Penny Wise

Is it just me or does the idea of hiring consultants at hundreds of thousands of dollars seem like a waste of money to you too? Does it bother you that CVPS may be hiring a consultant to decide if they are too big? Figuring out whether or not you might be able to save some money for the consumer by downsizing is one thing, but doing it to the tune of what could approach one million dollars just seems so out of whack to me. Leave it to state government. It wasn't CVPS who suggested spending that kind of money. The Vermont Public Service Board ordered the utility to hire an outside consultant to gauge whether the Rutland-based utility has too many employees. Spend a million dollars to see if you need to lay people off. Brilliant! Downtown Rutland hired a consultant from down south to tell them what they need to do to improve the downtown. Another brilliant move. I wonder what that one's costing taxpayers!