Mass. Lottery bases advertising hire on diversity

Comment #9

jamella724 — Sat, 20 Jul 2013 09:30:17 GMT

It's unfortunate when you have the capability and the capacity to do it however you are not chosen to do so because of some issues. I hope the contractor that they have chosen will be able to do the job well or else they will regret. Sometimes it's not what we know but who we know.

Comment #8

rdgrnr — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 21:37:04 GMT

Well of course that's how it should be done but unfortunately it's not politically correct or touchy-feely enough for the fruit loops of society.

It's not what would work the best to these people, it's what would sound the best to their oh-so-delicate sensibilities.

The fact that it puts completely incompetent people in positions they can't handle doesn't matter to them.

To them, it's the thought that counts.

Comment #7

Goteki54 — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 18:29:31 GMT

Here's a crazy, far out, insane concept. How about hiring the best qualifed to do the job

Comment #6

JPJohnson — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 21:34:47 GMT

Pure ignorance. Maybe in your day when sexism and racism was the norm in society, that was acceptable. A few years ago, I heard an executive say that women weren't good for leadership positions because they aren't focused and make decisions based on emotions instead of facts. He shared his ignorant broad generalization like he was giving us some unrefutable knowledge. That's how a bigoted mind works and they are more than a few people like that out there. That's why diveristy rules are still nee... [ More ]

Comment #5

CLETU$ — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 19:52:11 GMT

I agree!

All contracts should go to the lowest bidder,period1

Comment #4

dpoly1 — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 15:07:38 GMT

Diversity is Liberal Speak for Discrimination

Comment #3

Ronnie316 — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 14:38:46 GMT

Blessings often come in a ways that we don't recognize at first.

Comment #2

RedStang — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 14:33:39 GMT

her firm didn't promise to partner with a minority or woman-owned firm for subcontract work.

Give some of my business to a Patel, Hell No. Way too many getting busted. Maybe shes better off not getting it.

Comment #1

MADDOG10 — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 13:10:47 GMT

I think the Question is that of a double edged sword. To begin with She was already a minority owned business and that so called form shouldn't have applied. I would think her intensions/assumptions were correct.

Governments and thier affiliates are becoming to big for what is right/wrong. A simple E-mail explaining thier conditions would have been suffice. Not take a stand and say it's either my way or the highway.

Mass. Lottery bases advertising hire on diversity

Lottery Post — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 12:55:19 GMT

More capable company doesn't get contract for nondiversity, despite having female CEO

The Massachusetts Lottery's lucrative advertising contract, the source of the political downfall of former state Treasurer Tim Cahill, is again under fire after a marketing firm led by a prominent Boston businesswoman lost the bid under the state's diversity program.

The Patrick administration is defending the award of the $5 million Lottery contract to Connelly Partners, which is not owned by a woman or... [ More ]