More shady details involving the Comandante Lina Hidalgo and the bid ridding COVID outreach contract that was awarded to a longtime Democrat operative.
Fox 26 report that even after the contract was cancelled by the County after details of the bid rigging emerged, a paid of $1.4 million was rushed to Elevate Strategies owner and longtime Democrat operative Felicity Pereyra.
Fox 26’s Greg Groogan reports:
“It was clear they couldn't have provided $1.4 million in services over the course of a few weeks," said longtime, Houston columnist and FOX 26 contributor Bill King.
King calculates Elevate Strategies billed Harris County an average of $41,000 a day before the deal was abandoned and taxpayers have little, if anything, to show for it.
King says the sheer speed with which Pereyra was ultimately paid is reason for serious question and potentially investigation.
"There are just red flags, just a mountain full of them, on top of this deal, waving in the wind. This is just not the way the county does business," said King.
And while Harris County gives vendors a full month to submit invoices for work completed prior to a contract's cancelation, King's concerns have drawn the rapt attention of Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey, who says the taxpayers deserve better accountability."
The Harris County Attorney's office is get claw back the $1.4 million paid to Pereyra.