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6. N---W BUSINESS (CONT'D) <br />a (Cont'd) <br />Mr. Howell: "What you say is all fine except one thing, you'd <br />like to go out and do a little two bit job like rewire twelve <br />or, thirteen houses without a fight all the time. I could <br />be working now not sitting up here. Complain, complain, <br />complain, get the ball game rules made out before the game <br />aid before we finish the game. I don't cry because if I <br />g to the race track and bet two dollars on a horse; the horse <br />1 ses...I tear up my scratch sheet and look for another one <br />bit I don't want to know that you are going to change the <br />riles of the race when the horse turns the first bend, you see, <br />b cause I'm not going to bet any more, and what I'm talking <br />a out here is that you change the rules of the race before <br />t e race has started <br />M-. Nimtz: "I think Mr. Howell has got a point and I agree <br />with Robbie that we are trying to get everyone to bid on <br />t ese things,Kevin, I think we need to review this thing and <br />i sue some guidelines of some sort ... you know, informal as <br />t ey may be. This is a difficult thing to do I know, but one <br />t ing Mr. Howell made clear to me is that—you get your bond <br />o t of Chicago right ?" <br />M% Howell: "I don't know where the bonds come from. I have <br />ai agency here, Robert Laven, who is very good. He was <br />vary upset about it after he hear about it. <br />Mr,. Nimtz: "What you have to do is go over.a lot of hurdles <br />t satisfy the bonding company that you are all right and <br />t en you have to go over the hurdles at the bidding procedure <br />w ich is a second time..." <br />Mr. Robinson: "Since I have to deal on my day to day basis <br />with these bonds, to me when they have a certified check that <br />i3 better than any bond that you can write, because if you <br />have to cash in a bond you have to fight with the insurance <br />c mpany while he is trying to lean on his client to pay before <br />t ey have to pay so I'd much rather have a cash bond than just <br />a plain 'ole bond." <br />Mr. Howell: "YOU have to deal with the bonding company—the <br />b nding company spends a lot of money preparing this, there's <br />n t the money in it for him. But it may come up to a high <br />rise building and if you think the contractor can go in there <br />aid put up a $300,000 certified check ... if I had three hundred <br />t ousand in cash I wouldn't be fooling around here... I'd go <br />b ck to the Virgin Islands with him!" <br />Nimtz: "Well, lets resolve this thing. I think Mr. Howell's <br />►int is well taken, what you are asking is to get some definite <br />iderstanding of the rules - -- you are not really complaining <br />iat we have awarded the contract to F & F... alright..., Oh, <br />ccuse me Janet...." <br />12 <br />