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Coming soon: Metro officials say they don't have expertise to manage Houston rail project, must rely on no-bid $300/hour California consultant
Wednesday, Jul 15, 2009, 06:14PM CST
By Trent Seibert
(UPDATED). We've published our piece and it can be found under our Featured Reports column to the left. Come back to Texas Watchdog Thursday morning to read our report about a top-dollar consultant hired by Metro -- who is also a former associate of Metro CEO Frank Wilson.

Metro awarded the consultant a no-bid contract. He pulls in $300 per hour.

His contract has been extended three times.

So far, he stands to bank $500,000 in taxpayer cash.

The reason he's needed? Metro says the agency doesn't have the staff with know-how to oversee Houston's $1.46 billion light rail project.

Check out the story tomorrow, and if you have any questions in the meantime, give us a call.

Deputy Editor Lee Ann O'Neal can be reached at 713-980-9777 or via e-mail at leeann@texaswatchdog.org.

I can be reached at 713-980-9776 or 615-289-9549 and also via e-mail at trent@texaswatchdog.org.
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