While a teenager, Edward DeBartolo began working, transcribing paving contracts for his stepfather, who did not read or write English.
His family's company was awarded a paving contract at a state park, though Blanton had assured the company would not do business with the state during his governorship.
When this was completed in 1975, a paving contract was awarded from Carlingview Avenue to Highway 401.
Three separate paving contracts have been won for work on the Trans Canada highway which runs from Lake Superior in Ontario to Vancouver in British Colombia.
The "lowest responsible bidder" scheme, as it was known, assured that Flinn's company, Booth and Flinn, won most large construction and paving contracts in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania.
Only rarely do churches become interested in the way in which paving contracts are awarded, how the oral examinations for civil service are conducted, or the fashion in which real estate values are assessed for tax purposes.
My dad made it out of crooked sewerage and paving contracts, out of gambling concessions, appointment pay-offs, even vice, I daresay.
The company Mr. Mas owned, Church and Tower, which is still controlled by his family, is the subject of a state investigation for a $58 million paving contract that county officials contend overcharged taxpayers by millions.
He responded to this, tenuously claiming that this was a legal fee for legitimate work done with respect to the company's bid for a paving contract; and technically there were no federal funds involved.
Trude is also having problems with her macho boyfriend Rod (Peter Phelps), who must complete a major paving contract at the shopping mall to save his ailing construction company.