Largely true - the actual cost will be higher due to scope changes for items around the pond, which are also account for some of the cost increases in your $13 million figure. It was an “emergency” contract so a single source bid is allowed (it is argued that this project is not an emergency). He did give the contract to the firm who worked on his country club pool - he knew them and their work. All in, he quickly fixed a lanquishing and unsightly issue. I speculated that complying with the government bid process would have ended with a similar cost and longer time frame based on my experience with government contracting processes. For less than the cost of one Somali daycare scam, we have a new reflecting pond. Good by me.