A few weeks back, we wrote about a column by Newsmax’s Ronald Kessler, which he and John M. Palatiello, president of the Business Coalition for Fair Competition, attack the Obama administration for allegedly “changing government rules to prevent agencies from using private firms in order to reduce costs.” Palatiello cited “a small business man up in Peekskill, New York, who is a food service catering company. … And he had a contract pulled from him and brought in-house,” but offered no other identifying information in which his story could be verified.
Well, we heard from a man who claims to be the guy in Peekskill. He didn’t want the email reprinted, but he assures us he exists and his situation is real.
We’re willing to take him at his word, but we’re also willing to venture this situation is not unique under, or even a direct result of, the Obama administration; there are likely other instances of similar contract issues that happened under previous administrations. And Kessler and Palatiello could have avoided letting their partisan agenda show by offering verifiable evidence that the Obama administration is behaving in a fashion different than other administrations.