Trump Cabinet Secretary's hometown, 2-person company wins $300m power-rebuilding contract in Puerto Rico
Why? "When mainland US cities like Houston and Miami get hit by hurricanes, they rely on mutual aid deals with out-of-state and Canadian power authorities to rebuild, as hundreds of skilled maintenance workers flood in and work for free to get their grid up and running; but debt-crushed Puerto Rico is paying $300 million to Whitefish Energy, a two-person company from Trump Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's hometown of Whitefish, Montana. Zinke says the fact that he is pals with the owners of Whitefish Energy has nothing to do with the company winning the contract, and the fact that they used to employ Zinke's son has nothing to do with it either. Whitefish is billing $330/hour for in-house site supervisors and $227.88 for in-house "journeyman linemen." The subcontractors (eg everyone, given the company only has two employees) bill at $462/hour for supervisors and $319.04/hour linesmen. They bill $332/worker/night for hotel rooms and $80/day/worker for food."
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