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Our goal is to represent the entire town. This includes it's citizens, employee's, neighbors, friends and businesses. Because of this we have developed a library of surveys that will be offered to the town over the next several months. The first Survey is now available and we would appreciate if you would take a few moments to take this survey. We find everyones answers, feedback and comments are a valuable asset to our group. This information will help us stay focused on the real issues as presented by the citizens of Buckeye.

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YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK - NOT!

As we see the Town of Buckeye grow and expand we can see so many new buildings that are becoming part of the landscape of Buckeye. Many of us have noticed that when ever a big project gets funded there is one construction company that gets the job every time (at least it appears that way).

Can you guess what company it is?

Yes you guessed it!

It is CORE Construction Company!

Whether it is the Buckeye Elementary School District or the Town of Buckeye…CORE construction is the favored company for construction projects!

Is this good or bad for the Town?

The fact that CORE is continuously being granted the job for these construction jobs is a huge concern for all of us. It is concerning because of the following facts:

1. The Town is not biding the work out to multiple companies that compete against each other to provide the best price and the best quality.

2. If the same single company is consistently being chosen for these jobs then we do not have competition and we are not guaranteed that we (the resident and tax payers) are getting more or the best for our tax paying dollars.

Citizens For A Better Buckeye have discovered that the Town of Buckeye has a systemic issue that violates that Arizona Revised Statutes. We have discovered and uncovered that the Town is not requesting for bids for many things especially construction. The technical name for these bids are Request for Qualifications and we targeted the new Town Hall that is being built down town. The Town must have bids for this job that is worth millions of dollars right?

Click the dollar signs check out what you are paying for 17 million plus tax dollars! $$$$$$$

This last June 10th, 2009 we submitted Public Records Request to the Town Clerk. Please understand that requesting these documents form the town is not as easy as it sounds. The resistance is fierce and heavy and after many e-mail exchanges we finally received the information. Here is what we found:

According to the Chris Williams the Procurement Manger, the bids for the Request for Qualifications are not available.

The reason?

Well here are the responses we got after we requested them:

"We do not have them here they are locked up in storage probably buried and we cant get to them. With the heat and all its hard to get them."

"We have disposed them. We are not required to keep them after some time."

"We are not required to request them."

We have not received any word form the Town Clerk regarding the RFQ's. These statements violate the following:

Arizona Revised Statutes regarding the Public Information Requests (A.R.S. 39-121.01.D)

Arizona Revised Statutes regarding the record keeping and record preservation (A.R.S. 39-121.01.D, A.R.S. 41-1347 and 41-1351.

Arizona Revised Statutes regarding the Preservation of accounts; copies; fees (A.R.S. 41-734)

Many things to consider and ponder about our Town:

Is the Town Management working with diligence to make sure that we the Residents and Tax Payers get more for our tax dollars?

Do you feel the leadership of the Town of Buckeye are fulfilling their fiduciary responsibilities for the Town?

Please let us know your thoughts by writing to: cfabb.main@gmail.com