News Reports - from the Dayton, Ohio Daily News

By Permission from the Dayton Daily News - we are inserting copies of their reports above.

"Roof Bids Not Always Open To All" was published on September 29, 1996 in the Dayton Daily News and written by Steve Bennish (now regional Managing Editor) and Cathy Mong.

They were able to track the costs savings to schools when the sole-sourced roofing manufacturing specs were made competitive. This was one of the first such reports around the US.

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"Ohio Companies Figure in N.J. Bid Probe - Officials say specs were rigged to benefit roofers" was published on the front page of their Sunday, October 22, 2000 edition of the Dayton Daily News and written by Steve Bennish (now regional Managing Editor) and Cathy Mong.

It was the first national link of the scam - from New Jersey to California, linking the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation Report, "Waste and Abuse in School Roofing Projects", published in September, 2000, with Janet Campbell's case in San Francisco.

The New Jersey Report can be seen here:

http://www.state.nj.us/sci/school.shtm

Janet Campbell's case was later detailed in the article "The Fix Is In" by Peter Byrne, as their February 26, 2003, cover story for the SF Weekly, with 800,000 in circulation.

"The Fix Is In" can be seen here:
http://www.sfweekly.com/2003-02-26/news/the-fix-is-in/
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"Bid Laws Not Enough in Coroner, Roofing Cases (Editorial)" was published on October 3, 1996 in the Dayton Daily News and written in response to the article above by Steve Bennish (now regional Managing Editor) and Cathy Mong.

The Editor was concerned with the lack of proper bidding and using sole-sourced roofing manufacturing specs. They concluded that "Customers should beware."

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