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SLIDESHOW: Road contracts associated with Cardi Corporation construction

The Paper Trail
By PHOENIX STAFF  |  October 4, 2012

Cardi repeatedly failed to disclose a $35,000 fine for wetlands violations on state bidding forms. But the real problem is that the state’s narrowly tailored question (see question #2) doesn’t even require companies to report many kinds of environmental violations – like Cardi’s $251,546 fine for hauling soil laced with carcinogens to a middle school construction site.

>> READ: "Asleep at the wheel: The state's weak system for vetting contractors allows millions to flow to companies with poor environmental and workplace safety records. It needs to be fixed" by David Scharfenberg

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