Its hilarious Jody was on the scene at the courthouse trying to do investigative work when the lady told Jody he needs to be doing some investigating lol

@kurtvanluven9351

5 ай бұрын

Worst Jedi mind trick #Fail !

@victrola2007

5 ай бұрын

Hubris when cornered with evidence! 🤯 Sadly, RFP process is iften deeply flawed/rigged without contractor's history research. At least onr ticked all the "right boxes" which were set up to help small businesses, but are used like Trojan Horses with disastrous consequences. How these contractors were selected is highly suspect and those who signed off on it and entire project has to be forensically analyzed. It reeks of corruption from the RFP responses. 🤬‼

Once again Barr has continued his updates to ongoing reporting. Unlike most reporters ability to inform us of something, Jody takes the time to keep us updated and where the citizens are concerned, they are informed so they can make appropriate voting decisions

@kurtvanluven9351

5 ай бұрын

I am no engineering expert, but I would hope when city officials look for expertise they go LOOK at a similar project that works, find those involved and ask questions. Kind of like any normal citizen would do, if spending their own money. Hope you guys get things fixed.

Every community needs a Jody Barr.

@integritynow1

5 ай бұрын

Amen! He was ours first in Austin! I love his reporting.

Unable to locate any principle for the insurance company? They have to be licensed in the state. State requires such information. Man if it turns out there is no insurance company, or the company is not licensed for the state... That is going really open things up.

@victrola2007

5 ай бұрын

Lathan ticked all the "right boxes". How these contractors were selected is highly suspect and those who signed off on it and entire project has to be forensically analyzed. It reeks of corruption from the RFP responses. 🤬‼

@gnelson1990

4 ай бұрын

I don't understand why they couldn't find a phone number for the company. It took me only 5 seconds doing a Google search on "Developers Surety And Indemnity Company" to come up with a contact name, phone number and address in Irvine, CA.

Can't wait to hear what's going on with this matter

The contractor and all involved will file bankruptcy. So they need to get money from ins co. Bet its not enough to fix the problem.

I wonder how Latham got to the position she’s in. She’s obviously clueless and has the professionalism of a 10 year old. I also wonder what her relation is to landsdown

@petegesellchen3181

5 ай бұрын

Latham was probably on board to satisfy WBE/MBE requiements, not because of her abilities.

Right on. About time we get some accountability in these government projects.

Imagine telling someone to go do their jobs when they are in fact doing their job by allowing you to tell your side, that just screams she’s in the wrong

"Do some investigation journalism " well lady, what do you think he is doing......

Jody is the best damn local journalist in the country right now. I pray he keeps his steadfast commitment to the truth, even as he eventually gains national popularity.

@kurtvanluven9351

5 ай бұрын

Steve Baker is another.

So with the results of this failed project, the city has given the engineering firm another project? Was it sent out to bid or just awarded?

@kazithecanecorso2724

5 ай бұрын

Kickbacks. They need to audit the the department thar gives out projects

@christopherg2347

5 ай бұрын

They have to sue everyone that _could possibly be_ responsible, no mater how unlikely. So the guilt can be properly split. My father once made me sign a lawsuit where _I sued him_ for alimony. He just needed a court to decide on the proper amount he owed my mother. Just because you sue each other, does not mean you can't work or live together.

@scottbc31h22

5 ай бұрын

It's possible the contract for the second job was awarded before the problems surfaced.

@Mary-us8jb

5 ай бұрын

@@kazithecanecorso2724 Yep, and another thing, who is the city's project manager? Then there's the accounting department.

Jodi Barr for President... OK, 😅

Legislators are pros at spending other people's money. It's their specialty. My first thought wa, "Whose buddy received tbe initial contract?" Then, "Whose other buddy's company was expecting the contracts for the repairs?". Who is making additional money from this failure? I'm actually impressed that they are going after the original contractor's work failures and not adhering to industry standards.

Lathan asking Mr Barr "What was he trying to do" was comical at best and unsurprising at worst. Mr. Barr is the bar (no pun intended) when it comes to reporting. I love how the city put cones up at the edge of the holes like it was going to stop the erosion.

@katiekane5247

5 ай бұрын

It warns people of the danger, obviously doesn't stop erosion. Possibly the only thing done right.

When Jody gets on the case the immovable begin to move. A true journalist that sets the “Barr” high.

We NEED a Jody in Cobb and Fulton Counties (Metro Atlanta) ! This is what Freedom of tPress looks like -- accurate reporting without fear of repercussions from a government entity. Surely, the bids required each contractor to ne bonded and insured for the job? Although, ive seen more than a couple of "Fly-by-Night" bonding companies, and even a falsified Surety Bond sunmitted by a contractor.

@MrWarren1991

5 ай бұрын

Jody seems to move where he is most needed, he left rural Texas to do what he is doing now. Was sad to see him leave, we definitely need more of him across the US right now.

Again the world needs more Jody Barrs!!!

Token hire administrator...what do you expect?

@vivalaleta

5 ай бұрын

Racist. Shame on you.

Corruption goes from Washington all the way to the dog catcher.

The city needs to get out there, dig up some pipe and see for themselves if the contractor pushed the pipe connections together properly. I have seen jobs where the contractor didn't bother to even push the pipe seals together. They just laid the pipes end then buried them.

@johnclements6614

5 ай бұрын

You send a camera down the pipe far cheaper than digging. Then you can inspect multiple runs in a day. There are obviously problems with the pipes 7:30 as well as the entries into the chambers. Probable that the works were undertaken with no supervision, or the supervision never got out of their vehicle. Here in the UK it is a legal requirement to give design calculations too the client. Makes it far easier too modify the system in ten years time.

@scottbc31h22

5 ай бұрын

@@johnclements6614 From what I saw in the video, it looks like the contractor failed to properly seal the connection between the pipe and the basin, allowing water in around the outside of the basin. Possibly the inlet to the basins is too high, which would only exasperate the erosion caused by the leaking pipe connections. The video didn't show any sink holes in the middle of the pipe run. But the holes they did show were all around basins.

@johnclements6614

5 ай бұрын

@@scottbc31h22 There is a hole shown at 7:30 in the video and I think the same or other holes in the middle of the run (s) is shown earlier. There are problems between the chambers as well as at the chambers. This could be caused by a problem at the joints, missing or incorrectly installed seals, pipes inserted too far or not far enough; or a hole in the pipe caused by machinery or large sharp objects in the backfill material. It is also possible that there is a y junction there that is leaking. It is probable that they cut a hole in the chamber for the pipe put the pipe in and did no work whatsoever to seal it. The contractor wants to keep the excavation machinery working so the making good around the pipe is normally done by a separate crew. With inadequate supervision by the client or contractor it was then missed.

Wait , the city hired them for another project while suing them for the previous project calamity ! Talk about fool me once , the engineers and the builders may be incompetent or worse , but what does that make the city when they went back for more of the same ?

Looks like they hired them Irish travellers.

Another great investigative piece Mr Barr, Expose these corrupt businesses!

How is the city management not regularly inspecting the work being one their behalf? This seems like incompetence to me.

EVERY CITY COUNTY STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO DO THE SAME THING

Something seems very weird with that insurance company. Also, where was code enforcement and building inspectors and why wasn’t a second opinion done on the design? Also was due diligence taken to look up these companies to make sure they were all legit?

Local news stations over the country need to sit down and take a note on what a good news organization is capable of. I haven’t seen a single report by queens city news that lacked insight or integrity. If there are some fluff pieces floating around I haven’t seen them. 👍🏼 Good job QCN

She said “You all need to do some investigative reporting…” to Jody. Jody: challenge accepted

Lots of finger pointing. But where were the City's inspectors? How did they miss all this defective work? Seems like gross negligence inside the town itself. Small towns are notoriously corrupt and incompetent - the best and brightest don't apply.

It's good that they didn't have the taxpayers pay for it twice.... But had that been city workers it would not have been like that... They would have pushed it under the rug and had the taxpayers pay for it twice but because it's subcontracted....

Get ready for everyone to start blaming everyone else.

Why do I know more about what's going on in Pheonix (Dave Biscobing), Detroit (Frank Wolcheck) and Charlotte (You) than I do my own area? Love catching up on all these fantastic news stories.

Call Curtis in Sacramento doesn’t hold a candle to Jody Barr

Undersized pipes are the designer's responsibility. The contractor is ultimately responsible for the quality of the craftsmanship.

The city inspector failed as well. We all know the city has to inspect the project from start to finish. But the inspector was to halpy with the kick backs from the contractor.

Have to just say that a lot hinges on the way the specs were written for the project and the how the inspections were to be preformed! The other thing is, if the system was deigned the way it was shown at 7:19 of the video with an open ended round pipe, flowing across open ground into a slotted opening in the 'catch basin', then it was probably doomed from the start!

I think I saw the issue there in court clowning

Keep Pressing!

It's going to be hard to get anything out of a consultant. They really don't do anything but recommend, which is why they are useless.

It was all approved by the city and their engineers. As a person that worked construction. We build to a print of specs. We don't add and subtract to a blue print.Where was the city's inspectors? Who went over the job proposal? The proposal of work has to be submitted in writing. This will be expensive for both sides.

Corruption is less painful in smaller doses. These people wanted it all at one time! Money grab for sure! If Jody had not been investigating? He would have never been asking that woman questions!

City Inspectors had to sign off on the project along the way, plans had to be approved by the City, so the city has liability in this too.

Great coverage Jodi❤

Usually it's rather easy to find the culprit in this case. First case: The plans are inadequate and the contractor just built according to the plans, because if built different to the plan that could come back as a boomerang. Second case: The plans were good, but the contractor knew it better... Third case: Both messed up... So someone just needs to verify the plans the town got for the approval process with what has really been built and with what was necessary to be built. But I'll take a guess: The engineer and the insurance will put the blame on the conteactor alone and the contractor has to eat it. It always the smallest link in the chain which has to take the brunt of the force.

This is what happens when 10% goes to the "Big Guy."😂

How’s it years later and the city still owes almost 2 mil on it?

Where were the city inspectors at during the project? Were any of the companies MBE'S?

Aren't they supposed to be permitted and inspected by the city or county during construction? Sounds like to me this is where the failure is. Here in Georgia you can't cover something with dirt without it being inspected if you do they'll make you dig it up! I believe I it is safe to say we don't have those kind of problems here, our building codes are very strict especially on government projects.

For $108 per hour, you would expect better work

Thankyou Jody !!!! This is such a disgrace to have these type of failures and no one is accountable....No business should be allowed to work with governments agencies unless they are insured and bonded ...And must provide update proof of such ....108 dollars an hour for jack shit ... She took the money and is still running ... gezzzzzzzzz

Project should have performance + payment bonds to resolve these massive issues.

Sounds like the City failed to do their job in vetting these companies prior to awarding the contracts. Shame on you, city officials.

Wow! Giving the opportunity to fix something and just ignoring it. I hope they get what they deserve. The s*** out of him get a whole new system

Was the design not checked over and approved before construction started ? Was there no inspections during the work ? If soil tests etc werent turned over why was the construction allowed to begin ? smdh

It sucks the contractors get pulled into these things because it was inspected work and had to have obviously passed all inspections. So the contractor is not at fault, this is likely a result of a poor design. The engineer or record was paid $75k for project quality control and so she signed off too. Project is 3 years old and a few heavy storms and the failure begins 3 years later. This is on the city engineer and the design engineer but lawyers always rope the contractor in and the engineers will point fingers. Civil engineering is a dead art, all the great ones are retiring and most of the people who know how to design infrastructure in the US aren’t licensed engineers it’s the contractors. Unfortunately the contractors have to listen to the egg heads from the university who don’t know what they are doing because paper and reality are not the same.

@geoffh1

5 ай бұрын

Sure sure. It's NEVER the contractors cutting corners that causes issues.

@johnclements6614

5 ай бұрын

Contractors are paid to do a job. If there is no inspection many will cut corners. If you cut corners you are responsible. The person who signed off the inspections is also responsible but the job should be done correctly without inspection.

@MichaelKurse

5 ай бұрын

Exactly! In NY State, DOT is incapable of building/ repairing roads and bridges. We had a local bridge last 3 months after a complete tear-out, and rebuild.😡😡😡The engineers are young punks that only know how to do things on a computer, not the real world. Beep!Bop!Boop!😡😡😡

@thebullgator

5 ай бұрын

@@geoffh1 they most definitely do cut corners and preventing that obviously reality falls on the government inspectors and the ridiculously high paid engineer who was supposedly supervising. If the work was subpar you make them fix it before they are paid or before they backfill.

Wow this is a city that I can respect

Keep going with the lowest bidder!

It's hilarious that that clown told him to do some "investigative journalism"

Well we all know what Miss Latham’s qualification for the job was don’t we?

@LoveClassicMusic0205

4 ай бұрын

DEI.

Jody Barr is the man. We miss him in Central Texas.

What do these contracts have in common? Look at the signatures. When our government prioritizes certain groups of people over competent individuals, this is what happens

I AM A RETIRED MASTER SPECIAL INSPECTOR, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GOVERNMENT ENTITY AND A REAL PROFESSIONAL IS 1 TO 100, CITY COUNTY AND STATE INSPECTORS HAVE 00000000000000000000000000000 LIABILITY JUST LIKE COPS WHICH I S WHY THERE ARE DEPUTY INSPECTORS IN THE FIRST PLACE, HELL THE PUBLIC ENTITIES HAVE TO HIRE DEPUTIES CAUSE THEY CANT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING!

Lowest inexperienced bidder. I heard someone to do the work that shouldn't have probably been doing that scale of work.

the contractor is ultimately responsible, but the engineer will share burden if they did not do proper testing and quality control OR hired a malfeasance inspection company

Did the city receive multiple bids? And approve the design? And the permits were granted? Did the city inspectors inspect the work to close the permit, issue green tag? Unless the contractor installed it differently than approved…the city approved the project from start to finish…and now they want to say it’s everyone else’s fault. Hmmmm…normally building inspection dept is all powerful…I guess, unless they make the mistake.

Sad.

Watch out for the contractors trying to sequester assets like equipment before any bankruptcy. It's dead easy to sell off equipment to a proxy who can store it for future use. Get an idea of their major assets so the corporation isn't reduced to minor, sacrificial assets.

Bet the insurance company is fake. This whole thing sounds like a scam from day one.

Jody Barr who passed the inspection on his job he was pointing us inspector of the job every job has an inspector from the city and the county and state to make sure it's done right and no no flaws even a house has an inspector that comes in the Spectrum who did the pre-trip inspection who did the punch investigation

These companies go out of business and rename the company later.

I thought this was Monroe, LA lol 😂 more politicians that are clowns and other places that begin with Monroe

How can you build something,without proving it works

The City got scammed. Sometimes the cheapest bids aren’t the best ones.

I'd love to see Lathams qualifications

So let’s talk reality for a second, does the city not have its own engineers and staff that reviews submitted plans and inspect the work? What was the ultimate criteria for awarding the bid off the RFP to these firms. I find it hard to believe the city doesn’t have proper staffing to evaluate the bids of an RFP. Sounds like the city hired the cheap guys and got burned because the city didn’t know what they were doing either.

You hired a middle aged black lady and you're surprised you got scammed ?...lol

This crap is going on in Polk County Florida

Government corruption? Say it ain’t so! I’m shocked! 😂

Just remember. When dealing with contractors and you've got one who's estimate is a lot lower than the others you have to ask . Why is that? Am I just the luckiest person on earth or is it more likely somebody's going to be cutting corners . Now unless the person who hired all three of these contractors didn't do any research all three times it seems like they just went with the lowest bidder without doing any research past that. There's a reason some contractors are a little more . We use better materials and there's a higher quality of workmanship. We're worth what we're charging and we know it. That's how we've stayed in business . Especially when you see a stack of estimates in front of you and four out of five are basically in the same ballpark that should tell you something. If you don't have multiple estimates that tells me something

sounds like a standard lawsuit, name everyone possibly associated with any part of this no matter how. it could be that the design was good but bad implementation on someone's part. or something else.

Who passed the inspection from the state who was the state worker that passed the inspection

That Black Lady Owner of the Engineering Company belongs in the Kitchen baking cookies

You seal the pipes with cement around the catch basin and cover the pipe with cement, don’t be stupid

Typical municipality bullshit. Bad design and the city should have it checked by another engineering firm.

@geelee1977

5 ай бұрын

Typical? Are you referring to how they immediately began to remedy what their contractor messed up, by holding them accountable? That's exactly what my government should do. Check it by another firm? Why? The liability is on the firm that signed the contract, in which they certify to perform an adequate job and create an adequate design. So, a double check is a completely unnecessary step, as that's what hiring a professional under contract is for. I do not see what your complaint with the municipality is.

@theprofessorfate6184

5 ай бұрын

@@geelee1977 You fail to keep in mind that this is the taxpayer's money, not theirs. Just because they sue doesn't mean they'll win and you can't get blood out of a turnip. They should have been responsible and they weren't. The taxpayer pays and the taxpayer suffers because of their bad decisions. Of course, the taxpayer got what they elected. These projects are rife with favoritism and this is no different.

@geelee1977

5 ай бұрын

​@@theprofessorfate6184 You failed to prove, that I failed to keep that in mind. Just because they sue, doesn't mean they will LOSE, and you can't fix the faulty construction, without holding the builder of that fault, accountable, as per legal contract, and as obligated by the law, and the tax payers. They were, and therefore ARE, responsible, and they are DEMONSTRATING it. The taxpayer paid for a service, the builder agreed and signed a contract for that service, which was demonstrated to not be delivered, so the fault is with the builder, and the tax payer WILL NOT suffer, due to both the contract, and the suit, from their elected government, holding the builder accountable to recover the funds, as they are required to. Of course, the tax payer demands this course of action, just as they would, if a builder did this in their private lives. This project, and your conspiracy woo woo accusations, have literally ZERO empirical evidence of favoritism or existence, and you have failed to show this is different.

@theprofessorfate6184

5 ай бұрын

@@geelee1977 The taxpayer SHOULD suffer because they elected morons to oversee their money. This was an inside job, no doubt. They got fleeced and deserve it. I've seen reports done on this particular fiasco and it is a pay to play situation.

So basically a DEI hire failed to do the job properly. Surprise surprise.

Good luck with the lawsuit but in the end all the money is gone and no one will be held really accountable except on paper

The cheapest bid always wins the job.

Gig them Jody

Thats why we compact in lifts lol

Somebody's somebody is living high off the hog and they're running out of money and they want the taxpayers keep paying for it

Probably went with the lowest bidder

Clone Jody Barr!

Lol...does Darlington only deal with criminals ?

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

JB da MAN! You GO boy.❤

It sounds like Fani Willis Syndrome

💯% #BeingSaneInInsanePlaces

4:31 - "...so y'all need to do some investigative reporting." That's what Mr. Barr is attempting to do by asking you questions. He's _investigating_ for his report. He's being an _actual_ journalist. People really need to grow up and start acting like adults. Here is her chance to provide context, address what she perceives as misconceptions, and to give excuses if she'd like to, but no, she'd rather be like a typical politician by vaguely denying and then misdirecting. And by "misdirecting," I mean "verbally attacking the individual having the audacity to question them." 4:36 - "I don't have to defend myself for anything..." Oh, are you saying the allegations are true, so there's no need to deny anything? 4:38 - "So what're you trying to do?" **I N V E S T I G A T I V E R E P O R T I N G** 🤦‍♂ 6:04 - Are those mug shots? 6:27 - Yup, those are mug shots.

@jodybarinvestigates we need help in Harlan County Kentucky with a investigation team anyone in this area you know that would help blast local government not providing clean water to the people I have videos on KZread it’s just not getting the attention it needs

@H.C.-Transparency

5 ай бұрын

@JodyBarrInvestigates please read above comment having trouble tagging you