Another catastrophic Demidiot mandate that has cost $millions (except for the Dem donors in the Green Bus biz).
Why are Dunce-o-crats always so completely ignorant about Real World realities?
School District Turns to Diesel After Attempt to Convert Bus Fleet to Electric Proves Disastrous
Affluent liberals will do nearly anything to parade their own perceived moral virtue, including fleecing their neighbors at gunpoint.
In the end, however, the only thing on parade is tragicomic liberalism.
On July 25, Megan Davey Limarzi, Inspector General of Montgomery County, Maryland, issued a blistering memorandum regarding her office's (OIG) investigation into Montgomery County Public Schools' catastrophic management of an electric bus contract, which has cost taxpayers millions and forced MCPS to rely on diesel buses.
The sad story began with the usual virtue signaling.
"On February 23, 2021, as part of its commitment to sustainability, MCPS announced it was replacing 326 diesel school buses with electric school buses," Limarzi wrote.
That ambitious purchase came at a cost of $168,684,990.
According to 24/7 Wall St., Montgomery County ranks as the 3rd-wealthiest county in Maryland with a median household income of $125,583.
In the 2020 election, President Joe Biden won Montgomery County by a staggering 60 percentage points, per Politico.
In other words, these are exactly the sort of affluent liberals who worship the god of climate change and would adopt even the most authoritarian remedy if it meant that they could feel good about saving the planet.
~ "MCPS’s failure to hold the contractor accountable to the terms of the contract and their decision not to include provisions to offset incurred expenses has led to millions of dollars in wasteful spending," the local inspector general wrote.
Furthermore, MCPS ignored the electric buses' chronic mechanical failures.
"Mechanical and/or charging infrastructure issues resulted in buses not being able to run routes on more than 280 instances from February 10, 2022, through March 31, 2024," Limarzi wrote.
And yet, despite the contractor's repeated failures to service the buses, MCPS inexplicably assessed no fees. That decision cost taxpayers another $372,100.
