A nitpicking cop crackdown on concrete at Ground Zero is costing taxpayers millions and snarling construction at the already behind-schedule Freedom Tower and other structures at the site, cement suppliers say.
Cops harass their mixing trucks with inspections that take so long, the concrete starts to harden and can't be used, the firms say. [More]
Maybe they just don't have the right placards...?
What a great idea--make uniformed public employee union goons the "Only Ones" who can carry guns. Then turn them loose to do strong-arm shakedowns.
The corruption is just so blatant. What "a wretched hive of scum and villainy."
Good. Keep on making enemies, boys.
Squeeze.
[Via Harvey]