Report from wvbrokenpromise.com
Legislative leaders pushed through a law to cut local construction workers’ wages dramatically claiming the action would save money and create more jobs.
Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, Republican legislative leaders quickly passed a bill to eliminate the state’s prevailing wage law.
The legislative leadership promised taxpayers would see a savings of 25 to 30 percent on public works projects.
There hasn’t been the promised savings based on examination of the award of bids since July 1 when the law went into effect and during a three-month period in 2015 when the Legislature suspended the prevailing wage law.