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explained that the sealed bids were opened before presentation to the school board so that the architect could determine if the bids were comparable in the scope of work included.

No Recrimination

“I did not come here to engage in recrimination," Eastham said. "But it is the opinion of this member that the competitive bidding process has been compromised. The board never authorized a deviation from our standard procedure of opening bids at a full public session of the board." “This is not a deviation," Massie responded. “This is flow we handled the bids for he well. It's a standard irchitectural practice. The Jids are recorded and rvaluated by the architect." “So, we’ve done this twice, si ad a m e Chairman?” Zastham asked. “The method of opening he bids is perfectly legal,” aid attorney Phillip Stone. It's not at all unusual to pen bids in an architect’s v

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