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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMeet John Cafaro - the No-bid Reflecting pool water purification vendor (you can't make this up)

Now, The New York Times has revealed that the firm tasked with installing the water-purification system to prevent algae bloom is owned by a long-time Trump supporter and two-time felon who pled guilty to bribing a congressman and violating campaign finance laws.
Federal contracting records show the National Park Service bypassed the governments usual competitive-bidding process and awarded a $1.7 million no-bid contract to the Ohio-based firm Greenwater Services, the Times reported.
The company is owned by J.J. Cafaro Investment Trust led by John J. Cafaro, a Trump donor who owns a Palm Beach mansion near the presidents private Mar-a-Lago club.
Trump has described Cafaro as a fantastic man, the Times reported, despite his multiple run-ins with the law.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-reflecting-pool-fiasco-gets-even-more-embarrassing-with-john-cafaro-contract-revelation/

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Meet John Cafaro - the No-bid Reflecting pool water purification vendor (you can't make this up) (Original Post)
underpants
Jun 19
OP
How could someone with a history of illegal money transfers have obtained a no-bid government contract?
struggle4progress
Jun 19
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lame54
(40,446 posts)1. Why is he being played by Nathan Lane?
Prairie Gates
(8,671 posts)2. Why he look like Evil Gomez Addams?
underpants
(197,834 posts)3. 😂😂😂

Sneederbunk
(17,777 posts)4. An extra on Sopranos?
struggle4progress
(127,213 posts)5. How could someone with a history of illegal money transfers have obtained a no-bid government contract?
I'm really trying hard to imagine how that could have happened. Hmmm ...
patphil
(9,343 posts)6. The guy looks like a cheep mafia stooge from some B movie.
And his company's name is Greenwater Services. Well, he got the green water part right.

Vinca
(54,549 posts)8. OMG - he's like a guy who failed to get the part of mobster in a D movie.
You are better off if you can laugh about it. Added bonus - fascists hate to be laughed at.
Torchlight
(7,239 posts)10. Herb Tarlek, v 2.0
"Six kinds of meats, seven kinds of cheeses, and little tiny olives placed in the shape of the station call letters. Unlimited champagne, not too expensive. A bartender, and, for class, a coat-check girl in a very short skirt. Come on, tell the truth, is that the perfect party, or what?"
underpants
(197,834 posts)11. 😂 BTW - there actually is a WKRP in Cincinnati now
milestogo
(23,343 posts)12. "Greenwater Services"?
Sounds like you should expect green water.
underpants
(197,834 posts)13. Yeah....that.
mcar
(46,563 posts)14. Wait. That's a real person?