One of the activities highlighted was Commerce's weatherization program. Commerce Director Rogers Weed opened his presentation by asking the Governor to lower the target for the number of housing units to be weatherized since it would be unlikely for Commerce to meet the current goal. Weed indicated the problem was caused by questions concerning prevailing wage requirements and how much workers should be paid for the weatherization projects. The original goal for the 2nd quarter was to weatherize 935 units. Commerce's actual production was 107 units. Responding to this the Governor said she was absolutely disappointed with how many fingers were being pointed and the bureaucracy getting clogged up . . . READ MORE