UConn Conned U Taxpayers

Thursday March 20, 2008

Spring has sprung and with it, the Auditors of Public Accounts have released the latest scathing indictment of what was so lovingly called UConn 2000 by the cadre of legislative leaders in 1995 who gave the state land-grant university carte blanche in its billion-dollar development project.
Among the tasty nuggets in today’s brief but explosive assessment is the reiteration of claims that UConn subverted state bidding requirements and even undertook building projects – including a $5-million warehouse – that weren’t included in the enabling legislation.
“The lack of bidding and public opening of bids on certain construction projects are violations of General Statutes,” the audit offers, suggesting that the attorney general be consulted about its violations of state law.
. “The University should publically advertise to solict competition for projects that have not previously been publicly advertised and for which less than three bids have been received,” is another interesting assessment.
The report essentially gangs up on UConn. It’s like putting your Husky sweatshirt on AFTER the men’s team gets eliminated in the NCAAs. That should happen any day now.