And your assumption shows that you know very little about construction or construction projects. See my reply (below) to Last_Boyscout if you would like clarification.

And how do you know they are union workers? Your anti-union bias and lack of knowledge is showing.

The problem seems to be in the project office. From my 30+ years working construction, I'll share some information that may enlighten you. It is very uncommon now for a large project like this to be managed by the construction firm or even the state agency. Most are now managed by contract to an outside "construction management" company. It is very rare that those companies employee's are union. Even when the project is managed by the contractor, most union help is at or below the on-site project superintendant or on-site foremen. Even in union construction companies it is rare for middle magagement and above, i.e. project managers and above, and the supporting project office staff (including engineers, architects, safety officers, etc.) to be union.

My bet is that NONE of the people involved are union. Could be wrong, of course, so I will wait for more information before passing judgement.

You must begrudge Mitt his multiple mansions, then, since he has never "worked" for anything in this life. Or do you consider being born into a rich family and having everything given to you "working" for it? (Sure, he's made some money on his own ... but it's easy to make a million when you start out having multi-millions given to you first.)

I can hardly believe the reverse elitism comments posted here.

Doesn't principle mean anything to you people? Do you go thru life acting as if there are no morally right or wrong choices? Do you complain only if/when it effects you personally, even if you "say" you defend the principle?

A PRINCIPLE deserves defending, whether it effects a millionaire or a pauper; a man or a woman; an adult or a child; whether it effects you personally or not.

No wonder this country is in trouble.

What puketh said. I was a tin can sailor. We had an emergency break-awy one time when we were refueling from the carrier Roosevelt (the old Roosevelt, CV-42 -- the one commissioned in 1945). Hot, slippery fuel spewed all over the place. One guy went over the side (he was picked up by the can standing station behind us). Took days to clean that mess up. The explanation later was that a rogue wave pushed us together just as the helmsman was correcting a drift away from the Roosevelt.

At the same time that oil companies use a variety of excuses to "explain" a supposed supply shortage the facts are that demand in the U.S. is down AND the oil companies are EXPORTING more refined products than anytime in the last 20-25 years. ??? Makes no sense to anyone not beholdin' to the oil companies.

If supply and demand were both down, common sense would suggest prices remaining at least level, not increasing. If exported fuel remained in-country (increasing supply) and demand goes down, price should go down -- if it was really controlled by supply and demand.

Greed explains all of it. Export OUR oil = more profit. Export OUR oil = less supply locally = higher prices = higher profit. These companies don't give a damn about the U.S. -- they only care about the profit and damn the masses. And republicans STILL oppose eliminating the oil company subsidies. Unbelieveable.

Lack of refineries my behind. Even with fewer refineries the U.S. oil industry in EXPORTING more refined oil products than anytime in the last 20 or more years. If that exported gas was kept in this country our fuel prices, if really controlled by supply and demand, would be very much lower.

Oil companies produce an imitation shortage here as an excuse to gouge the U.S. public.

And why is taking away their subsidies -- subsidies they obviously don't need -- fought tooth and nail by the Republicans?

So they'll accept a Mexican ID as proof of identity. So what. They still won't have a valid drivers license and it won't prove they are here legally. It only proves that they are Mexican nationals (ie - NOT American)

When someone pulls out one of those funky ID's, the cop should next ask to see their green card. EVERY legal permanent resident alien is required by law (immigration dept and homeland security) to carry their green card at all times. No drivers license? No green card? No state issued ID card? Send their butts back to the border and bill their home country for the bus ride.

You are completely and utterably wrong. The President -- ANY sitting President -- is the ultimate Commander-in-Chief of ALL U.S. military forces at all times, 24/7. When the President tells the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to jump, that general or admiral better start hopping and not stop until the CIC tells him to.