County Government Lacks Accountability

I took interest in your story ["Money for Nothing," Aug. 15] because it talked at length about the competitive bid requirements when the county awards a construction project. While rather lax, there are at least some competitive bid requirements for awarding a construction contract for a county project. I'm not aware of any competitive bid requirements for awarding professional contracts. Architectural and engineering contracts are routinely awarded by the respective commissioner or the county judge without bids. One common thread is the lack of accountability by our county government to anyone.