13 Investigates: The million dollar slab

[@russell5078084]

As someone once said, if you put the government in charge of the Sahara desert, in 5 years there will be a shortage of sand.

[@Americansikkunt]

russell5078084 That is more true, frighteningly enough, than anyone realizes. Have you ever noticed how much Silicone our buildings use? Silicone is sand, and only the finest sand from the ocean, will do. That may be the actual cause of rising sea levels

[@jumperstartful]

And pipe in thousands of gallons of water and turn it into a dry lake bed.

[@mariosanchez-sj9yv]

Prices of sand will go up $$$

[@S.JerseyJim]

I’ll be using that one for sure. 🙂

[@poiu477]

@@Americansikkunt bro you're delusional. Firstly, that hypothesis would cause sea drop, as you dug out the land under it. Secondly, you can literally watch the arctic and antarctic glaciers melt on satellite imagery. Thirdly, you're wrong about where glass comes from, it doesn't only come from the ocean. Science is real and there is no god. Capitalism is toxic and killing the planet.

[@cattycattington1264]

For an extra $100 you could put ramps in and make it a skatepark

[@tezwharton6599]

You mean $100,000! and it still cost $100!! for the ramps!.

[@ceejay5816]

@@tezwharton6599 🤣🤣🤣 ain’t that the truth!!!

[@lcfflc3887]

@@tezwharton6599 and a side bathroom for 500,000

[@BlueRidgeBubble]

A couple 300,000 dollar benches for parents to wait for their kids

[@FordRangerClassics]

None of yall skate obviously. Just legally make some space and it'll fill up naturally. American processes at work here lol

[@Meekerextreme]

All because the other building is not ADA compliant. I'm sorry but not everywhere should be forced to allow access for all. It's a historic building so be it, I would never think of going to a Castle in Europe and expect to roll a wheelchair around...LOL The original reason to build this was BS to begin with.

[@RandomRandomnessKCMO]

Yep. ADA can’t possibly be facilitated everywhere…. It’s bs

[@Riverrockphotos]

So you are perfectly fine with dicrimination got it.

[@raydunakin]

@@Riverrockphotos It's not "discrimination" that a historic building was built before ADA rules.

[@Notthisguyeither]

​@@Riverrockphotos👈 Harris voter

[@josephking6515]

I've watched a few of Larry's exposes and it's really depressing. I live the other side of the planet and we have the exact same corruption and incompetence as you have there and the bastards responsible keep their jobs and retire with their generous pensions paid for by the taxpayers. It makes me sick. No care, no responsibility and no repercussions yet if I don't cut my lawn correctly I am slammed with a fine and there is no right of appeal. I wish you well people of NM and hope things improve.

[@Quagigitymire]

Odd how modern governments always seem to fail the individual while overwhelmingly supporting businesses and corporations, but greed in all forms corrupts nearly all people.

[@KristinaUSA-x5n]

And New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson covered up Jeffrey Epstein with Scientologists and Balfour Beatty and retaliated against victims and kept his property under the control of Scientologists and rewarded perpetrators.

[@Riverrockphotos]

No joke bastards. I hate city code enforcment. We had a guy here in utah where his neighbor complained abou this yard. Well that guy burnt the complainers house down and shot and killed the code enforcment officer.

[@robertcolpitts4534]

Typical for many States here in the US but especially in New Mexico. Someone has an idea and some político says "yeah, let's fund that!". Money is appropriated without a written proposal, plans or preliminary construction bids or a schedule in place. But New Mexico is unique in its boondoggles and SNAFUs at the State and local levels. Most of the State's revenue comes from oil and gas royalties and taxes. If commodity prices fall, so do revenues. Since the State doesn't build a "rainy-day fund" (nor would I trust it to), hard times come, "the well" runs dry, and there's no revenue. Projects that are started die. New Mexico is a beautiful State; I lived there 28 years and love the place; it's home for us. However, this sort of waste, stupidity and corruption is deeply embedded in its government and will never go away.

[@ronv6637]

New Mexico, amateurs Illinois could have made that a 20-25 million $boondoggle with at least a half dozen ghost payrollers,cost overrun contracts for a "friend" and 3-4 unions fighting over it. You got a roughed in slab and bad plans for $400,000, sounds like a good price for commercial development

[@Dhime]

Well... They do say... If you want to be a professional crook, don't rob banks, take office in the public sector. Great report team.

[@bobbyadams5838]

so who's friend owned the concrete company?

[@JeevesReturns]

Gus Fring.

[@magiciancove3234]

I know right

[@bazookajoe8904]

If you want it to take way too long and go over budget leave it to government to get it done

[@BigTex-on4rl]

bazooka Joe i

[@jeffwuds7870]

bazooka Joe or modcon. Modcon, god.

[@claudiaclaudia936]

bazooka Joe if u want it done hella fast and for way less $ call The Mexicans 😎🖒

[@TheOrangeRoad]

Yet for some reason, people still vote for MORE government control and intervention. "Maybe they'll get it right this time!"

[@Jaya365]

Amen

[@fangzea]

A government project does not go as planned? What else is new?

[@ROGER2095]

Planned? What plan?

[@RoadTripA1A]

There should be a new law for all contracted work where payment is put into escrow until the work is competed. This would protect the contractors from not getting paid and protect the buyer from the contractors running off with the money before the work is completed.

[@chadachwilliam5515]

But, but, but, then how would they be able to skim?

[@RoadTripA1A]

Good point! Another great reason to set it up this way.

[@bernardb8045]

Oh snap, sounds like something the unions do to protect their employees🤔🤔

[@robertcolpitts4534]

But they didn't use contractors. They used City maintenance works. And it wasn't even in Albuquerque in the first place! Corrales is a villiage north of Albuquerque where the city has no authority to do ANYTHING! ¡Gentes sin avergüenza!

[@robthomas5488]

That is the way it IS supposed to work

[@cowboy_broke]

They lied. They said their was no contract and it was done by maintenance worker. Then why are their plumbing and electrical pipes sticking up. Maintenance workers do plumbing and electric?

[@safeplace8564]

I'm a year late to this comment but an average Joe can follow plans and do the rough in/slab work it's not tough. Whether it's legal for the average Joe to do the job or not is another story.

[@jimmymcjimface2607]

@@safeplace8564 I'm three years late but I promise you maintenance workers didn't do all that.

[@BADD1ONE]

"Any job done under budget, and completed on time. Wasn't worth doing". The architect of the great pyramid

[@brandonc5376]

BADD1ONE I mean if we have slave labor like they did we could get just about anything done. allot of the great old government buildings you see we're done by slave labor. slavery's terrible, but I'll be damned if shit don't get done when you treat people like pack mules.

[@ElectrifiedGremlin]

@@brandonc5376 slaves didn’t build the pyramids

[@BlueRidgeBubble]

@@ElectrifiedGremlin Nope, it was the work of the civilization itself, not it's slaves The equivalent of peasants and yeoman built the pyramids

[@jeremyp5027]

they raised and collected property taxes for this, where did all the money go.

[@rizon72]

Line someone's else's pockets.

[@SM77785]

In the Mayor's back pocket.

[@horrortackleharry]

It's a brilliant visitor centre as it stands. For the museum of bloated government.

[@chriscook2036]

I agree totally. The Mafia got busted for doing just what they do.

[@TDog14126]

DeShawn 'Dawg' BNBG stupid pic

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

Remember boys and girls, it's ok as long as the government does it!

[@chriscook2036]

jed-henry. You are refering to the swamp are you? In my opinion, it is a higher level mafia.

[@andrewjconners]

that's the problem, you get people who don't know a damn thing about contracting, business, budgeting, or meeting deadlines but yet they're in charge of all these projects and we're the ones who have to pay the burden

[@RespectMyAuthoritaah]

Stop voting in demoRats. That is part of the problem right there. Tax and spend has always been the demoRat motto.

[@luvlabso130]

We need non politicians Businessmen an women Like Trump

[@johnerwin7715]

This is the most successful project the government ever had

[@kootybear]

a visitor center directly next to a cemetery, great idea

[@battlebotts]

Built it next to a grave yard, who’s bright idea was that?

[@helenamensah7274]

The City takes the term "Concrete Plans" to a whole new level

[@MichaelClark-uw7ex]

Follow the money, you will probably find most of it in some politician and/or politician's crony"s pockets.

[@crscts]

"City construction crew" are the important words.

[@shekharmoona544]

Spiderman pointing to other Spiderman.😂😂😂

[@Y0uKnowMyName]

A fricking museum? A museum? Out in the middle of nowhere? Who the Fuck is gonna go visit a damn museum? Nobody! Thats who.

[@battlebotts]

400k for blueprints? And a shot slab. So 4K at most for blueprints, and another 22k for slab. Looks like to me a scam

[@richardcallihan9746]

I smell Democrat's

[@robertbutler8004]

I would guess that the slab cost 50 thousand dollars and someone pocketed 900,50 thousand dollars!!

[@777VOID-1]

Didn't u hear correctly, it took them 400,000 to do design land, plumbing, electrical, and slab and rest of it was not used but went back, because knowing that it will not be enough to complete it.. their fault was starting something that they knew wasn't enough money to finish it with.

[@richardcallihan9746]

@@777VOID-1 The only thing electrical is the conduit

[@skeetersaurus6249]

Most of Albuquerque's failed projects (which are numerous), can be traced to rampant corrupt-nepotism...in this case, no contractor...why? Well, 'My brother Juan can pour that concrete, and then he can weekend-sideline that whole building cheaper...', all along SOMEONE planning on 'pocketing' any 'overages' when it's done. Follow the money...you'll usually see a case of 'no planning', outgoing-government spending, someone-kin-to-someone labor, and follow-up 'need more money' begging...At the same time, Albuquerque CONSISTENTLY refuses to generate bond referendums to actually 'do it right'...time-and-time again!

[@cbahl1131]

the link is whoever owns the company who poured the slab. thats the connection, they are related or close to a high up in the local govt. is a clear theft.

[@tbugher62]

New Mexico,one of the poorest states with the most corrupt city government

[@Gentledegenerate]

Idk why I find this so funny

[@Gentledegenerate]

Back for a good laugh😂

[@jessicabixler1658]

400k for plans and concrete? Really?

[@maverick2377]

Government efficiency.

[@jeffc5974]

And conduit, and piping, and mobilization, and increased expenses for starting construction without a competitive bid...

[@Fiberglasser03]

Plans and drawings are very expensive, as well as concrete, rebar, plumbing, etc. 400k is high but not crazy especially if it was built with government workers who are union and don't know what they are doing in the first place. lol

[@Bigrignohio]

For a complete set of phased Architectural, structural, plumbing, mechanical and electrical drawings (I saw the construction documents they showed were for core and shell, only the first phase)? Including MANY coordination meetings with the clients (remember, government is the client)? Verifying code compliance with local, state and federal codes? Compliance with ASHRAE, energy and the NEC codes? Environmental impact studies were also probably required. Was this a state-mandated LEED project? More paperwork, more hours to expense. THEN they paid their own workers (at inflated government wages) to pour the concrete rather than bid it out. Wonder why? People DO NOT understand what is required tor a complete set of construction documents. Figure 10-15% of the TOTAL construction costs just for the PME documents alone.

[@JustinCrediblename]

+Bigrignohio I dunno man. I drew most of my own plans in 2015 for Sacramento County. Did most of the work, too. Hired out the slab to my neighbor. 8 bucks a square foot. 8" thick with rebar grid but only very basic foundation design. I was the guy dealing with the various building departments. Planning, easements, fire, hiring foundation engineer for engineering, ECD for the septic system, building dept, all of the little organizations who wanted money and needed their box checked off of the plans prior to finalizing... It's inflated labor costs. and it IS objectionable. absurd.

[@schnellfahren911]

Seems like Albuquerque is 0 for 2 on museums.

[@kaizer9455]

Our government is ridiculously wasteful and unorganized. I'm shocked that so many people still pay taxes.

[@777VOID-1]

U are paying taxes to the real land lords. Wake up from your dream

[@_DrDrakeRamoray]

What's wrong with the reporter's nose? Looks like he joined fight club and talked about it.

[@murraymachado401]

Should have spent that money building her a new nose for starters, JeeeZus! It's fair to say she took a knuckle sandwich from her ex, Bap! Bap! Ba-bap!

[@rogueplanet13]

So that’s how the ancient megaliths got there

[@Mr_blue_7777]

Did anyone notice the cemetery next door.... Yes lets take the kids to a museum right next door to a cemetery.... Location is key to success 😑

[@jk-76]

Great reporting.

[@maverick2377]

You want to make sure a system is extremely inefficient and broken? Let the government do it. FUCK big government, they are only there for their OWN interests, not the TAX PAYERS! Fight for small government. I still remember a city government planned to spend $50,000 - $100,000 for a couple of steps in a park. A local came and built the steps for just $100

[@namm0x326]

That was Toronto :)

[@jnichols3]

Same thing in Shreveport. About 20 years ago someone in the government decided some old shotgun shacks near downtown needed to be renovated because they were a century old. They were basically 2 room, 700 square feet each pier and beam construction. They were in poor shape and owned by people who rented them out. The neighborhood was a ghetto (still is). Anyway the feds jumped in with money and I forget the numbers, but when you took the programs cost and divided it by the number of houses, it came out to be around $120,000 each. What they did was put in new wiring and paint the old houses ugly pastel green, blue, and pink. That was the last coat of paint those houses ever got. Within 10 years most of them where gone. Some where tore down. Some where sold and are probably hunting cabins in the woods somewhere. 20 years later the very, very few that remain are rotting with the 20 year old paint on them. The only people that came out ahead were the landlords who do not actually live in them. This why I cringe when I hear someone wants the government (at any level) to get involved in community revitalization (sp?). If community is a slum or ghetto, the problems is usually the people who own the buildings and those that live in them. Throwing millions of dollars into a neighborhood like that is just putting new stuff there to be destroyed. DRAIN THE SWAMP.

[@torgotorgenson3177]

this was local, small, government.

[@ghostofreagan3181]

He built them for $100 and it took him one day, not 18 months.

[@torgotorgenson3177]

the interstate highway program was a government success, as well as national defense. government isn't inherently inept, it's the people involved. massive failure happens in private industry, as well.

[@robthomas5488]

It was never going to go past the slab

[@dieselscience]

This is almost as good as North Carolina's TAX FUNDED teapot museum in which everything is private and it is NOT open to the public...in fact, it's only open by appointment and invitation only.

[@MH-yj4qq]

Then it’s not a museum. Museums have very specific guidelines to be called a museum and are under the purview of the state’s attorney general.

[@tezwharton6599]

Or in anybody finds out! as like done here hoping nobody notice!.

[@McHeisenburger]

*_RETURN THE SLAAAAAB._*

[@tezwharton6599]

That cost another $400 thousand just for planing!.

[@vxrnlz2343]

Do you know every single one of those politicians pocket of that

[@ToyoteroMundial]

Corruption 24/7.🙄 Follow the money.

[@tryhardfinessedyou]

Who thinks "we need a visitor center for a museum" isn't that kinda what a museum is/could be?

[@aszthrotep4632]

astonishing that politicians can freely wast taxpayers money without repercussion

[@kyngkraken8695]

Somebody finished paying for their house and their kids college

[@jamie-ox8sg]

7 years and the slab is cracked like that it was a fucked job to start with

[@JustinCrediblename]

if they put the wheelchair into a vehicle compactor machine, it would definitely fit into the door.

[@relaxinmaxin7246]

Another example of too much government.

[@jessemedsker2579]

Concrete better have some gold in it

[@richardcallihan9746]

For that kind of money, it shouldn't have cracks.

[@WallyTony]

That's a nice slab

[@robertmcgee141]

I hereby offer 10k for the property and slab.

[@ut561]

and this is why taxes are so high

[@dandavatsdasa8345]

I think there was a similar situation in Arizona with the government attempting to build a visitor center. There have been worse situations with government leaders having trouble with keeping the so-called ball balanced. Thank you for your helpful and informative videos!

[@julianfresquez2489]

We the taxpayers are never asked for input about the worthiness of such projects nor is it presented on a ballot for approval or disapproval. And once more no one is held accountable.

[@ChibiNyaNya]

I came here for the slab memes

[@xsailor85]

Return the slab…Return the slab or suffer my curse.

[@javlynblue2024]

This is how all Gov works.

[@1989TS..]

Nice slab

[@stsbanga]

Turn it into a public skatepark or dog park just don't let it sit

[@wkdabl79]

800k in there pockets to use as they please

[@franciscampagna2711]

There's no written record?

[@cbbudy]

My city supposedly spends almost 40% of the budget on roads but all I hear is people complaining about bad roads and all I see is terrible roads that cause damage to vehicles

[@dwoolaver1549]

Rc Buddy your not the only place that's dealing with roads so bad there destroying our vehicles.

[@servicetrucker5564]

What ticks me off is all the money I spend for vehicle registration and most of it goes to public schools. Then what’s left goes to fix roads in different parts of the state while the ones here are crumbling

[@flyhouseoftruth470]

What are they gonna do with the property? Is it going up for auction?

[@homerjwinthorpe7667]

Turn it into a skate park throw some shade up and ramps your good

[@claudiaortegon4967]

All that money went in the pockets

[@billywinningham691]

Looks like a good place for Marble playing even tho the concrete job looks sort of a shoddy job wow looks like some body got their pocket book stuff and some one got a genuine screw job ps. I pour concrete

[@Steelandbrass]

As soon as Gary Johnson left the whole state went to shit again. I no longer live in the state but visit my family there once or twice a year and this last time I was disgusted at the park I usually take my kids too. Normally it is well groomed and everything has been well kept, this time there were ant hills everywhere, grass was long enough to be cited for like the city would do to a resident, no one cleaning up their dog poop, and the equipment was destroyed, not to mention the crime has almost tripled due to a lack of law enforcement and crooked cops. Get it together New Mexico or Trumps gonna wall you in, just saying.

[@cristiangutierrez9264]

Skate spot ?

[@ViralTuber]

0:30 Close your eyes and hear Steve Martin.

[@paddy9449]

I think there waiting for the concrete slab to firm up....things take time.... I love the cemetery right next 2 it...."PEOPLE are just dying 2 get in there!!!!!! "

[@jessemedsker2579]

Who's pockets did all this money go into

[@Theoriginalsparkythemagicpiano]

I lol’d when Larry couldn’t pronounce acquisition lmao

[@jimalldredge8691]

Albuquerque is crooks stacked on top of crooks.

[@mjnc3672]

They should have had Donald Trump manage it. Would have been completed before schedule and under budget.

[@bobosstopshelf4217]

Why didnt they just say we took the cash

[@kenberscheit480]

a swamp in the desert!!!1 local corruption ,pure and sim[le

[@darriandicicco5058]

Yeah the only visible reminder are the new cars jewelry and trips they all took on the money

[@EfrainQuezada]

2:40 What is this? A visitor center for ants?

[@garymiller6269]

i will give them one dollar for it now....

[@ivreiceman20257]

Easy money for the contractors

[@savagesfortruth]

Embezzlement is the word

[@heyrod59]

It's sad that local government entities are supposed to be responsible and aren't. But it's easy to make excuses over misspending funding but not have people that one can point fingers at to be held accountable for their inaction/action over a project that would've brought tourism $$$$ to the area. Unconscionable........

[@RandomRandomnessKCMO]

5 years later…. Any updates or progress??

[@geoffreylee5199]

Good for skateboarding.

[@marqueemark5917]

That is not a Million in concrete and plumbing

[@cyphxd]

A slab.... Literally reporting a slab.... what are you, Inside Edition?

[@jimberousek5127]

Great logic. I don't have enough energy to swim across this lake but I'm gonna start swimming anyways.

[@Littlefoot.]

Pay back the money.

[@adlar2005]

5:58 Why place it between a graveyard and residential homes? Poor planning!

[@alexc2979]

Its not a residental thats casa san yesidro the place in question.

[@mrwonderful2142]

a million fucking dollars for a lousy 6,000 sq ft??? not even a basement...

[@panchamontoya]

So sad that all that money gone to waste.... I love Larry Barker.

[@stevemaviver357]

$ 400,000 and they used city workers to save. Looks like someone got caught with their hand in the cookie jar to me. But that isn't half as bad as the law suits the police department brings you can add another 3 to 4 million of tax payers money to that.

[@celticjay2306]

Jesse. We need to cook...

[@floridagirl2569]

Celtic Jay ❤

[@luism.5999]

Many bodies buried under there?

[@strengthinknowledge9131]

Why new mexico keeps voting blue is beyond me.

[@robthomas5488]

Laundromat funding

[@josephbingham1255]

3:14 "was dead" showing the slab next to a cemetery. Nice touch. 1:26 Senator John Arthur Smith is from Deming - so he knows the value of a dollar.

[@Erica_Brenda]

the video is good. But once again, typical government. :((

[@randyscrafts8575]

Federal state and local government workers who have anything to do with tax dollar wasteful spending need to be held accountable for these blunders "AND" need to be financially on the hook to pay back taxpayer dollars from their personal finances. We the people need to be able to confiscate bank accounts cars boats houses cottages property businesses aircraft motorhomes etc......of federal state and local government workers to pay back taxpayers.

[@stephensk8well777]

Thanks for the new skate spot.

[@jxsilicon9]

It's the kickbacks that screw up these projects