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On Dec. 22, Gilbane Building Co. and Hunt Construction Group, the contractors behind the $160-million Polar Park public baseball stadium project in Worcester, agreed to pay a $1.9-million settlement to the state and city governments to resolve allegations claiming the two construction firms lied to officials about how many woman-owned and minority-owned firms were included in the public project, which was uncovered by an investigation from media outlet GBH. The City of Worcester plans to use its portion, $500,000, to implement a minority and women business enterprise initiative.

Do Massachusetts state and local governments do a good job of enforcing diversity requirements on public projects like Polar Park?
Yes (34%, 33 VOTES)
No (66%, 63 VOTES)
Poll Description

On Dec. 22, Gilbane Building Co. and Hunt Construction Group, the contractors behind the $160-million Polar Park public baseball stadium project in Worcester, agreed to pay a $1.9-million settlement to the state and city governments to resolve allegations claiming the two construction firms lied to officials about how many woman-owned and minority-owned firms were included in the public project, which was uncovered by an investigation from media outlet GBH. The City of Worcester plans to use its portion, $500,000, to implement a minority and women business enterprise initiative.

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  • Dom Cassone
    January 3, 2023

    No, and that is a good thing! Diversity requirements are yet another woke idea gone wrong. Let's get the best companies to do the best work, period!