Letter: Council’s Bill 37 panders to construction unions

Here we go again with the City Council pandering to the unions for their vote.

City Council Bill 37, recently passed with Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s non-signature, restricts bidders on some construction projects in clear violation of civil rights and equal opportunity.

It is definitely prejudicial. It restricts non-union companies in bidding on big construction projects, thus inhibiting cost-cutting competition, significantly raising costs.

Offering these high-value projects to only union workers is not fair.

Soon, a lawyer will sue the city on this and win, again costing us taxpayers even more money for the bias and incompetence of our City Council.

Mark Webster

Waialae-Kahala

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