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Easy to install and lower projected maintenance costs. after the inspector general s office got involved, bart fired the lighting contractor and settled with them for $2.4 million, and vowed to install all 2,182 fixtures itself. this video we took in the subway shows that another four years later, those old, dim, fluorescent fixtures still line the tunnel, and those new lights bart promised to install? most are in storage with time running out on their warranties. claudette: that s wasteful, yeah, you want to make sure that you re getting the best use out of your purchases. jaxon: bart board member debora allen, a frequent critic of bart management, has another word for it. debora: sometimes i do look at some of these things and say, gosh, you know, that s pretty that could be pretty absurd. i can see how the public would say that. jaxon: we reached out to bart, they wouldn t answer any specific questions about what s going on with the lighting, ....
Saying only that they re reviewing the inspector general s findings, and the agency acknowledges the procurement process did not meet our high standards, and we will work to do better in the future. during a recent audit committee meeting, bart deputy general manager, michael jones, suggested the audit process itself is to blame for all the delays, but quickly added michael jones: there s multiple reasons why that project was not completed at, you know, at that time and at this point in time. debora: okay, well, i d love to know all the other reasons. jaxon: bart officials now say they ve installed roughly 30% of the lights they bought for san francisco, mostly in the berkeley hills tunnel. but when allen asked whether any of the uninstalled lights are still under warranty. debora: is it gone? i mean, we re past the warranty? female: i really don t know. jaxon: it s not clear how long it will take for bart to finish installing the replacement lights in san francisco. ....
Conversation, jim, because she said that, you know, oftentimes it is the person that you would least suspect. she talked about bundy. now, you know, bryan kohberger allegedly did this. we don t know, but, again, ph.d. student sometimes doesn t fit the bill of those that we think would be lurking in the shadows. of course, we are all fascinated by true crime. i know that i found myself watching daumer and these are the types of shows and books that i m drawn to the most, but also, like debora was saying, so many of us think it might never happen to us. but if we read and watch these things, maybe we can outsmart it, but oftentimes you can t. but her book is out on tuesday, jim, and so is spare. it is a big week for books. absolutely. we will be on the look out for though. chloe melas, thank you very much. speaking of other page turners, it is the story of the rise and fall of a fire grand. ....