The Buffalo Chronicle
Rich Purtell
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State cannot afford project labor agreements
BY RICH PURTELL A project labor agreement is a protectionist strategy, usually applied to public work, which mandates a certain labor pool to be used for a construction project. New York State…
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Perfect corruption and the slow death of innovation
By Rich Purtell Adam Smith is widely considered to be the “Einstein of modern economics” with his Wealth of Nations monumental work published in 1776. He brought forth many concepts of free…
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Purtell wages Libertarian campaign to take former Libous Senate seat
Late last month, former Senator Tom Libous was forced to resign his Binghamton area seat suddenly due to being found guilty of corruption charges. He was the second ranking Republican in the chamber…
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International patent laws are unnecessarily stifling commerce
By Rich Purtell “Free Trade” agreements are loaded with language to protect intellectual property (IP). These protective efforts do very much have potential to turn into protectionism, which is the opposite of…
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Public procurement ‘S-words’ and cronyism
By Rich Purtell Standardization. Single Sourcing. Sole Sourcing. Strategic Sourcing. These have all become common techniques used in the purchase of government goods and services. “Procurement” is the term used to mean…
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Standardization: a flawed strategy to save costs on government construction?
By Rich Purtell Webster defines standardize: “to change (things) so that they are similar and consistent and agree with rules about what is proper and acceptable.” The process can certainly be used…
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Combating corruption in government construction requires a new approach
By Rich Purtell At a young age we are all educated about the USA gold standards of “innocent until proven guilty” and double-jeopardy. These are fit and proper standards for criminal convictions,…
