AshBritt Company Information

PROPRIETARY & CONFIDENTIAL
ASHBRITT
ENVIRONMENTAL
BACKGROUND REPORT
Last Updated: September 7, 2016
TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESEARCH SUMMARY ............................................................................................................ 3
CORPORATE RECORDS .......................................................................................................... 4
Executive and Corporate Structure ........................................................................................ 4
Executives .................................................................................................................................. 4
Randal Perkins: Founder, CEO ............................................................................................... 4
John Noble: Vice President, COO .......................................................................................... 5
Jared Moskowitz: Executive Vice President, General Counsel .............................................. 5
Ralph Dahlgren: Senior Vice President .................................................................................. 6
Rob Ray: Senior Vice President ............................................................................................. 6
Charles Dow Knight: Senior Vice President, Operations and Logistics ............................. 7
Matt Gierden: Vice President, Client Development ............................................................... 7
Christopher Holsinger: Proposal Manager/ Public Assistance Liaison .................................. 7
Corporate Officers .................................................................................................................... 8
Company Timeline .................................................................................................................... 9
PROPERTY RECORDS ............................................................................................................ 10
565 E. Hillsboro Blvd. Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 Ashbritt HQ ..................................... 10
LOBBYING MUSCLE ............................................................................................................... 12
Federal Lobbyist Overview .................................................................................................... 12
State Lobbyists ........................................................................................................................ 13
New Jersey ............................................................................................................................ 13
Texas ..................................................................................................................................... 13
Connecticut ........................................................................................................................... 14
Florida ................................................................................................................................... 14
Ashbritts Lobbyist Army ...................................................................................................... 14
Leveraged Gov. Barbours Firm To Cash In On Hurricane Katrina .................................... 15
Leveraged Jersey Connections To Cash In On Hurricane Sandy ......................................... 16
Ashbritt Hired Official Who Recommended Them For A Contract As A Lobbyist ........ 16
POLITICAL CASH .................................................................................................................... 18
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Federal Contributions ............................................................................................................ 18

State Level Contributions ...................................................................................................... 19
Pay to Play ............................................................................................................................... 20
FEDERAL CONTRACTS ......................................................................................................... 23
Federal Contract Work .......................................................................................................... 23
ASHBRITT FOUNDATION ..................................................................................................... 26
Financial Background ............................................................................................................ 26
LEGAL RECORDS .................................................................................................................... 27
Federal Lawsuits ..................................................................................................................... 27
State Lawsuits ......................................................................................................................... 33
DISHONEST MEANS ................................................................................................................ 37
Ashbritt Took Advantage Of Small Business Loophole ...................................................... 37
Ashbritt CEO Randy Perkins Misrepresented Ashbritts Ownership Status .................. 38
No-Bid and Piggybacked Contracts ...................................................................................... 38
Favoring Political Cronies Over Local Businesses .............................................................. 39
Hiring Bad Subcontractors .................................................................................................... 41
Breaching Contracts ............................................................................................................... 42
TOO HIGH A PRICE FOR TAXPAYERS ............................................................................. 44
Inflated Pricing ....................................................................................................................... 44
Fraudulent Overcharging ...................................................................................................... 46
Ashbritt Produces Poor Results............................................................................................. 48
How Much Can Taxpayers Save? ......................................................................................... 49
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RESEARCH SUMMARY
Ashbritt uses lobbying muscle, political cash and dishonest means to secure contracts at too high
a price for taxpayers. The company has spent over a million dollars on high profile federal
lobbyists and spent between $665,270 and $1,186,259.87 influencing state politicians in New
Jersey, Texas, Connecticut, and Florida. The company and its employees have contributed
$2,342,546 to federal and state campaigns, with 58% of total contributions going to Republicans,
34% going to Democrats, and 8% going to nonpartisan causes. Ashbritt also uses the Ashbritt
Foundation for questionable purposes. Since its creation in 2014, the Ashbritt Foundation has
received $110,000 in donations and only spent $4,750 on charitable purposes.
Ashbritts aggressive lobbying and generous campaign contributions have secure several no-bid
and piggybacked contracts bypassing the competitive bidding process altogether. Ashbritt
contributed $50,000 to the Republican Governors Association while Chris Christie was its Vice
Chairman, hired former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbours lobbying firm, and retained
several other influential New Jersey Lobbyists. These connections resulted in a $100 million nobid contract for Hurricane Sandy cleanup, and, thanks to the lobbying team they deployed just
days after Hurricane Katrina, a $500 million Army Corps of Engineers cleanup contract.
The company promises to hire local contractors in order to please local officials, but often fails
to abide by those promises. In fact, Ashbritt even filed a protest with the Government
Accountability Office when part of the Hurricane Katrina contract was given to a local firm.
Ashbritt further increased its profits and double-dipped into government coffers by
subcontracting work to Ashbritt-invested companies.
Ashbritts political leverage allows the company to charge inflated prices for their services,
allowing their executives and lobbyists to reap large profits at the expense of taxpayers. Ashbritt
charged nearly double the rate of competing firms for Hurricane Sandy cleanup, and was still
awarded the contract even though the Christie Administration was aware of cheaper alternatives.
Ashbritt overcharged the Broward County School District by $765,000, and failed to use the
shortest distances between dumpsites in order to charge higher rates after Hurricane Sandy.
Several towns have saved millions of taxpayer dollars by using cheaper alternatives to Ashbritt.
Ashbritt and their subcontractors do not abide by the rules. The Occupational Safety and Health
Administration cited and fined one of their subcontractors $100,000 for neglect following the
death of a teenage worker. Another subcontractor hired by Ashbritt was a convicted felon with
an unregistered trucking company. From Hurricane Katrina, to Hurricane Sandy, to the Haitian
earthquake cleanup, Ashbritt has been sued by its subcontractors for failing to live up to their
contractual duties. The company has misled public officials by promising quicker federal
government reimbursement, yet has been criticized several times for poor and slow work.
Finally, even though it is one of the largest debris-removal firms in the country, Ashbritt took
advantage of federal regulation loopholes to claim the company was a small business, and placed
the company owners wife in a leadership position in order to claim minority, woman-owned
business status.
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CORPORATE RECORDS
Ashbritt was founded by Randy Perkins in 1992 and incorporated in Florida. Soon after, Perkins
hired John Noble as COO and Terry Jackson as CMO. Perkins, Noble, and Jackson have served
as Ashbritts corporate officers since 2006. Ashbritts Executive Team is composed of eight
members, many of whom have previous government or military experience.
Executive and Corporate Structure

Executive Team
Randal Perkins, Founder, Chief Executive Officer

John Noble, Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Jared Moskowitz, Executive Vice President, General Counsel
Ralph Dahlgren, Senior Vice President
Rob Ray, Senior Vice President
Charles Dow Knight, Senior Vice President, Operations and Logistics
Matt Gierden, Vice President, Client Development
Christopher Holsinger, Proposal Manager/ Public Assistance Liason
(Ashbritt Environmental Team, http://www.ashbritt.com/, Accessed 3/22/16)
NOTE: A review of criminal and legal backgrounds for the above individuals did not produce
any notable results. For further details on Perkins and Moskowitz, see their individual reports.
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Executives
Randal Perkins: Founder, CEO
Biography
Randal Randy Perkins founded AshBritt as a Florida corporation in 1992. Randy sets the
vision for the organization through constant insight, research, and analysis of the technical and
operational environments comprising the disaster industry. Randy is highly qualified and
experienced in all phases of disaster response and recovery operations from his years of
practical, hands-on, real-world experience. He has an in-depth knowledge regarding all response
measures, damage assessment, debris collection, removal, reduction, recycling, and disposal
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activities. Moreover, he is a proficient communicator who is able to assist high-level

stakeholders with the public information demands following major disaster events. Randy has
completed course work at the University of Central Florida in Business Administration and the
University of Miami in Global Business Concepts. He holds seats on the Board of Directors of
several national charitable organizations and is very active in state and local charitable
endeavors. (Randy Perkins, http://www.ashbritt.com/, Accessed 3/22/16)
John Noble: Vice President, COO

Biography
Mr. John W. Noble serves as Chief Operating Officer at AshBritt, Inc. Mr. Noble has managed
a long line of environmental construction and mitigation projects over his career. Since joining
AshBritt team in 1994, he has successfully overseen the operations of over thirty mid-to-largescale disaster response and recovery projects. Furthermore, he has generally provided operational
insights for all of AshBritt recovery deployments. He is a State of Florida Board of
Professional Engineers,Engineer Intern (# 1096ET126) and a licensed Certified Pollutant Storage
System Contractor (No. PC C056744). He is certified in OSHA's 40 Hour Hazardous Waste
Operations and Emergency Response training, as well as the 8 Hour Annual Refresher course.
Mr. Noble is an environmental engineer who earned his Masters degree in Solid and Hazardous
Waste Management from the University of Florida. He also is a graduate of the United States
Military Academy at West Point, where he earned a Bachelors Degree in Civil EngineeringEngineering Management. (John Noble, Bloomberg, http://www.bloomberg.com/, Accessed 3/22/16)
Jared Moskowitz: Executive Vice President, General Counsel

Biography
Jared Moskowitz is Executive Vice President of Business Development and General Counsel of
AshBritt, Inc. Mr. Moskowitz is a leader who continually demonstrates the ability to develop,
implement, and oversee innovative sales and marketing campaigns. He has strong analytical,
communication, presentation, and organizational skills. Consistently successful in building
consensus and driving cooperative relationships with staffs, Boards of Directors, government
agencies, vendors, and business people. He currently oversees the contracting/procurement
department and leads the companys public policy efforts, including all U.S. federal, state and
local government liaison operations. Mr. Moskowitz is the driving force in building and
maintaining relationships with all decision makers throughout AshBritts current client base and
strengthening ties with local community leaders through various outreach programs for the
targeted marketing area. Prior to joining AshBritt in 2009 he attended George Washington
University, receiving his Bachelors degree in political science, and then Shepard Broad Law
Center at Nova Southeastern University, receiving his Juris Doctor. He worked as an intern for
Vice-President Al Gore, served as an assistant on Joe Liebermans 2004 presidential campaign,
and in 2008 served as one of Barack Obamas electors in Florida. While attending law school,
Jared was elected to the Parkland City Commission and served as Parkland Vice Mayor from
2006-2008. He was reelected to his second term in November 2010 serving until he resigned to
run for the legislature in 2012. While serving as a City Commissioner, Moskowitz supported
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efforts to make the city more eco-friendly by providing subsidies to households that purchase
low-flow toilets and showerheads, energy-efficient air conditioners, and hybrid cars. Most
recently in November 2012, Mr. Moskowitz was elected as the State Representative for District
97 and was subsequently reelected in 2014. (Jared Moskowitz, http://www.ashbritt.com/, Accessed
3/22/16)
Ralph Dahlgren: Senior Vice President

Biography
Mr. Ralph Dahlgren serves as Senior Vice President of AshBritt, Inc. Mr. Dahlgren served as
Managing Vice President of AshBritt, Inc. Mr. Dahlgren has over 20 years of customer service,
property management, logistics and transportation experience. As the Out-port Ops Manager for
Royal Caribbean Cruise lines, he was responsible for transportation and logistics operations in
ports and airports world-wide. As the General Manager of the Disney Resort property in Hilton
Head Island, he directed all operations for a 15 acre resort property. Since joining AshBritt in
2004, Mr. Dahlgren has become fully integrated into the disaster industry and utilizes his
organizational skills to benefit AshBritt's clients. He successfully managed AshBritt's response
and recovery efforts in Escambia County, Florida following Hurricane Ivan in 2004 from which
AshBritt collected and disposed of over 2 million cubic yards of debris. He was also instrumental
in managing several concurrent projects in South Florida after Hurricane Wilma in 2005, with
total debris quantities exceeding 2 million cubic yards. Mr. Dahlgren is a graduate of the Florida
International University in business administration, and he earned an MBA from the University
of Florida. (Ralph Dahlgren, Bloomberg, http://www.bloomberg.com/, Accessed 3/22/16)
Rob Ray: Senior Vice President

Biography
Mr. Rob Ray serves as Senior Vice President of AshBritt, Inc., managing the Client Relations
Department. Mr. Ray manages AshBritt's Client Relations Dept. on a day to day basis as well as
provide Public Assistance Training as well as Subject Matter Expertise presentations around the
Country. He also personally manages the Texas & California territories as well as all of
AshBritt's pre-positioned State contracts around the Country. Mr. Ray has over 20 years of
Business Development management and Customer Service management experience, with
specific experience in Environmental Contracting, Foreign Relations Contracting & Safety
Training management. Mr. Ray first collaborated with AshBritt, as part of a joint venture in
2003, as an Operations Manager for several large scale Hazardous Fire Fuels Reduction projects
that included high volume Hazardous Tree Removal in San Diego County, San Bernardino
County, & Riverside County, California. Since 2005, Mr. Ray served as both a Senior Project
Manager and as the Operations Manager for the USACE Hurricane Katrina State of Mississippi
recovery operations, coordinating and organizing subcontractor operations in 16 counties. He
was also responsible for administrative oversight in AshBritt's primary Regional Field Office in
Saucier, MS. Here he managed the project-specific accounting and data/reporting staff team, and
assisted AshBritt's mission administrator/contract compliance specialist. He also directed the
activities of Task Project Managers, negotiated agreements with subcontractors, and negotiated
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operational arrangements with the USACE command on a weekly basis. (Robert Ray, Bloomberg,
http://www.bloomberg.com/, Accessed 3/22/16)
Charles Dow Knight: Senior Vice President, Operations and Logistics

Biography
Mr. Charles Knight, Dow serves as Senior Vice President of AshBritt, Inc. For almost a decade,
Mr. Knight has applied his expertise toward the management of timely and efficient resource
allocations for disaster projects. He has management acumen and organizational skills in
navigating the complexities of planning and executing large-scale, multi-faceted response and
recovery projects. He also provides operational oversight for all marine services projects,
whether disaster related or through general opportunities. He serves as a Commander in the
Navy, Reserve Component, assigned to US Fleet Forces Command, Naval Cooperation and
Guidance for Shipping, and recently deployed overseas in support of Operation Enduring
Freedom. He is a graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New
York. (Charles Knight, Bloomberg, http://www.bloomberg.com/, Accessed 3/22/16)
Matt Gierden: Vice President, Client Development

Biography
Matt offers more than 15 years of experience in disaster recovery projects, special
environmental operations, client development, customer service, and public relations. He is a
strategic contributor in numerous efforts that have driven the successful completion of major and
high-priority disaster response and recovery initiatives that have substantially impacted the
companys growth. Over the years, Matt has established a reputation as a decisive leader who
expertly enhances the capabilities of the organization. He handles new challenges with his
intrinsic capability for innovation and problem-solving. Equipped with an enthusiastic attitude
and exceptional people skills, he successfully maintains a myriad of client relationships
throughout the southeast US. Matt initially served as an entry-level field supervisor in 2002 and
was immediately promoted to project manager to regional manager and later to vice president.
Matts aggressive and visionary style has significantly enhanced the company companys
ability to thrive in a variety of demanding disaster recovery environments. His ever-expanding
portfolio of successful projects includes more than 40 Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) disaster recovery projects. His most recent contribution was providing strategic
direction as the Senior Project Manager for the recovery efforts in South Carolina from Winter
Storm Pax in February 2014. (Matt Gierden, https://web.archive.org/, Accessed 3/22/16)
Christopher Holsinger: Proposal Manager/ Public Assistance Liaison

Biography
Christopher is a FEMA Debris/Public Assistance specialist who earned his Masters of Public
Administration with a specialization in Emergency Management from Florida State University.
He is a licensed EMT, Private Pilot, and earned a Bachelors Degree in Political Science, and
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minors in Emergency Management and Urban Regional Planning at Florida State University.
Christopher has tenure working for the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM)
Mitigation Bureau, where he assisted in the formulation of mitigation plans as well as doing
research for the Governors South Atlantic Alliance on Private Public Partnerships for short-term
economic recovery. After some time in the Mitigation Bureau, he entered into the Recovery
Bureau assisting Florida sub-grantees with the FEMA Public Assistance program. Christopher
was an instructor for the FEMA G202 Debris Management course, assisted in formulating debris
related appeals for FDEM sub-grantees, reviewed and submitted Debris Management Plans for
the PA Alternative Procedures Pilot Program under the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act, was a
Public Assistance Coordinator under FDEM for the FEMA Fire Management Assistance Grant
Program (FMAG), as well as reviewed Florida county, city, municipality, and special
jurisdictions contracts and RFPs for FEMA and CFR compliance. Christopher has completed
over 25 FEMA training courses related to the FEMA Public Assistance, Individual Assistance,
and Emergency Management recovery programs. He has received his FEMA Professional
Development Series certificate and completed courses towards the Advanced Professional Series
certificate. Since joining AshBritt he has assisted our communities in maximizing their federal
cost share during declared disasters as well as reinforcing FEMA policies to ensure they retain
maximum federal grant dollars without de-obligation. (Christopher Holsinger, http://www.ashbritt.com/,
Accessed 3/22/16)
Corporate Officers
Saily and Randal Perkins served as Ashbritts corporate officers from 1995-2005. From 20062015, Randal Perkins shared officer duties with Vice Presidents John Noble and Terry Jackson.
Saily Perkins Served As Ashbritts President/Director From 1995-2005. (Ashbritt Florida Profit
Corporation Annual Report 1995-2015, Florida Secretary of State, Accessed 3/22/16)
Saily Perkins Was Listed As Ashbritts Secretary In 1995. (Ashbritt Florida Profit
Dave Mcintyre Served As Ashbritts Vice President In 1995. (Ashbritt Florida Profit Corporation
Annual Report 1995-2015, Florida Secretary of State, Accessed 3/22/16)
Randy Perkins Served As Ashbritts Secretary From 1995-2005, And Has Served As The
President, Secretary, And Treasurer From 2006-2015. (Ashbritt Florida Profit Corporation Annual
Report 1995-2015, Florida Secretary of State, Accessed 3/22/16)
John Noble Served As Ashbritts Vice President From 2006-2015. (Ashbritt Florida Profit
Terry Jackson Served As Ashbritts Vice President From 2006-2015. (Ashbritt Florida Profit
NOTE: Ashbritts annual reports for the years 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, and 2000 were
not readily available online through the Florida Department of State.
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Company Timeline
1992:
Ashbritt is incorporated in Florida by Randy Perkins.
November 1994:
John Noble is hired as Chief Operating Officer.
1995:
Terry Jackson is hired as Chief Marketing Officer.
January 2003:
Charles Dow Knight is hired as Senior Vice President.
April 2004:
Rob Ray is hired as Senior Vice President.
2004:
Ralph Dahlgren is hired as Senior Vice President.
2005:
The Army Corps of Engineers awards Ashbritt a $500 Million

Mississippi clean up contract after Hurricane Katrina.
2008:
Army Corps of Engineers awards Ashbritt regions 2B (Georgia, North

Carolina and South Carolina) and 3 (Mississippi, Louisiana).
2009:
Jared Moskowitz is hired as Executive Vice President of Business

Development and General Counsel.
March 2010:
Army Corps of Engineers awards Ashbritt contracts for regions 5

(Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah) and 6A (Hawaii).
May 2011:
American Public Works Association recognizes AshBritt as Contractor of

the year.
2013:
The Chris Christie Administration awards Ashbritt a $100 Million no-bid

contract to clean up New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy.
February 2013:
AshBritts Tim Mooney is presented with a Corporate Award for

contributions to Emergency Associate Community.
2013:
Matt Gierden is promoted to Vice President.
June 2014:
Christopher Holsinger is is hired as Public Assistance Liaison /Proposal

Manager.
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PROPERTY RECORDS
565 E. Hillsboro Blvd. Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 Ashbritt HQ
Hillsboro 56, LLC, is the owner of Ashbritts headquarters in Deerfield Beach, FL. Randal Perkins
is the manager of the LLC, and Michael Moskowitz is the registered agent.
(Google Maps, Accessed 3/11/16)
On March 1, 2011, Hillsboro 56, LLC Purchased 565 E. Hillsboro Blvd. Deerfield Beach,
FL From Caribbean Development, LLC For $1,598,644. (Deed, Book/Page: 47772/692, Broward
County Clerk, Filed 3/9/11)
Hillsboro 56, LLC:

Document Number:
FEI/EIN Number:
Date Filed:
State:
Status:
Principal Address:
Registered Agent:
Manager:
L11000014350
45-2378292
02/02/2011
FL
ACTIVE
565 EAST HILLSBORO BOULEVARD DEERFIELD BEACH,
FL 33441
Michael Moskowitz
Randal Perkins
(Hillsboro 56, LLC, Florida Department of State Division of Corporations, http://search.sunbiz.org/, Accessed
3/25/16)
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Transaction History:
Sale Date
6/2011
1/1997
Price Sale Type

$1,598,700 Warranty Deed
$200,000 Warranty Deed
Owner
Hillsboro 56, LLC
Caribbean Dev. Corp.
(Broward County Property Appraiser, Accessed 3/12/16)
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LOBBYING MUSCLE
Federal Lobbyist Overview
Ashbritt has spent over $1 million on federal lobbyists since 2003.
Ashbritt Has Spent $1,110,000 On Federal Lobbyists Since 2003. (Center for Responsive Politics,
https://www.opensecrets.org/, Accessed 3/10/16; Center for Responsive Politics, https://www.opensecrets.org/,
Accessed 3/10/16)
NOTE: Ashbritt has reported no lobbying activity since the first quarter of 2013. However, BGR
Government Affairs remains registered to lobby for Ashbritt and files quarterly disclosure
reports. (U.S. Senate Lobbying Database, http://soprweb.senate.gov/, Accessed 3/10/16)
Ashbritts Federal Lobbyists
Year
2013
2013
2013
2012
2012
2012
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2009
2009
2008
2008
2007
2007
2006
2006
2006
2005
2005
2005
Lobbying Firm
BGR Group
BGR Group
BGR Group
BGR Group
BGR Group
BGR Group
ML Strategies
ML Strategies
ML Strategies
ML Strategies
Welch Resources
Welch Resources
Welch Resources
Welch Resources
Welch Resources
Welch Resources
Welch Resources
Welch Resources
BGR Group
Welch Resources
Welch Resources
Adams & Reese
Adams & Reese
BGR Group
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Lobbyist
Jonathan Mantz
Daniel Murphy
Erskine Wells
Jonathan Mantz
Daniel Murphy
Erskine Wells
Kevin Kappel
David Leiter
Jeremy Rabinovitz
Jason Rosenstock
Mike Parker
Rosemary Parker
Mike Parker
Rosemary Parker
Mike Parker
Rosemary Parker
Mike Parker
Rosemary Parker
Daniel Murphy
Mike Parker
Rosemary Parker
Jeffrey Brooks
Jimmy Hayes
Daniel Murphy
Amount
$30,000
$30,000
$30,000
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$90,000
$90,000
$90,000
$90,000
$0
$0
$100,000
$100,000
$120,000
$120,000
$180,000
$180,000
$80,000
$220,000
$220,000
$40,000
$40,000
$100,000
2005
2005
2004
2003
Welch Resources
Welch Resources
Adams & Reese
Adams & Reese
Mike Parker
Rosemary Parker
Jimmy Hayes
Jimmy Hayes
$80,000
$80,000
$40,000
$20,000
(Center for Responsive Politics, https://www.opensecrets.org/, Accessed 3/10/16; Center for Responsive Politics,
https://www.opensecrets.org/, Accessed 3/10/16)
State Lobbyists
Ashbritt has spent between $665,270 and $1,186,259.87 influencing state politicians in New
Jersey, Texas, Connecticut, and Florida.
New Jersey
Ashbritt Spent $89,265 On New Jersey Lobbying In The Wake Of Hurricane Sandy:
Year
2013
2013
Total
Lobbying Firm
Princeton Public Affairs Group
DeCotiis, FitzPatrick & Cole LLP
Amount
$37,965
$51,300
$89,265
(AshBritt 2013 Annual Report On Represented Entity, New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission,
https://wwwnet1.state nj.us/, 2/18/14)
Texas
From 2004-2015, Ashbritt Has Paid Its Texas Lobbyists $300,000-$720,999.92.
Year
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
Lobbyist
Frank Santos
Jennifer Sellers
Gabriel Sepulveda
Frank Santos
Gabriel Sepulveda
Frank Santos
Gabriel Sepulveda
Frank Santos
Gabriel Sepulveda
Luis Gonzalez
Cara Rosenthal Zeidman
Frank Santos
Gabriel Sepulveda
Laura McPartland Matz
Frank Santos
Gabriel Sepulveda
Minimum Amount
$50,000
$0
$0
$50,000
$0
$50,000
$0
$50,000
$0
$0
$0
$50,000
$0
$0
$50,000
$0
$0
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Amount
$99,999.99
$10,000
$10,000
$99,999.99
$10,000
$99,999.99
$10,000
$99,999.99
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$99,999.99
$10,000
$10,000
$99,999.99
$10,000
$10,000
2009
2008
2004
Gregg Knaupe
Luis Gonzalez
Gregg Knaupe
Frank Santos
Nelda Cruz
Luis Gonzalez
Gregg Knaupe
Frank Santos
Andrea McWilliams
Dean McWilliams
$0
$0
$0
$0
$25,000
$0
$0
$0
$0
$25,000
$0
$0
$300,000
Total
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$49,999.99
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$49,999.99
$10,000
$10,000
$720,999.92
(Lobbying Registration, Texas Ethics Commission, http://webdev.ethics.state.tx.us/, Accessed 3/21/16)
Connecticut
Ashbritt Retained Lobbyist P.J. Cimini From Capitol Strategies Group In 2014 And 2011.
(Compiled Lobbying Reports, Connecticut Office of State Ethics, https://www.oseapps.ct.gov/, Accessed 3/21/16)
Florida
Ashbritt Paid Florida Lobbyist Ronald Book Between $276,005 And $375,994.95 For
Legislative And Executive-Level Lobbying. (Florida Lobbyist Compensation Report,
https://floridalobbyist.gov/, Accessed 3/21/16)
Year
2015
2015
2014
2014
Total
Lobbying Type
Legislative
Executive
Legislative
Executive
Lobbyist
Ronald Book
Ronald Book
Ronald Book
Ronald Book
Minimum Amount
$100,000
$2
$176,000
$3
$276,005
Maximum Amount
$139,999.96
$19,998
$185,999.99
$29,997
$375,994.95
Ashbritts Lobbyist Army

Ashbritt pours resources into its lobbying efforts in order to beat out cheaper local competition.
The company retains a variety of former FEMA and Army Corps officials along with a nationwide
lobbying team. Ashbritts powerful connections won a $100 million no-bid Hurricane Sandy
cleanup contract, and secured a $500 million Hurricane Katrina cleanup contract.
Ashbritt Hired Former FEMA And Army Corps Officials To Anticipate When And Where
The Next Disaster Would Strike. Yet government watchdogs maintain that there's much more
to the game than pure merit-based competition. Companies like Ashbritt are able to anticipate
potentially lucrative opportunities because they have hired former FEMA and Corps officials
who can guide them through the process. Ashbritt has come a long way since 1992, when it
received its first subcontract from Brown & Root (a Halliburton subsidiary) after Hurricane
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Andrew. The company also employs top lobbyists, including former Representative James A.
Hayes, D-Louisiana, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour's former firm, Barbour Griffith
and Rogers, which helped Ashbritt get work after the 2004 Florida hurricanes. Perkins says it
would be "naive" to expect businesses to restrain themselves from hiring lobbyists who can help
them navigate the maze of bureaucracy in Washington. We hired [former Army Corps of
Engineers Director] Mike Parker to work with us on this Corps project.... We're dealing with
contracting specialists. We're dealing with both the civilian and military sides of the Corps.
We're dealing with the Defense Contract Audit Agency, small and minority business specialists.
There are a lot of legal and protocol issues that we have to deal with. So I went out and found the
best person available.... We play by the rules, and if you stay above-board, those are the
parameters. If it's okay for state and local governments to hire lobbyists in Washington, why isn't
it okay for private industry? (Charlie Cray, Disaster profiteering: the flood of crony contracting following
hurricane Katrina, Multinational Monitor, 9/1/05)
Leveraged Gov. Barbours Firm To Cash In On Hurricane Katrina

Just Days After Hurricane Katrina, Ashbritt Deployed A Powerful Lobbying Team To
Secure A $500 Million Cleanup Contract. Indeed, on Sept. 1, just days after Hurricane
Katrina unleashed its fury on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, AshBritt hired former Mississippi
lawmaker and ex-Army Corps of Engineers head Mike Parker as a lobbyist. The company listed
his duties on federal disclosure forms as federal affairs for debris removal after Hurricane
Katrina. Parker joined an AshBritt lobbying roster that already included former Louisiana
Representative James Hayes (D) and the services of a Washington firm founded by Haley
Barbour, former chairman of the Republican National Committee and now governor of
Mississippi. OUT OF LOCKSTEP. Fourteen days after Parker came on the scene, the Army
Corps awarded AshBritt a competitively bid contract worth $500 million to remove Katrina
debris in Mississippi, with an option to increase the dollar amount to an even billion dollars.
AshBritt had already been activated under a preexisting contingency contract for $56 million,
rocketing it to the top of the list of Katrina contractors to date in a cleanup effort expected to
total more than $100 billion. (Eamon Javers, Anatomy of a Cleanup Contract, Bloomberg Business,
http://www.bloomberg.com/, 10/26/05)
Asbritts Website Features A Testimonial From Former Mississippi Governor Haley

Barbour. AshBritt was the biggest debris removal contractor in Mississippi after Katrina.
AshBritt won a competitive contract with the Corps of Engineers to do the Corps clean-up in
Mississippi, and this turned out to be a great blessing for our state. AshBritt did a tremendous
job, subcontracted work to many Mississippi companies and provided jobs to hundreds of our
workers. Originally I was skeptical of the Corps bringing in an outside company, but AshBritt
proved me wrong, and we will always be grateful for AshBritt in our state. Haley Barbour,
Governor of MS during Hurricane Katrina (What Our Customers Are Saying, http://www.ashbritt.com/,
Accessed 2/29/16)
Ashbritt Retained Barbours Former Lobbying Firm To Acquire Several

Multimillion Dollar Contracts. The company also has spent hundreds of thousands of
dollars on high-profile Washington lobbyists, including the firm founded by Barbour, the
former Mississippi governor whom Christie describes as a mentor. The lobbying firm
helped the company secure a $500 million contract from Mississippi, along with several
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other multimillion federal contracts. (Jarrett Renshaw, Politically connected Florida firm gets
Sandy cleanup contract, The Star Ledger, 1/13/13)
Ashbritt Retained Barbours Former Firm Six Months Before Hurricane Katrina
Occurred While Barbour Was The Sitting Mississippi Governor. In March, AshBritt
had hired the Washington, D.C., lobby firm Barbour, Griffith & Rogers. In their first four
months, AshBritt paid $40,000 to the former lobbying firm of Haley Barbour,
Mississippi's governor and a former national Republican Committee chairman, according
to U.S. Senate lobbying records. (Mark Hollis and Kathy Bushouse, Cleanup Contract Inquiry
Draws Focus To Pompano Firm, Sun Sentinel, http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/, 10/7/05)
Leveraged Jersey Connections To Cash In On Hurricane Sandy

Ashbritt Hired Influential New Jersey Figures Including Local Republican Party
Chairman George Gilmore And Former John Corzine Aide Maggie Moran. AshBritt also
hired politically connected officials in New Jersey like George Gilmore, the chairman of the
local Republican Party committee in hard-hit Ocean County, and Maggie Moran, a former aide
to Jon S. Corzine, a Democrat who preceded Mr. Christie as governor to urge local
jurisdictions to take advantage of the state-sponsored deal, as has been reported by The StarLedger of Newark. (Eric Lipton, Cost of Storm-Debris Removal in City Is at Least Twice the U.S. Average,
New York Times, http://www nytimes.com/, 4/24/15)
Ashbritt Was Allowed To Bypass Environmental And Contracting Regulations

Because Of Its Political Connections. The roster of those paid by AshBritt has swelled
to include George Gilmore, the powerful Republican chairman of hard-hit Ocean County;
Maggie Moran, a former top aide to Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine whose husband is the
mayor of Belmar; and Kris Kolluri, a New Jersey lobbyist sources say was recruited by a
company associated with former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a friend of Gov. Chris
Christie. The newspaper's review of hundreds of public records and dozens of interviews
also reveal how former government officials were able to connect AshBritt with local
leaders on the ground in New Jersey - and how the process was sped up by state actions
allowing it to bypass regulations on business, the environment and pay-to-play.
Competing contractors say this gave AshBritt - which has been criticized for charging
high prices and praised by local officials for its swift work - a big advantage. (Jarrett
Renshaw, AshBritt Inc. has inside track with New Jersey cleanup, South Jersey Times, 2/3/13)
The Christie Administration Awarded Ashbritt A $100 Million No-Bid Contract To

Clean Up After Hurricane Sandy. Even before Hurricane Sandy struck, the Christie
administration was fast-tracking a no-bid contract that could pay a politically connected
company up to $100 million to clean up the wreckage left by natural disasters in New
Jersey. The company, Florida-based AshBritt, has made billions of dollars by persuading
states to sign lucrative disaster recovery deals that allow it unequaled access to local
officials in a crisis. Along the way, the company has forged strong relationships with
politicians, including former governors Jeb Bush and Haley Barbour. (Jarrett Renshaw,
Politically connected Florida firm gets Sandy cleanup contract, The Star Ledger, 1/13/13)
Ashbritt Hired Official Who Recommended Them For A Contract As A Lobbyist

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Ashbritt hired a lobbyist convicted of election law violations. When the lobbyist previously served
as a county commissioner, he had recommended AshBritt for a disaster recovery contract.
In November 2005, Scott Cowan Was Hired To Lobby For Ashbritt Inc. [Scott] Cowan was
back this week, lobbying at the Davie Town Council for the Pompano Beach-based debris
removal king AshBritt Inc. (Buddy Nevins, FPL Compliant? Dont Call PSC, Sun-Sentinels Buddy
Nevins' Politics, 11/12/05)
In 2000, Cowan Was The Only Commissioner To Recommend Ashbritt For A Disaster
Recovery Contract. AshBritt's hiring of Cowan appeared suspicious to me, since a month
before he left office in 2000, Cowan was the only commissioner on a selection committee that
recommended AshBritt get a disaster recovery contract. (Buddy Nevins, FPL Compliant? Dont Call
PSC, Sun-Sentinels Buddy Nevins' Politics, 11/12/05)
Ashbritt CEO Randy Perkins Denied That Hiring Cowan Was Payback, Saying He
Admired Cowan And That He Is Extremely Bright And Knowledgeable. AshBritt owner
Randy Perkins says my suspicions are wrong. He says he hired Cowan not as payback, but
because he admires the former commissioner's political skills. He is extremely bright and
knowledgeable, Perkins said. (Buddy Nevins, FPL Compliant? Dont Call PSC, Sun-Sentinels Buddy
Nevins' Politics, 11/12/05)
Yet In November 2000, Cowan Pleaded Guilty To Misdemeanor Election Law Violations
For Writing More Than $5,000 In Campaign Checks Then Cashing Them Himself. Cowan
pleaded guilty in November to writing more than $5,000 in campaign checks to four nonexistent
people and cashing them himself. (Ex-Broward County Commissioner Released From Jail, The
Associated Press, 5/10/01)
He Also Failed To List On Campaign Disclosure Forms $7,843 He Paid His Two
Adult Daughters. (Ex-Broward County Commissioner Released From Jail, The Associated Press,
5/10/01)
Cowan Also Was Fined $6,000, Placed On Probation For Two Years And Ordered
To Perform 100 Hours Of Community Service. (Ex-Broward County Commissioner
Released From Jail, The Associated Press, 5/10/01)
In May 2001, Cowan Was Released From Jail After Serving 125 Days Of A Six-Month
Sentence. Former Broward County Commissioner Scott Cowan was released from jail
Thursday after serving 125 days of a six-month sentence for misdemeanor election law
violations. (Ex-Broward County Commissioner Released From Jail, The Associated Press, 5/10/01)
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POLITICAL CASH
Federal Contributions
Ashbritts employees have contributed over $300,000 to federal candidates, parties, and political
action committees on both sides of the aisle, with 44% of donations going to Democrats and 56%
of donations to Republicans. As a company, Ashbritt has contributed over $1,000,000 to federal
candidates, parties, and political action committees. 42% of Ashbritts federal contributions went
to Democrats, and 58% of contributions went to Republicans.
Ashbritts Employees Have Contributed A Total Of $326,950 To Federal Candidates,
Parties, And Political Action Committees. (Political Money Line, http://politicalmoneyline.com/,
Accessed 3/10/16)
44% Of Ashbritts Federal Contributions Went To Democrats, And 56% Of

Contributions Went To Republicans. (Political Money Line, http://politicalmoneyline.com/,
Accessed 3/10/16)
Top 10 Federal Recipients Of Ashbritt Employee Contributions:

Recipient
Friends Of Joe Lieberman
Republican National Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
Republican Governors Association
Randy Perkins For Congress
ActBlue
Collins For Senator
Martinez for Senate
Republican Party of Florida
Democratic Governors Association
Amount
$34,100
$28,500
$28,000
$25,000
$21,600
$21,600
$16,300
$16,000
$10,000
$10,000
(Political Money Line, http://politicalmoneyline.com/, Accessed 3/10/16)
As A Company, Ashbritt Has Contributed $1,286,864 To Federal Candidates, Parties, And

Political Action Committees. (Political Money Line, http://politicalmoneyline.com/, Accessed 3/21/16)
42% Of Ashbritts Federal Contributions Went To Democrats, And 58% Of

Contributions Went To Republicans. (Political Money Line, http://politicalmoneyline.com/,
Accessed 3/21/16)
Recipient
Republican Governors Association
Democratic Governors Association
Democratic Municipal Officials
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Amount
$736,589
$532,775
$7,500
Ready for Hillary PAC

Republican National State Election Committee
Total
$5,000
$5,000
$1,286,864
(Political Money Line, http://politicalmoneyline.com/, Accessed 3/21/16)
State Level Contributions

Ashbritts state-level contributions are even more robust than its federal giving. It has contributed
$728,750 to state-level candidates, parties, and political action committees on both sides of the
aisle. 16% of Ashbritts state level contributions have gone to Democrats, 58% have gone to
republicans, and 26% have gone to nonpartisan causes.
Ashbritt Has Contributed $728,750 To State Candidates, Parties, And Political Action
Committees. (Ashbritt State Level Contributions, National Institute on Money in State Politics,
http://www.followthemoney.org/, Accessed 3/21/16)
16% Of Ashbritts State Level Contributions Have Gone To Democrats, 58% Have
Gone To Republicans, And 26% Have Gone To Nonpartisan Causes. (Ashbritt State
Level Contributions, National Institute on Money in State Politics, http://www followthemoney.org/,
Accessed 3/21/16)
Top 10 State Level Recipients Of Ashbritt Contributions:

Recipient
Florida Republican Party
California Republican Party
Yes on 1- Save Our Homes Now
Lets Get To Work
Terry McAuliffe
Yes on 11- Hold Politicians Accountable
Florida Democratic Party
Diane Denish
Mitch Landrieu
Maryland Democratic Party
Amount
$174,000
$125,000
$125,000
$100,000
$50,000
$50,000
$20,000
$20,000
$10,000
$10,000
(Ashbritt State Level Contributions, National Institute on Money in State Politics, http://www followthemoney.org/,
Accessed 3/21/16)
Yes On 1- Save Our Homes Now Was A Florida Ballot Initiative Which Created The
Largest Tax Cut In Florida History And Doubled Floridas Homestead Exemption. In a
historic vote during the summer of 2007, the Florida Legislature passed landmark legislation to
create the largest tax cut in Floridas history. What passed was a two part process. The first tax
cut required local governments to roll-back their tax rates to reduce rates. The second part of the
tax cut was a constitutional amendment that offered Floridians a doubling of the homestead
exemption and portability of the Save Our Homes tax benefit, among other tax cuts. For the first
time ever, a constitutional amendment faced a very high threshold for passage, a 60 percent vote.
CoreMessage, and its partnering design firm, Taproot Creative, were hired to develop and
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implement a comprehensive strategic and integrated communications plan to win support for the
constitutional amendment. (Yes On 1: Save Our Homes Now, Core Message, http://coremessage.com/,
Accessed 3/21/16)
Lets Get To Work Was Florida Governor Rick Scotts Re-Election PAC. Bill Edwards is
one of Rick Scott's top individual donors. He wrote a $500,000 check to Scott's Let's Get to
Work re-election PAC. (Kyle Munzenrieder, Rick Scott's Top Let's Get to Work Donor Just Laid Off
Almost 500 People, Miami New Times, http://www.miaminewtimes.com/, 10/15/13)
Yes On 11- Hold Our Politicians Accountable Would Create An Independent Citizens
Commission To Draw Californias Legislative Districts. In April 2008, the partners of
Redwood Pacific Public Affairs were retained to manage the campaign to qualify and pass
Proposition 11 a legislative redistricting reform measure slated for the November 2008 General
Election ballot. Proponents of the measure included AARP, California Common Cause, the
League of Women Voters of California, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce. The
proponents were also joined by Governor Schwarzenegger in their support of the proposed
initiative, which would create a 14-person independent citizens commission to draw California
legislative districts, rather than the existing system where legislators drew their own districts.
(HOLD POLITICIANS ACCOUNTABLE YES ON PROPOSITION 11, Redwood Pacific Public Affairs,
http://www.redwoodpacific.com/, Accessed 3/21/16)
Pay to Play
Ashbritt has used generous political contributions hand-in-hand with its lobbyists to further
influence public officials in Florida, New Jersey, and California.
Ashbritt Gave $25,000 To The Florida Republican Party After It Was Contracted For The
Controversial Citrus Canker Eradication Program. Also showing up on the GOP's most
recent donor list Ashbritt Inc., a tree-cutting company contracted by the state for the
controversial Citrus Canker Eradication Program, gave $25,000. (Peter Wallsten and Jason Grotto,
McBride's former law firm gives to GOP; Over $100,000 from Holland & Knight, Miami Herald, 7/24/02)
Ashbritt Was Accused Of Killing A Dog Because It Was Misusing Toxic Chemicals
To Eradicate Citrus Canker. A woman who found her dog dead in her backyard is
blaming a citrus canker eradication crew for the death, saying they sprayed toxic
chemicals on the dog. Carolina Sanchez, 60, said Tuesday that her dog was jumping and
barking in her back yard Monday afternoon as workers cut down her neighbor's citrus
tree. But as she worked in her kitchen, she smelled a chemical-like odor and went outside
to find Tyson, her 65-pound boxer, lying dead on the ground Fagan said the state uses
three contractors in South Florida for its canker eradication program: Manuel Diaz
Farms, Asplundh and Ashbritt Inc., which was the company that had the crew near
Sanchez's home. John Noble, a spokesman for Ashbritt, said his company did nothing
wrong and insists crews do not use chemicals in the field. But Sanchez said workers
used chemicals as recently as two months ago when she was left a warning note by the
state advising her of harmful agents in her lawn after her lemon tree was cut down. They
are responsible for this, Sanchez said. Tyson was such a good dog - it's horrible. (Jamie
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Hernandez, Police officer hospitalized, dog dies after chemical released near canker work site, The
Associated Press, 10/17/00)
Ashbritts Lobbyist Hosted A Fundraiser For New Jersey Governor Chris Christie After It
Was Awarded The Hurricane Sandy Contract. A Washington lobbyist whose firm represents
the Florida company that won the lion's share of New Jersey's debris removal work after
Hurricane Sandy will host a fundraiser for Gov. Chris Christie's re-election later this month. The
event will take place at the Virginia mansion of Ed Rogers, chairman of BGR Group, which
lobbies members of Congress on behalf of AshBritt -- a firm that has come under scrutiny
because of a lucrative no-bid emergency contract it was awarded in the days after the hurricane.
The lobbying company was co-founded by Republican Haley Barbour, the former Mississippi
governor who helped shepherd Christie's career and was one of the people who recommended
the state use AshBritt. (Jenna Portnoy, Storm-trash removal firm's lobbyist will host Christie fundraising
event, Star Ledger, 2/7/13)
Ashbritt Also Contributed $50,000 To The Republican Governors Association After

Receiving The Hurricane Sandy Cleanup Contract. They seek information on
Christie's decision, in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, to award a no-bid,
multimillion-dollar storm cleanup contract. Christie bypassed normal competitive bidding
rules to award the contract to AshBritt, an out-of-state company. AshBritt subsequently
contributed $50,000 to the Republican Governors Association, an organization that was
pivotal in propelling Christie to victory in his 2009 gubernatorial campaign, and which is
viewed as a funnel for Christie's reelection efforts this year. The governor's decision to
award the no-bid contract also has raised eyebrows because the firm has hired politically
connected individuals to market its services, because the firm is connected to Christie's
close friend, former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, and because the rates AshBritt is
charging for some services far exceed rates charged by other companies. (Brigid Harrison,
POLITICAL HAY AND THE WHIFF OF SCANDAL, The Record, 2/24/13)
When Ashbritt Donated $50,000 To The RGA, Chris Christie Was Its Vice
Chairman. In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Christie awarded a $150 million no-bid
contract to AshBritt, a Florida-based firm. Just days after the deal was done, AshBritt
donated $50,000 to the Republican Governors Association, of which Christie was then
vice chairman. (Olivia Nuzzi, 15 Chris Christie Controversies You Missed, Politico,
http://www.politico.com/, 1/9/14)
Ashbritt Paid Influential Florida Lobbyist Ronald Book $204,000 To Lobby Chris Christie.
Ronald Books clients, The Post reports, include Ashbritt, a rapid-response recovery firm from
Books South Florida stomping ground. It was awarded a no-bid contract by New Jersey Gov.
Chris Christie for cleanup efforts following Hurricane Sandy. Book was paid $204,000 for his
efforts. (Editorial, Lobbyist equations just don't add up, St. Augustine Record, 2/25/16)
The Sunshine State News Profiled Book As One Of The Biggest Lobbying Names In
Florida Lobbying, If Not The Biggest. One of the biggest names in Florida lobbying,
if not the biggest, is Ron Book. Over the last 20 years, Book has defined lobbying in the
Sunshine State, consistently rising to the top as the one best of the best in the lobbying
world, ranking his firm No. 1 on Sunshine State News list of Top Lobbyists in the
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Sunshine State. Books name is one that came up frequently in talks with other lobbyists -to many, he represents the unique, shining example of one of the greatest lobbyists ever,
and one who seems to work very well -- and very hard -- with not many people working
alongside him. Ronnie is the last of a breed of lobbyists where they were bigger on their
own than any other firm, said Peter Schorsch of SaintPetersBlog. There wont be any
more Ron Books. Books political experience is much lengthier than the average lobbyists
-- he delved into Florida politics nearly 40 years ago in the 1970s, when he worked in the
Florida House of Representatives. His firsthand experience in witnessing the many
changes in Floridas political system has undoubtedly shaped Book into the lobbyist he is
today. (Ron Book Remains Top Dog on Florida Lobbying Scene, Sunshine State News,
http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/, 6/12/14)
Ashbritt Was Selected By The San Bernardino County Supervisors For Tree Removal
Projects After It Contributed $10,000 To The San Bernardino County Republican Central
Committee. The supervisors' decision late last month to require 100 percent performance bonds
for lucrative tree-removal projects in the mountains cuts out small contractors, even as it
promises to let a bigger outside company profit from the program AshBritt lobbyists have
been active for years, Hansberger says, and they have donated to supervisors' campaigns.
AshBritt itself has a propensity to make sizable donations to the Republican Party. It did prior to
the Katrina contract, which is now being investigated for waste, according to the Associated
Press, and the company again doled out money ahead of any deal with the county. AshBritt
contributed $10,000 in July to the San Bernardino County Republican Central Committee. Board
of Supervisors Chairman Postmus is also chairman of the Republican Central Committee. The
connection may explain why AshBritt is suddenly in line to take over a project that has won high
marks for the work done by local and national companies the last two years. (Cutting the
Competition, San Bernardino Sun, 11/8/05)
Ashbritt Received Lucrative Contracts In Florida Because Its CEO Randy Perkins Was A
Major Donor To Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush And The Florida GOP. AshBritts
Perkins was a major contributor to Bush and the Florida GOP while his company got lucrative
contracts during Bushs governorship. (Jarrett Renshaw, Politically connected Florida firm gets Sandy
cleanup contract, The Star Ledger, 1/13/13)
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FEDERAL CONTRACTS
Federal Contract Work
Ashbritt Has Received A Negative Balance Of $15,189,739 In Contracts From The Federal
Government Since 2008, Meaning They Were Obligated More Funds Under Contracts
Than They Received As Payments.
Award ID
DACW2903D0009
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11/26/07
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DACW2903D0013
$0
11/26/07
Contracts
DACW2903D0013
$0
11/28/07
Contracts
DACW2903D0009
$0
11/28/07
Contracts
DACW2903D0009
$0
1/28/08
Contracts
DACW2903D0013
$0
1/28/08
Contracts
DACW2903D0009
$5,442,355
2/23/08
Contracts
DACW2903D0009
$0
2/27/08
Contracts
DACW2903D0013
$0
2/27/08
Contracts
W912P808D0053
$0
4/11/08
Contracts
W912P805D0025
($14,762,146)
4/18/08
Contracts
W912P805D0025
($28,041,370)
4/18/08
Contracts
($97,053)
4/18/08
Contracts
W912P805D0025
($4,099,443)
4/21/08
Contracts
W912P805D0025
$46,902,947
4/25/08
Contracts
DACW2903D0009
$97,053
4/25/08
Contracts
W912P808D0053
$10,000
6/4/08
Contracts
W912P808D0053
$0
4/24/09
Contracts
W912P805D0025
($3,880,518)
6/30/09
Contracts
W912P805D0025
$3,880,518
7/6/09
Contracts
W912P805D0025
($17,176,572)
11/16/09
Contracts
DACW2903D0009
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W912P805D0025
$24,000,000
11/16/09
Contracts
W912P805D0025
($55,783)
11/16/09
Contracts
W912P805D0025
($6,767,645)
11/17/09
Contracts
W912P810D0021
$0
11/30/09
Contracts
W912P810D0020
$0
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W912P810D0020
$0
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DACW2903D0009
($882,006)
12/1/09
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DACW2903D0009
($88,165)
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DACW2903D0009
($1,430,532)
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DACW2903D0009
($727,596)
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DACW2903D0009
($1,559,303)
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DACW2903D0009
($1,041,059)
12/2/09
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DACW2903D0009
($999,184)
12/2/09
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W912P810D0020
$10,000
12/3/09
Contracts
W912P810D0021
$10,000
12/3/09
Contracts
W912P805D0025
($546,566)
12/8/09
Contracts
W912P805D0025
($1,515,491)
12/8/09
Contracts
W912P805D0025
($5,550,820)
12/8/09
Contracts
W912P805D0025
($1,912)
12/9/09
Contracts
W912P805D0025
($69,504)
12/9/09
Contracts
W912P805D0025
($1,410,165)
12/9/09
Contracts
W912P805D0025
($86,108)
12/9/09
Contracts
W912P805D0025
($81,149)
12/9/09
Contracts
W912P805D0025
($9,155)
12/10/09
Contracts
W912P805D0025
($2,213,354)
12/10/09
Contracts
W912P805D0025
($2,477,013)
12/10/09
Contracts
W912P808D0053
$0
4/27/10
Contracts
W912P810D0020
$0
11/23/10
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W912P814D0004
$0
6/27/14
Contracts
W912P814D0004
($10,000)
6/27/14
Contracts
W912P814D0029
$0
6/30/14
Contracts
W912P814D0033
$0
6/30/14
Contracts
W912P814D0033
$10,000
7/7/14
Contracts
W912P814D0029
$10,000
7/7/14
Contracts
W912P814D0004
$0
6/5/15
Contracts
W912P814D0033
$3,500
7/10/15
Contracts
W912P814D0029
$3,500
7/10/15
Contracts
Total
Department of
Defense
Department of
Defense
Department of
Defense
Department of
Defense
Department of
Defense
Department of
Defense
Department of
Defense
Department of
Defense
Department of
Defense
Department of
Defense
Department of
Defense
Department of
Defense
Department of
Defense
Department of
Defense
Department of
Defense
Department of
Defense
Department of
Defense
Department of
Defense
Department of
Defense
Department of
Defense
Prime
Prime
Prime
Prime
Prime
Prime
Prime
Prime
Prime
Prime
Prime
Prime
Prime
Prime
Prime
Prime
Prime
Prime
Prime
Prime
($15,189,739)
(Ashbritt Federal Contracts 2008-2016, USA Spending, https://www.usaspending.gov/, Accessed 3/30/16)
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ASHBRITT FOUNDATION
Financial Background
Since its creation in 2014, the Ashbritt Foundation has received $110,000 in donations but
only disbursed $4,750 for charitable purposes.
NOTE: Due to lag times in reporting cycles, only the foundations 2014 disclosure is available
at this time. Therefore, this information may be outdated.
2014 Ashbritt Foundation Financial Information
Type
Contributions Received
Disbursements for Charitable Purposes
Total Net Assets
Amount
$110,000
$4,750
$105,250
(Ashbritt Foundation, Inc. 2014 Form 990 PF, http://990s foundationcenter.org/, 3/11/15)
2014 Ashbritt Foundation Officers

Name
Randal Perkins
Ashley Perkins
Ralph Dalgren
Title
President
Director
Director
The Ashbritt Foundations Only Contribution Received In 2014 Was A $110,000

Contribution From Ashbritt Inc. (Ashbritt Foundation, Inc. 2014 Form 990 PF,
http://990s.foundationcenter.org/, 3/11/15)
2014 Ashbritt Contributions Given

Recipient
St. James AME
Waterpalooza
City of Pompano Beach
South Carolina Emergency Management Association
MH Newton Family Life
Keep Collier Beautiful
Total
Amount
$1,000
$1,000
$1,000
$750
$500
$500
$4,750
Page 26
LEGAL RECORDS
Federal Lawsuits
Ashbritt Has Been Involved In Forty Federal Cases From 1998-2014.
Plaintiff
DRC Emergency
Services
Defendant
Ashbritt Inc.
Case Number
0:14cv62924
Filing Date
12/24/14
Nature of Suit
320 Assault,
Libel &
Slander
Final Order
Dismissed
without prejudice.
JGT Inc
Ashbritt Inc
0:11cv60300
2/11/11
190 Other
Contract
Lewis Lucke,
LLC
Haiti Recovery
Group, Ltd; GB
Group; Ashbritt
Inc.
Ashbritt Inc
1:10cv941
12/13/10
190 Other
Contract
Plaintiff was
ordered to pay
defendant the cost
of the appeal.
Dismissed with
prejudice.
1:10cv314
7/12/10
190 Other
Contract
Dismissed with
prejudice.
Minutemen Wood Recycling sought

$408,575.57 in unpaid fees from Ashbritt.
Ashbritt Inc
1:10cv276
6/18/10
Robert E. Graves
Inc; Ashbritt Inc
2:10cv10
1/12/10
190 Other
Contract
190 Other
Contract
Dismissed with
prejudice.
Dismissed with
prejudice.
M. Gordon Excavating sought $289,765.57

for unpaid fees.
Michaels Tree and Loader Service sought
$76,852.61 in unpaid fees from Ashbritt.
Fish & Fisher

Inc
3:10mc29
10/13/09
Civil
Ordered that Fish

& Fisher pay
Ashbritt
$534,860.79
Ashbritt alleged breach of contract with Fish

& Fisher.
Minuteman
Wood Recycling
Inc
M. Gordon
Excavating
Michaels Tree
and Loader
Service, LLC
Ashbritt Inc
Page 27
Case Summary
DRC accused Ashbritt of defaming their
company in order to win bids from specific
counties. DRC sought no less than $50
million in damages and no less than $50
million in punitive damages.
JGT appealed a previous ruling.
Lewis Lucke sought $492,483.33 for unpaid

fees for his advisory role on behalf of
Ashbritt in Haiti.
United States of
America Ex Rel;
Michael
Marchetti
Siles Corp; Post,

Backley, Schuh
& Jernigan Inc;
Padula &
Wadsworth
Construction Inc;
James B Pirtle
Construction Co;
D Stephenson
Construction Inc;
Crochet and
Borel Services
Inc; CentexRooney
Construction Co;
Balfour Beatty
Construction Co;
Beverly
Gallagher;
Ashbritt, Inc
Fish & Fisher
Inc
0:09cv61597
10/7/09
890 Other
Statutory
Actions
Dismissed
without prejudice.
U.S. alleged Ashbritt knowingly presented

and caused to be presented false and
fraudulent claims for payment Ashbritt
knowingly made, used and/or caused to be
made or used, a false record or statement to
get a false or fraudulent claim paid
Defendants conspired to defraud the
Government by getting a false or fraudulent
claim allowed or paid for repair and
construction work allegedly performed on
portables within the District after Hurricane
Wilma.
0:09cv61357
8/28/09
190 Other
Contract
Ashbritt claimed $930,948.94 during Fish &

Fishers bankruptcy filings.
United States of
America; Rhino
Construction Inc;
R.M. Shows Inc;
Oreo Debris Inc;
JGT Inc; Garrett
Construction Inc
Ashbritt Inc
Federal
Insurance
Company;
Ashbritt Inc
1:09cv20458
2/23/09
190 Other
Contract
Ashbritt was
given permission
to file an
unsecured claim
for $928,954.94.
Dismissed
with prejudice.
Fish & Fisher

Inc
0:09cv60277
2/19/09
190 Other
Contract
Ashbritt alleged breach of contract with Fish

& Fisher.
City of Petal,
Mississippi
Ashbritt Inc
2:08cv152
7/22/08
890 Other
Statutory
Actions
Ordered that Fish

& Fisher pay
Ashbritt
$534,860.79
Directed back to
county Circuit
Court.
Ashbritt Inc
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Class action suit on behalf of subcontractors,

Ashbritt allegedly owed Oreo $28,000 and
violated the Miller Act.
Petal, MS sought $74,639 and alleged

Ashbritt negligence after a pile of Ashbritt
debris caught on fire.
Clear River
Construction Co
Ashbritt Inc
3:08cv427
7/10/08
190 Other
Contract
Ashbritt Inc
USA;
Environmental
Chemical
Corporation
Intervenor; Ceres
Environmental
Services Inc
Intervenor
Ashbritt Inc
1:08cv473
6/30/08
140 Negotiable
Instrument
2:08cv3802
6/25/08
190 Other
Contract
Wayne Ford
Ashbritt Inc
1:08cv55
2/20/08
Michelle M
Lynch dba
Envirosmart
Richard Perkins;
Arlene Louise
Perkins
M&D
Construction Co,
Inc
Ashbritt Inc
4:07cv3934
Ashbritt Inc
Federal
Insurance
Company;
Ashbritt Inc
Fish & Fisher
Inc; Federal
Insurance
Company;
Ashbritt Inc;
Jacqueline
Williams
Andrews
Federal
Insurance
Company;
Ashbritt Inc
ADD Consulting
Inc
Don Motter; Big

Red Can LLC
USA for the Use

and Benefit of
Storm
Reconstruction
Voluntary
dismissal with
prejudice.
Final judgment
sealed.
Clear River Construction alleged breach of

contract, sought $104,959.75
ADD consulting sought $113,124 for breach

of contract.
380 Personal
Property
Dismissed
without costs and
without prejudice.
Dismissed with
prejudice.
12/6/07
190 Other
Contract
Dismissed with
prejudice.
Ford accused Ashbritt of demolishing his

home without notice or permission.
Requested $580,000 in damages and punitive
damages.
Envirosmart accused Ashbritt of breaching a
contract and refusing to pay $176,049.71.
1:07cv1185
11/7/07
240 Torts to
Land
1:07cv1085
9/17/07
190 Other
Contract
Judgment
rendered in favor
of Ashbritt.
Dismissed with
prejudice.
Perkins claimed Ashbritt had destroyed his

property by driving through yellow caution
tape and damaging construction materials.
M&D sought $563,043.46 in unpaid contract
fees.
2:07cv157
7/31/07
190 Other
Contract
Defendants
ordered to pay
$60,674.
Big Red Can accused Ashbritt of breach of

contract, misrepresentation, destruction of
business.
2:07cv73
4/5/07
190 Other
Contract
Voluntary
dismissal.
SRS accused Ashbritt of breaching contract,

unjust enrichment, and inaction on payment
bond. Sought principal amount of
$842,428.21.
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Ashbritt sued Army Corps of Engineers,

alleging prejudicial errors in procurement
were arbitrary and capricious, lacked a
reasonable basis, and violated statute and
regulation.
Services Inc;
Storm
Reconstruction
Services Inc
Heidi Centeno;
Gilbert Centento
Charles Donald
Pulpwood Inc
Bobcat
Enterprises Inc
Hemphill-Eutaw
Construction
Companies LLC
BRD LLC
Lampkin
Construction
Company Inc
JGT Inc; Oreo
Debris Inc;
Rhino
Construction Inc;
Garrett
Construction Inc;
RM Shows
Construction Inc
Soil Tech
Distributors Inc;
Moosehead
Harvesting Inc;
Ashbritt Inc
David W Senn;
Senn Land and
Timber LLC;
Ashbritt Inc
Federal
Insurance
Company;
Ashbritt Inc
Federal
Insurance
Company;
Ashbritt Inc
Ashbritt Inc;
Robert E.
Graves, Inc;
Federal
Insurance
Company
Federal
Insurance
Company;
Ashbritt Inc
Federal
Insurance
Company;
Ashbritt Inc
1:07cv21232
5/11/07
360 Personal
Injury
Dismissed with
prejudice.
3:07cv297
5/25/07
150 Judgments
Ashbritt ordered
to pay
$92,056.22.
3:07cv295
5/25/07
130 Miller Act
Dismissed with
prejudice.
Bobcat accused Ashbritt of violating

payment bond and Miller act, seeking
$180,960.73
3:07cv345
6/15/07
130 Miller Act
Voluntary
dismissal with
prejudice.
Hemphill-Eutaw accused Ashbritt of

breaching contract and violating the Miller
Act. Lampkin sought $4,690,501.48.
2:07cv69
3/27/07
130 Miller Act
Dismissed with
prejudice.
BRD sought $426,958.40 for breach of

contract and violation of Miller Act.
5:07cv43
2/27/07
190 Other
Contract
Lampkin accused Ashbritt of breaching

contract and violating the Miller Act.
Lampkin sought $684,101.47
1:07cv94
2/5/07
190 Other
Contract
Lampkin
dismissed
complaint with
prejudice.
Ordered class
action suit to be
broken up into
individual
actions.
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Negligence suit against Ashbritt. Plaintiff fell

from his truck after Ashbritt employees had
filled the truck with too much mulch, then
refused to help him remove some of the
mulch.
Pulpwood accused Senn & Ashbritt of fraud
and intentional misrepresentation of a timber
contract.

Phillip
Weggeman
Ashbritt Inc
1:06cv1256
12/14/06
380 Personal
Property
Dismissed
without prejudice.
Bielling
Enterprises Inc
Kevin Haas;
Haas Trucking
Inc; Federal
Insurance
Company;
Ashbritt Inc
Shaw Group Inc;
Phillips and
Jordan Inc; New
Orleans City;
ECC Operating
Services Inc;
Ceres
Environmental
Services;
Ashbritt Inc
Federal
Insurance
Company;
Ashbritt Inc
Federal
Insurance
Company;
Ashbritt Inc
Byrd Brothers
Inc; Ashbritt Inc
1:061123
11/9/06
130 Miller Act
Dismissed with
prejudice.
2:06cv9172
10/27/06
110 Insurance
Dismissed with
prejudice.
Able Tree accused Army Corps and Ashbritt

by extension of interfering with a contract
with the city of New Orleans in violation of
the Stafford Act.
1:06cv1010
10/10/06
190 Other
Contract
Dismissed with
prejudice.
4:06cv89
6/29/06
190 Other
Contract
Dismissed with
prejudice.
Natco accused Ashbritt of breaching contract

and inaction on a payment bond. Natco
sought bond amount of $887,343 plus
interest.
Simmons claimed Ashbritt failed to pay
$375,000 under contract.
2:06cv156
6/12/06
190 Other
Contract
Dismissed with
prejudice.
L&A sought $809,157 in unpaid fees by

Ashbritt.
Federal
Insurance
Company;
Ashbritt Inc
1:06cv458
5/8/06
190 Other
Contract
Dismissed with
prejudice.
Ashbritt Inc
1:06cv407
4/19/06
190 Other
Contract
Dismissed with
prejudice.
Applewhite claimed Ashbritt committed

breach of contract, fraud, fraudulent
misrepresentation, unjust enrichment.
Applewhite sought $335,934.13 plus
$10,000,000 in punitive damages.
Necaise accused Ashbritt of maliciously
protesting Necaises contract with the GAO.
Necaise requested Ashbritt to complete no
further work on their shared contract.
Able Tree &

Landscape
Service Inc
Natco Inc
Simmons
Erosion Control
Inc
L&A
Contracting
Company
Applewhite
Recycling
Systems LLC
Necaise Brothers
Construction, Inc
Page 31
Weggeman accused Ashbritt of demolishing

his home without permission, and sought
$500, 000.
Bielling alleged breach of contract.
Donna K
Stallworth
Individually and
on Behalf of the
Wrongful Death
Beneficiaries of
Erin Nicole
Wray
Byrd Brothers
Inc
WGRC Inc
Recovery
Management
Inc; Todd Eley;
Linnie Eley;
Alfred Brooks;
Ashbritt Inc
1:06cv82
2/10/06
350 Motor
Vehicle
Claims dismissed
with prejudice.
Wrongful death suit against Ashbritt.

Ashbritt employee Alfred Brooks crashed
into and killed another driver.
Randal Perkins;
Ashbritt Inc
Ashbritt Inc
1:05cv483
10/24/05
5:02cv1728
12/6/02
190 Other
Contract
190 Other
Contract
Ten Hoeve
Brothers, Inc
Intercargo
Insurance
Company;
Ashbritt Inc
4:98cv167
12/2/98
Dismissed with
prejudice.
Joint stipulation
of dismissal with
prejudice.
Dismissed
without prejudice.
Byrd Brothers sought $89,000,000 from

Ashbritt for breach of contract.
Ten Hoeve Brothers claimed Ashbritt owed
$113,450 in unpaid fees.
130 Miller Act
(Public Access to Court Electronic Records, PACER Federal Court Database, https://pacer.login.uscourts.gov/, Accessed 4/12/16)
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State Lawsuits
Ashbritt has been involved in several state-level lawsuits in New Jersey, Florida, California,
Georgia, and Mississippi.
NOTE: The following information is based strictly on readily available online court records.
New Jersey
Ashbritt Has Been Involved In At Least Four New Jersey Court Cases.
Plaintiff
Diem
Friedauer Et Al
Hagendoorn
Hunt
Defendant
Ashbritt Inc
Scheuffer Et Al
Ashbritt Inc
State of New Jersey
Case Number
L003783
L003506
SC002093
L003364
Last Maintenance Date

4/8/16
11/25/15
9/18/13
2/18/16
(ACMS Public Access, New Jersey Courts, http://njcourts.judiciary.state.nj.us/, Accessed 4/13/15)
Mississippi
Ashbritt Has Been Involved In At Least One Mississippi Appellate Court Case.
Plaintiff
Peter Schnaedelback, Jr
Defendant
Ashbritt Inc
Case Number
A240107313
(State of Mississippi Judiciary, Administrative Office of the Courts, http://courts ms.gov/, Accessed 4/13/15)
Georgia
Ashbritt Has Been Involved In At Least One Georgia Court Case.
Plaintiff
Defendant
Case Number
Case Type
TFR
Enterprises
Ashbritt Inc
00C01105S3
Contract
Filing
Date
2/15/00
Last Action
Settlement
Enforcement
Hearing
(Clerk of Superior, State, and Magistrate Courts, County of Gwinnett, http://www.gwinnettcourts.com/, Accessed
4/13/16)
California
Ashbritt Has Been Involved In At Least Three California Court Cases.
Plaintiff
Defendant
Category
Case Number
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Filing
Date
Last
Action
Ed
Kasanjian
U.S.A. Disaster Breach of

CIVRS900872
Recovery Inc
Contract/Warranty
1/30/09
Ramey
Bennington
Ashbritt/ERM,
LLC Et al
Other Civil
Contracts
SCVSS119477
10/18/04
Connolly
Crane
Service
Ashbritt/ ERM
Other Civil
Contracts
SCVSS116899
7/1/04
Dismissal
With
Prejudice
Dismissal
With
Prejudice
Dismissal
Without
Prejudice
(San Bernadino County Superior Couty Civil Case Search, http://openaccess.sb-court.org/, Accessed 4/13/16)
Florida
Ashbritt Has Been Involved In At Least Sixteen Florida Court Cases.
Broward County
Plaintiff
Defendant
Case Number
Case Type
Filing Date
Agriscape Inc Ashbritt Inc
CACE99015860 Contract and

Indebtedness
State of
Florida
Ashbritt Inc
Triangle
Portable
Toile Golden
Ashbritt Inc
05073038TI30A Traffic
8/16/05
InfractionsEvasion/ Fail
to Pay Toll
COSO07003058 CC Damages 3/27/07
>$5,000$15,000
Moosehead
Harvesting
Inc
Ashbritt Inc
CACE07007396 Contract and

Indebtedness
4/4/07
Ziv Shlomo
Ashbritt Inc
CACE08031902 Negligence
Action
7/15/08
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9/13/99
Last
Action
Order
granting
motion to
strike
plaintiffs
pleadings
and dismiss
plaintiffs
claims
Case still
pending
Order
approving
stipulation
&
dismissing
matter
Joint
Stipulation
of
Dismissal
Voluntary
Dismissal
Ashbritt Inc
State of
Florida
Broward
CACE09047186 Appeal
County, FL Et
(Certiorari)
Al
Ashbritt Inc
13022810TI40A Traffic
InfractionsRed Light
Camera
Violation
8/26/09
Disposed
by judge
4/1/13
Convicted
by
plea/counter
(Broward County Circuit Court Clerk, https://www.clerk-17th-flcourts.org/, Accessed 4/13/16)
Ashbritt Still Has Not Paid The Fine For A Broward County Toll Violation That
Occurred In 2005. (Case No. 05073038TI30A, Broward County Circuit Court, https://www.clerk17th-flcourts.org/, Filed 8/16/2005)
Citrus County
Plaintiff
Defendant
Case Number
Case Type
Filing Date
Charlie Dean
Inc
Ashbritt Inc
2003CA001781
Contract &
Indebtedness
5/16/03
State of
Florida
Ashbritt Inc
2004MO008859 Inv-Parking
Prohibited
8/2/04
Last
Action
Voluntary
Dismissal
With
Prejudice
$40.00
Citation
Paid
(Records Search, Citrus County Clerk of the Circuit Court, http://www.clerk.citrus fl.us/, Accessed 4/14/16)
Leon County
Plaintiff
Michael
Marchetti
Defendant
Ashbritt Inc Et Al
Case Number
2010CA003812
Filing Date
11/5/10
Last Action
Voluntary
Dismissal
Without
Prejudice
(Leon County Clerk Of Courts, https://cvweb.clerk.leon fl.us/, Accessed 4/14/16)
Volusia County
Plaintiff
Defendant
Multi Trade
Contractors
Inc
Ashbritt Inc
Et Al
Case Number
Case
Type
200512582CODL Small
Claims
$500.01
To $2,500
Filing Date
Last Action
8/29/05
Dismissed
After
Hearing
(Case Detail, Volusia County Clerk of Circuit Court, http://app02.clerk.org/, Accessed 4/14/16)
Miami-Dade County
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Plaintiff
Defendant
Case Number
Filing Date
Case Type
Miami Dade
County
Ashbritt Inc
2006016752SP05
10/19/06
Gilbert
Centeno
Ashbritt Inc
2006011833CA01 6/20/06
SP Contract
and
Indebtedness
(Up to
$5,000)
Other
Negligence
Ashbritt Inc
Miami Dade
County
2003028281CA01 12/4/03
Other Civil
Complaint
First Capital
Corp
Ashbritt Inc
2001006087CA01 3/12/01
Contract &
Indebtedness
(Greater than
$15,000)
Last
Action
Dismissed
Without
Prejudice
Removed
to Federal
Court
Dismissed
With
Prejudice
Voluntary
Dismissal
(Miami Dade County Clerk of the Courts, https://www2 miami-dadeclerk.com/, Accessed 4/14/16)
Orange County
Plaintiff
Defendant
Case Number
Filing Date
Mary Jean
and Robert
Boyer
Martin Good,
2006CA003411 4/25/06
Orange County
Board of
Commissioners,
Ashbritt Inc,
Crowder Gulf
Joint Venture,
Stage Door, II
Case
Last Action
Description
Boyers
Voluntary
alleged that
Dismissal
Ashbritt
caused a hole
in which the
plaintiff fell
and injured
herself
(Orange County Clerk Court Records Search, https://myeclerk.myorangeclerk.com/, Accessed 4/14/16)
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DISHONEST MEANS
Ashbritt Took Advantage Of Small Business Loophole
In 2005, as one of the largest debris-removal firms in the country, Ashbritt took advantage of
federal regulation loopholes to claim the company was a small business.
In 2005, Ashbritt Took Advantage Of A Loophole In Federal Regulations To Claim It Was
A Small Business Despite Being One Of The Largest Debris-Removal Firms In The
Country. The government's list of small businesses receiving Katrina-related federal contracts
along the Gulf Coast includes one of the largest debris-removal firms in the country and a
billion-dollar corporation that boasts former vice president Dan Quayle on its board of directors.
Neither company is a small business by any conventional standard. But because of a loophole in
federal regulations, a company can be counted as one if it was once small even if it is not now,
raising questions about the statistics the government has been citing to defend itself from charges
that it has favored big companies in the massive Hurricane Katrina cleanup. (Griff Witte and Renae
Merle, Defining Small, The Washington Post, 10/20/05)
Ashbritt Was Considered A Small Business When It Received Hundreds Of Millions

Of Dollars In Contracts. The two companies, AshBritt Inc. and IAP Worldwide
Services Inc., have between them Army Corps of Engineers contracts worth hundreds of
millions of dollars in Gulf Coast recovery work. (Griff Witte and Renae Merle, Defining
Small, The Washington Post, 10/20/05)
The Corp Of Engineers Continued To Recognize The Company As A Small

Business. The two companies, AshBritt Inc. and IAP Worldwide Services Inc., have
between them Army Corps of Engineers contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars
in Gulf Coast recovery work. Because both firms were small when they won their first
contracts, the Corps of Engineers said it still considers work performed under those deals
as work by small businesses. (Griff Witte and Renae Merle, Defining Small, The Washington
Post, 10/20/05)
Ashbritt Continued To Be Recognized As A Small Business After It Had Received A $150

Million Contract And Had More Than $150 Million In Revenue In 2004. But it is still
considered small for work under a 2003 deal worth up to $150 million. The Pompano Beach,
Fla.-based, privately held firm had well over $150 million in revenue last year and will earn far
more than that this year, according to Randal R. Perkins, who said he runs the firm. (Griff Witte
and Renae Merle, Defining Small, The Washington Post, 10/20/05)
Ashbritt continues to identify itself as a small business in the companys manufactured

home sector.
As Of February 16, 2016, Ashbritt Inc. Self Identifies Itself As A Small Business In
Manufactured Home Manufacturing According To The North American Industry
Page 37
Classification System (NAICS). (Ashbritt, Inc., Small Business Administration Profile, dsbs.sba.gov,
Accessed 2/16/16)
Ashbritt CEO Randy Perkins Misrepresented Ashbritts Ownership Status

Ashbritt CEO Randy Perkins took advantage of his wifes ethnicity to market Ashbritt as
minority-owned, woman-owned even though he ran the company.
In 2005, Ashbritt Listed Itself In Government Databases As A Minority-Owned, WomanOwned Firm Even Though The Company Was Run By Perkins. AshBritt -- which until
last week listed itself in government databases as a minority-owned, woman-owned firm even
though the company is run by a white man -- won a $500 million debris-removal contract with
the Corps of Engineers after Katrina. For that work, it is listed as a large contractor. (Griff Witte
and Renae Merle, Defining Small, The Washington Post, 10/20/05)
Perkins Wife, Saily Perkins A Cuban American, Was Listed As Ashbritts President
According To State Records Perkins is listed as AshBritt's managing vice president on the
company's Web site. His wife, a Cuban American named Saily, is listed in state records as the
company's president. (Griff Witte and Renae Merle, Defining Small, The Washington Post, 10/20/05)
At That Time, Ashbritt Was Listed As Minority-Owned, Woman-Owned And

Hispanic-American Owned. In the federally run Central Contractor Registration
database -- which is used by small and minority-run firms to market themselves -AshBritt was listed as minority-owned, woman-owned and Hispanic-American-owned as
of last week. (Griff Witte and Renae Merle, Defining Small, The Washington Post, 10/20/05)
But When Saily Perkins Gave $25,000 To The Republican National Committee And
$2,000 To A Congressional Campaign In 2004, She Listed Her Occupation As
Homemaker. (Griff Witte and Renae Merle, Defining Small, The Washington Post, 10/20/05)
Randy Perkins told The Washington Post that listing Ashbritt as a minority-owned,
woman-owned small business was a clerical mistake.
In An Interview, Randy Perkins Said His Wife Was Ashbritts President And He Had
Taken Over The Title But Refused To Say When. In an interview, Randal Perkins said that
while his wife used to be the firm's president, he has taken over that title, though he would not
say when. (Griff Witte and Renae Merle, Defining Small, The Washington Post, 10/20/05)
Perkins Said That Continuing To List The Firm As Minority-Owned And WomanOwned Was A Clerical Mistake. (Griff Witte and Renae Merle, Defining Small, The
Washington Post, 10/20/05)
After Inquiries From A Reporter, The Information Was Changed On Friday Night To
Reflect The Fact That Saily Perkins Is No Longer President. (Griff Witte and Renae Merle,
Defining Small, The Washington Post, 10/20/05)
No-Bid and Piggybacked Contracts
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As a result of Ashbritts aggressive lobbying and generous campaign contributions, it has been
awarded several no-bid and piggybacked contracts, bypassing the competitive bidding process
altogether.
Ashbritt Was Awarded Its $100 Million Hurricane Sandy Contract Through A No-Bid
Process, Which Led To Calls For Stronger Lobbying Laws. The call for stricter lobbying is
part of a chorus of criticism from leading Democrats over Gov. Chris Christie's decision to
award a no-bid contract to Florida-based AshBritt that waived business and environmental
regulations and gave the firm unequaled access to towns. Christie's office has said the quick
action and the waivers were necessary to kick-start the recovery efforts in the aftermath of
Hurricane Sandy A day after Sandy struck in late October, the Christie administration signed
the $100 million emergency contract with AshBritt that allowed towns to piggyback on the
agreement without bids, offering tens of millions of dollars more in local contracts. Although
towns were not required to use AshBritt, the state contract gave the firm a advantage over its
competitors, and 43 municipalities signed contracts -- more than any company doing similar
work. Towns that hired AshBritt have said they are pleased with the firm's speed and efficiency.
But some officials now question the contracts since several towns, they say, got similar work
done for far less by hiring other firms. (Jarrett Renshaw, After cleanup deal, Sweeney urges tougher
lobbying laws, Star Ledger, 2/5/13)
Ashbritt Received A No-Bid Contract For Haiti Earthquake Cleanup. It has been clear for
months and months that nothing is going to take place and there will be no recovery until the
demolition takes place, said Randal Perkins, the CEO of AshBritt, a Florida company that won a
controversial no-bid contract in partnership with a Haitian company to remove some of the
debris. It affects shelters. It affects everything. We have to get the place cleaned up, and right
now money is the issue. (Jim Wyss and Jacqueline Charles, A year after earthquake, Haiti's recovery
remains gridlocked, McClatchy DC, http://www mcclatchydc.com/, 1/10/11)
Ashbritt Piggybacked On A Contract In Augusta, GA Following An Ice Storm. The

following Monday, the Augusta Commission authorized contracting with Ashbritt
Environmental and Leidos Inc. to oversee debris removal and monitoring, an estimated $8.6
million job. The city did not seek competitive bids for the service, but instead, used a 2010 bid
award by Chatham County to AshBritt and a 2010 award by Liberty County to Leidos. The
practice of piggybacking on an existing contract was used by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie
to award Ashbritt a lucrative debris removal contract across many cities affected by Hurricane
Sandy. Christie was widely criticized for selecting the firm, which has close ties to the
Republican party. (Susan McCord, City's lack of cleanup contract caused trouble, Augusta Chronicle,
http://chronicle.augusta.com/, 3/3/14)
Favoring Political Cronies Over Local Businesses

Ashbritt promises to hire local contractors to please local officials, but often fails to live up to
expectations. In fact, Ashbritt even filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office
when part of the Hurricane Katrina contract was given to a local firm.
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Ashbritt fell short on its promises to hire local subcontractors after both Hurricane
Katrina and Hurricane Sandy, instead electing to hire out-of-state cronies.
Ashbritts Hurricane Katrina Contracts In Louisiana And Mississippi Required Them To
Hire Local And Disadvantaged Companies As Subcontracts. Ashbritt Inc., the Pompano
Beach, Fla., company that led Louisiana's $3 million emergency debris collection effort, won an
identical contract in Mississippi, Anderson said. The agreements require contractors to hire local
and disadvantaged companies as subcontractors and likely will be the first of several deals
enacted to handle hurricane refuse. (Michelle Krupa, Returnees prepare for the long haul, Times
Picayune, 9/19/05)
At One Point In The Post-Katrina Cleanup, Only 18 Percent Of The Money

Awarded To Ashbritt For Was Given To Mississippi Subcontractors. Of the $164
million AshBritt has been paid so far by the corps, only about $30 million, about 18
percent, has made it to Mississippi subcontractors. (Joshua Cogswell, Doling of storm funds
rapped, The Clarion Ledger, 11/13/05)
While Ashbritt Promised 70 Percent Of The Money Paid To Its Subcontractors Would Be
From New Jersey, Only 57 Percent Of Funds Were Given To New Jersey Subcontractors.
About 57 percent of the money paid out so far under a no-bid storm cleanup contract awarded
by Gov. Chris Christie to a Florida debris-removal firm has gone to New Jersey subcontractors,
according to the latest congressional briefings obtained by The Star-Ledger. Since Hurricane
Sandy hit, the issue of how much work out-of-state firms would get to sweep away the storm's
mess has been front and center. For weeks, leaders of the Florida-based AshBritt Inc. and
Christie have vowed that 70 percent of the subcontractors the firm hired would be based in New
Jersey. New figures reveal for the first time that as of Jan. 30, AshBritt was close to keeping that
promise. But the piece of the pie for Jersey firms shrinks when it comes to actual payouts. The
figures show that New Jersey subcontractors used by AshBritt had received $26.3 million out of
$46.1 million in payouts, according to numbers provided by the company to congressional
staffers. The remaining money -- about $19.8 million, or 43 percent -- went to companies in
other states. (Jarrett Renshaw and Christopher Baxter, Locals earn smaller cut of cleanup payouts, The StarLedger, 2/10/13)
A Local Landscaping Contractor Said Ashbritt Outsourced The Most Valuable Contracts
To Their Out-Of-State Cronies. Debbie Woodcock, a Hancock County landscaping contractor
who lost $100,000 in heavy equipment to Katrina and then used her $30,000 insurance
settlement to lease a tractor-hoe, a front-end loader and two trucks with 60-cubic-yard dump
trailers, said AshBritt has given plum assignments in the most easily accessible debris fields to
favored out-of-state contractors while her crew has been underutilized clearing rural roads. I do
not fault (AshBritt) for bringing them in, she said of the out-of-state competition. Theres no
way we could have handled this in the beginning ... but now we deserve a chance to make a
living and keep the money in-house. (Mike Brunker, Dust flies over Katrina's debris, MSNBC,
http://risingfromruin msnbc.com/, 1/29/06)
Ashbritt even filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office when part of the
Hurricane Katrina contract was given to a local firm.
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When The Army Corps Awarded Part Of The Mississippi Hurricane Katrina Contract To
A Local Firm, Ashbritt Filed A Protest With The Government Accountability Office. The
order came after the company originally hired for the work, AshBritt Inc. of Pompano Beach,
Fla., filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office - its second appeal of the corps
rebidding the contract. AshBritt will continue hauling debris left from Hurricane Katrina while
the contract is on appeal Randy Perkins, president of AshBritt, said he filed the protest around
9 a.m. Monday. He said corps officials told him in a debriefing Saturday that his company was
the most qualified in all categories except one: geography. They can't score us highest, rank us
best value for the federal government and then exclude me because I'm not from Mississippi,
Perkins said. The moment anyone can show me how this makes any kind of financial or
common sense, we will stand down. In its protest, which represents one side of a legal
argument, the company said it was improperly and illegally determined ineligible for the
award. The company's lawyers also argued that the requirement that the award go to a firm
residing or primarily doing business in Mississippi does not exclude it. For the last seven
months, AshBritt argues, it has been doing most of its work in Mississippi. (Joshua Cogswell,
Coast firm ordered to stop cleanup, The Clarion Ledger, 4/11/06)
The Government Accountability Office Denied Ashbritts Protest. AshBritt argues

that the Corpss decision to limit the competition for this work to Mississippi firms
improperly exceeds the authority granted under a provision of the Stafford Act (codified
at 42 U.S.C. 5150) to provide a preference to firms residing, or primarily doing
business, in the area affected by a major disaster. AshBritt also argues that the solicitation
is ambiguous in its guidance about what constitutes a Mississippi firm, anticipates an
improper multiple-award contract, and fails to provide an estimate for the amount of
demolition that will be required under this contract. We deny the protest. (Matter of
Ashbritt, Inc., United States Government Accountability Office, http://www.gao.gov/, 3/20/06)
Hiring Bad Subcontractors

Ashbritt fails to properly vet their contractors. One of their subcontractors was cited by the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration and fined $100,000 for neglect following the death
of a teenage worker, and hired another subcontractor who was a convicted felon with an
unregistered trucking company.
Ashbritt Subcontracted T. Fiore Demolition, Which Was Cited By OSHA For The Death
Of An Employee And Fined More Than $100,000. A Newark demolition company that owes
New Jersey and the federal government more than $100,000 -- including unpaid fines stemming
from the 2011 death of a teenage worker -- was among the many subcontractors hired with
taxpayer dollars to haul debris after Hurricane Sandy. The federal government is seeking
$30,000 from T. Fiore Demolition, saying the company could have prevented the 2011 death of a
19-year-old worker at its Wilson Avenue facility if it had followed federal guidelines. T. Fiore
was cited with 11 safety violations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, public
records show. This year, the state Department of Environmental Protection stopped issuing the
company the decals that allow it to haul debris in New Jersey, according to state records, citing
more than $86,000 in unpaid fees that piled up in the last year. And court documents show the
state and owner Theodore Fiore have also been tied up in litigation for several years stemming
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from a separate dispute over the construction material recycling business the company has been
operating for the last decade at the Wilson Avenue site. Yet none of those issues prevented New
Jersey's handpicked private disaster recovery contractor, Florida-based AshBritt Inc., from using
T. Fiore as one of the many subcontractors hired to haul debris after Sandy devastated the state,
according to a list of subcontractors provided to the Record by AshBritt. (John Reitmeyer, AshBritt
hired Newark company having issues with OSHA, state DEP, The Star-Ledger, 3/28/13)
Ashbritt Subcontracted A Convicted Felon With An Unregistered Truck Company To

Help With Hurricane Sandy Cleanup. A convicted felon with an unregistered trucking
company got $250,000 to haul Sandy storm debris under a taxpayer-funded contract, records
show. The state agency that regulates solid waste transporters -- and is charged with keeping
criminals out of the industry -- said it has no record of the hauler, which used another firm's
paperwork to access restricted dump sites, officials said. Those findings by The Record led
AshBritt Inc., the Florida-based company the Christie administration tapped to oversee the storm
cleanup, to fire Ace Materials on Thursday and say it was withholding an additional $27,000 the
trucking company was due. In a series of interviews, the self-described owner of the trucking
firm, John Stangle Jr., gave conflicting accounts of who was behind the company -- initially
saying he was a partner of a longtime Gambino associate who owned a New Jersey hauling
company with a nearly identical name. Stangle later changed his story, saying he didn't know
Anthony O'Donnell, who at one point was part owner of Ace Materials and Trucking Ltd., which
federal prosecutors have said was mob-controlled. The cloud over Ace Materials is the latest
setback for AshBritt, which has come under fire for its prices, its aggressive lobbying of local
officials and its strong political ties. (Shawn Boburg, FELON HELPED HAUL STORM DEBRIS,
Herald News, 3/1/13)
One Of Ashbritts Subcontractors Took Debris From The Back Of A Dump Site And
Pulled Around To The Front Of That Same Site In Order To Quickly Make Money. The
chaos following Katrina gave an interesting opportunity to a contractor working for AshBritt of
Pompano Beach, Fla. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, this fellow, assigned a
trash-hauling job, loaded up his truck from a dump site in Jackson County, Miss., then pulled
around to the entrance tower to the same dump site in order to earn a fee. He got caught after
playing this game twice. (Elizabeth MacDonald and Megha Bahree, The Big Sleazy, Forbes, 6/5/06)
Breaching Contracts
From Hurricane Katrina, to Hurricane Sandy, to the Haitian earthquake cleanup, Ashbritt has
consistently been sued by its subcontractors for failing to live up to their contractual duties.
Ashbritt Was Sued In 2007 By Some Of Its Hurricane Katrina Subcontractors For
Breaching Contracts By Not Paying Them. After hurricane Katrina devastated south
Mississippi, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers entered into contract with Ashbritt, which
obligated Ashbritt to collect and dispose of all Katrina debris in the entire state. The contract
required Ashbritt to furnish a payment bond to guarantee full payment to first and second tier
subcontractors for all work done. Ashbritt obtained payment bond from Federal Insurance
Company in the penal sum of $100 million. Ashbritt contracted much of the work to Oreo Debris
and other members of the class to perform various portions of Ashbritt's contractual obligations
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to the Corps of Engineers. Oreo performed its contract in early 2006 in the Hattiesburg area.
Ashbritt paid about 90% of the invoices as they were submitted by Oreo. The subcontract
between Ashbritt and Oreo Debris allowed Ashbritt to retain 10% of all payments until final
funding by the Corps of Engineers. In Oreo's cause, the retainage totals $28,000. Ashbritt's
failure to pay the final 10% retainage to Oreo Debris is a material breach of the contract, the suit
alleged. Ashbritt's plan and strategy to delay payment until the payment bond has expired is a
willful wanton breach of the contract justifying an award of punitive damages, it stated.
(ASHBRITT INC: Sued by FEMA Subcontractors Over Cleanup Deal, Class Action Reporter, 11/15/07)
Ashbritts Haiti Lobbyist Sued The Company For Failing To Meet The Terms Of Their
Agreement. The group of political heavyweights -- including George Gilmore, the Ocean
County Republican chairman, and Maggie Moran, a chief of staff to former Gov. Jon Corzine -who helped pitch the debris-removal services of AshBritt to towns stricken by Hurricane Sandy,
won't disclose their compensation packages. But a clue might be found in Haiti, where AshBritt
scored a lucrative contract to clean up after a devastating earthquake in 2010. Lewis Lucke, a
former U.S. special coordinator for relief and reconstruction in Haiti, was hired by AshBritt to
help the Florida-based firm connect with local officials. The job description, disclosed in federal
court documents in Texas, sounds similar to the description the local rainmakers offered when
asked by The Star-Ledger. Lucke eventually sued AshBritt, contending the company failed to
meet the terms of its agreement -- up to $50,000 a month plus commission if business topped $6
million, according to court documents. The two parties eventually settled and the case was
dismissed, court records show. (The Auditor, The Star-Ledger, 2/24/13)
The Case Was Dismissed With Prejudice After The Parties Agreed Upon An
Undisclosed Settlement. The parties have reached a settlement in this matter, and they
hereby agree to the dismissal of this action, including any and all claims asserted herein,
with prejudice. Defendants hereby preserve all of their objections to personal jurisdiction,
service of process, and venue. Plaintiff and Defendants agree that no waiver of any such
objections is intended by Defendants in connection with this stipulation, and no waiver
has occurred. Each of the parties agrees to bear its own attorneys' fees and costs of
court. (Rule 41 Stipulation of Dismissal, Case # 1:10-cv-00941-SS, Lewis Lucke, LLC v. AshBritt, Inc.,
Haiti Recovery Group, LTD., And GB Group, United States District Court for the Western District of
Texas, Filed 12/13/10)
After Hurricane Sandy, Ashbritt Was Sued By Many Of Its Subcontractors For Failing To
Pay. Barbour was familiar with the company because of its work in the Gulf region after
Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. While Barbour vouched for AshBritt's performance, the
company was sued by many of its subcontractors for nonpayment. An AshBritt spokesman
dismissed the suits as frivolous, but it's hard to believe there was no merit to any of them.
(CLOSELY WATCH SANDY CLEANUP WORK, Herald News, 2/10/13)
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TOO HIGH A PRICE FOR TAXPAYERS

Inflated Pricing
Because of their lobbying and political muscle, Ashbritt is able to charge inflated prices for their
services. Ashbritts executives and lobbyists reap large profits at the expense of taxpayers. After
Hurricane Katrina, the disaster cleanup firms that actually performed the work were paid an
average of $9 per cubic yard of waste, yet Ashbritt was paid $17 per cubic yard. Ashbritt charged
nearly double the rate of their competing firms for Hurricane Sandy cleanup. Governor Chris
Christies Administration was aware of cheaper alternatives, yet still chose Ashbritt for double the
price.
After Hurricane Sandy, Ashbritt charged inflated prices and further increased its profits
by subcontracting work to Ashbritt-invested companies. Governor Chris Christies
Administration was aware of cheaper alternatives, yet still chose Ashbritt.
Ashbritt Had Two Paydays In Some Shore Towns As Part Of The Waste-Hauling Firm's
$150 Million State Contract For Cleanup After Superstorm Sandy. AshBritt's founder had
two paydays in some Shore towns as part of the waste-hauling firm's $150 million state contract
for cleanup after superstorm Sandy. (Bob Jordan, AshBritt CEO Accused Of Double-Dipping, Asbury
Park Press, 4/4/13)
By Subcontracting Work To Ashbritt Invested Companies, The Company Was Able To

Increase Its Profits. Others speculate that the company is handing out the best cleanup
assignments to companies in which AshBritt has an investment, allowing it to double dip in the
federal financial trough. (Mike Brunker, Dust Flies Over Katrinas Debris, MSNBC, 1/29/06)
According To An Asbury Park Press Review, Ashbritt Charged Nearly Double For Debris
Collection Than Other Companies. An Asbury Park Press review of municipal bills showed
that AshBritt charged towns $21.25 per cubic yard to gather roadside debris and bring it to a
collection site within 15 miles - nearly double the $11.70 asking price of another Florida
company, Bergeron, and others. (Bob Jordan, AshBritt CEO Accused Of Double-Dipping, Asbury Park
Press, 4/4/13)
County Waste Performed At Least $500,000 Worth Of Work For Ashbritt Under No-Bid
Contracts With Ocean County, Which Is Paying The Upfront Cleanup Costs For 17
Towns, Records Show. (Jarrett Renshaw, Ashbritt CEO Has Financial Stake In Subcontractor, The StarLedger, 4/2/13)
New Jersey State Senator Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen): The Fact That The Owner Of
The Company Is Getting Money On Both Ends Seems At Best Inappropriate. The fact
that the owner of the company is getting money on both ends seems at best inappropriate, said
state Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen), who sits on a joint legislative committee looking into
the contract. (Jarrett Renshaw, Ashbritt CEO Has Financial Stake In Subcontractor, The Star-Ledger, 4/2/13)
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New Jersey Governor Christies Administration Was Made Aware Of Cheaper

Alternatives To Ashbritt. Newark Star-Ledger reports, Gov. Chris Christie's (R)
administration was made aware of cheaper options to sweep superstorm Sandy's mess in the
days after the storm but chose to continue for about three months with a no-bid contract
awarded to AshBritt. (That's Just Wonderful, Perhaps We'll Care Some Other Time, The Hotline, 3/1/13)
Ashbritt Charged Nearly Double What Some Other Firms Were Proposing. An
Asbury Park Press review of municipal bills showed that AshBritt charged towns $21.25
per cubic yard to gather roadside debris and bring it to a collection site within 15 miles nearly double the $11.70 asking price of another Florida company, Bergeron, and other
firms. (Bob Jordan, GOP defends choice of AshBritt, despite cost, Asbury Park Press, 3/8/13)
Ashbritt also charged inflated prices after Hurricane Katrina- Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
concluded Ashbritt charged 50 percent overhead for shuffling papers after Hurricane
Katrina.
Ashbritt Charged The Highest Rate Per Cubic Yard Of Hurricane Katrina Debris
Removal In Mississippi After It Hired Mississippi Governor Haley Barbours Former
Lobbying Firm. A.J. HOLLOWAY, MAYOR OF BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI: We hired three
contractors and hopefully they can make at least one round and get the majority of it up.
MATTINGLY: The Army Corps of Engineers relied on pre-negotiated emergency contracts at
first. Then it conducted a quick, but competitive bidding process, hiring four companies to
remove debris in Mississippi and Louisiana. The rates vary widely, but some are cheaper than
Biloxi's. But the highest price for much of the debris hauling is $17 a cubic yard from Ashbritt, a
Florida company that was a client of the former lobbying firm of Haley Barbour. Barbour,
former head of the Republican National Committee, is now governor of Mississippi. The cleanup
contracts are for half-a-billion dollars and can be extended to as much as $1 billion each. At
FEMA's parent, the Department of Homeland Security, the inspector general is skeptical.
Through a spokesperson, he told CNN: History shows debris removal is vulnerable to abuse.
That's where the waste is. We're focusing on those contracts. (Riding Out the Storm; Sorting Truth
From Fiction in Hurricane Katrina Aftermath, CNN Newsnight, 9/26/05)
Ashbritt Paid Barbours Lobbying Firm $40,000 In The First Half Of 2005.
Another major item on the government's shopping list has been debris removal, largely
handled through the Army Corps of Engineers. Among its contractors is the Florida
company AshBritt, which was lined up on a contingency basis in 2002 to clear roads and
clean up property. The long-standing contract was activated when Katrina struck.
AshBritt was authorized to do up to $500 million in work with an option for another $500
million. The company is a client of the lobbying firm founded by Mississippi's
Republican governor, Haley Barbour. AshBritt paid the firm Barbour Griffith & Rogers
$40,000 in the first half of this year for assistance and guidance with regard to disaster
mitigation issues, according to public records. (Jim Drinkard, No-bid storm contracts prompt
warnings, USA Today, 9/27/05)
Other Subcontractors Received On Average $9 Per Cubic Yard During

Mississippis Post-Katrina Cleanup. He said his company had been interested in
handling the debris removal only to find out AshBritt already received the contract. L&A
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is working as a subcontractor for AshBritt in helping remove debris in Forrest and Lamar
counties. Sims said the average price L&A and other subcontractors are receiving for
debris removal is $9 per cubic yard. That's $6 less than the $15 per cubic yard AshBritt
expects to receive, plus costs for disposing of that debris, but Corps officials said Friday
that amount is still under negotiation. (Jerry Mitchell, Katrina: The Recovery, The ClarionLedger, 10/9/05)
During A Congressional Hearing On Hurricane Katrina Cleanup, Rep. Chip Pickering (RMS) Concluded Ashbritt Charged 50 Percent Overhead For Shuffling Papers.
PICKERING: So $17 a cubic yard. Do you know what they're paying their prime contractors?
SEC. CHERTOFF: As I sit here, I can't tell you. I don't know the answer to that. REP.
PICKERING: They're paying them $9. So the Corps of Engineers -- now you can prove us
wrong by giving us the information. The Corps of Engineers is 21 percent. The -- AshBritt is
getting paid $17. But they're paying, when they do hire a Mississippi subcontractor, $9 a cubic
yard. That's almost a 50 percent just administrative overhead. So when you're looking at $3
billion and you look at the bureaucratic overhead and then the general contractor administrative
fee, there's a lot of waste, isn't there? SEC. CHERTOFF: Well, I think if a general contractor -REP. PICKERING: That's 50 percent of the cost of cleanup are just going to people who are
shuffling papers. (HEARING OF THE HOUSE SELECT HURRICANE KATRINA COMMITTEE, Federal
News Service, 10/19/05)
While Ashbritt Received $23 Per Cubic Yard Of Debris Removed, The Firm That
Actually Removed The Debris Only Received $3 Per Cubic Yard. For example,
AshBritt received a $500 million contract for debris removal, amounting to about $23 per
cubic yard of debris removed. This contract was subcontracted four times. The New
Jersey firm that ended up doing the work was only paid $3 per cubic yard. (Paul Hill,
Feature - Vultures swoop in on Katrina misery; Paul Hill reports on the corporate vultures making money
out of the devastation caused in the United States by Hurricane Katrina, Morning Star, 9/4/06)
Fraudulent Overcharging
After Hurricane Wilma, Ashbritt overcharged the Broward County School District by $765,000,
and it failed to use the shortest distances between dump sites in order to charge higher rates after
Hurricane Sandy.
Ashbritt Was Accused Of Artificially Driving Up Costs And Taking Advantage Of Officials
In Desperate Circumstances. AshBritt's critics contend it artificially drives up costs and takes
advantage of officials in desperate circumstances, intimidated by Washington red tape. Jared
Moskowitz, the firm's general counsel and a state representative in Florida, dismisses it as
rumor and innuendo. He said about 70 percent of the contractors hired by AshBritt are from
New Jersey. (Jarrett Renshaw, Politically connected Florida firm gets Sandy cleanup contract, Star-Ledger,
1/13/13)
Some Claimed Ashbritt Was Flipping Federal Funds Because It Received Billion Dollar
Cleanup Contracts Despite Not Even Owning One Truck. The ugliness of it all came
together when the Katrina and Rita disasters hit the Gulf Region last summer/fall. Billion dollar
sole source contracts were immediately let to a few companies that would eventually "flip" the
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scope to various smaller companies at reduced rates and would then pocket the difference.
Ashbritt, a Florida company, received a significant prime contract for debris removal and the
company does not own one truck. (Harry Alford, ALASKA NATIVE CORPORATION PROGRAM
OVERSIGHT, Capitol Hill Hearing Testimony, 6/21/06)
An Audit Revealed That Ashbritt Had Overcharged The Broward County School District
By $765,000 After Hurricane Wilma. Over the past 18 months, audits have revealed that: The
district overpaid AshBritt and another contractor some $765,000 for classroom repairs after
Hurricane Wilma; Several schools lost hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of inventory -including, in one case, several hundred of computers, a treadmill and a tractor; A bus facility in
Pembroke Pines has taken more than eight years and $12 million to complete -- instead of about
one year and $4 million. How the district does business has moved the audits to the forefront
following last month's arrest of suspended School Board member Beverly Gallagher in a federal
corruption probe involving the district's construction program. Gallagher has pleaded not guilty.
Investigators have questioned board members about Ron Book, AshBritt's lobbyist before the
Broward County Commission but not the school district. And federal authorities have
subpoenaed thousands of records pertaining to the AshBritt audit, which came out in July to
much controversy. A draft copy of the report was released before construction staff had a chance
to respond to auditors' comments -- including that AshBritt and C & B Services, which was not
licensed to work in Florida, may have falsified some bills and engaged in fraud or collusion.
AshBritt, of Pompano Beach, has denied wrongdoing, and the board has since changed its rules
to prohibit draft audits from being made public. (Patricia Mazzei, Broward school audit watchdogs say
quicker action needed, The Miami Herald, 10/21/09)
Ashbritt Grossly Overcharged For Hurricane Wilma Repairs. Those issues

include a dispute over billings by AshBritt, a Pompano Beach debris-removal company
that district auditors found grossly overcharged for Hurricane Wilma repairs, and the
$47 million auditors said the district overpaid for 15 new elementary school cafeterias.
(Megan OMatz, NO INDICTMENTS, BUT INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE, Sun-Sentinel, 3/8/11)
Asbritt Later Sued The School District To Restore Their Good Name. AshBritt,
one of two contractors internal Broward school district auditors say overbilled more than
$765,000 for classroom repairs after Hurricane Wilma, plans to sue the district, an
attorney for the company said Monday. It's more about wanting to restore their good
name than about money, Michael Moskowitz said. AshBritt, his client, plans to file a
lawsuit in Broward Circuit Court this week arguing that the school district violated the
company's due process rights by not letting it respond to the audit's findings, Moskowitz
said. The lawsuit will also ask the court to order the school district to declare the audit
false and defamatory. We're going to insist that the final judgment contain a retraction of
these spurious allegations, Moskowitz said, adding that accountants hired by AshBritt
found that the company did not overbill the district. (Patricia Mazzei, Contractor may sue
Broward school district, The Miami Herald, 10/27/09)
Ashbritt Failed To Use The Shortest Distances Between Dump Sites In Order To Charge
Higher Rates. Under the contract, AshBritts rate for hauling debris to landfills jumps by 30
percent after 16 miles. The Record found hundreds of instances where the higher rate was
charged even though the shortest distance between temporary debris storage sites and a weigh
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station inside the landfill was less than that distance. State Sen. Richard Codey, D-Essex, called
the inflated mileage outrageous and said the state should sue. My opinion is the government
should sue for the money, he said. Its a con job. He also questioned the work of the
independent monitors who signed off on the mileage sheets. Somebody along the line dropped
the ball and the taxpayers got screwed, he said. This apparent abuse of taxpayer money stinks
worse than those landfills, Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver, D-Essex, said, calling for a
continued examination of the firms contract with the state. (Shawn Boburg and Melissa Hayes,
Christie vows to probe Sandy hauler's bill as Democrats cry foul, North Jersey, 4/29/13)
Ashbritt Agreed To Pay $300,000 For Its Overcharges And Questionable Billing.
The firm chosen by the Christie administration to clean up debris from Superstorm
Sandy has agreed to repay more than $300,000 in overcharges and other questionable
billings found by the state's independent watchdog agency. But the State Comptroller's
investigation, spurred by reports in The Record, did not find persuasive evidence that
AshBritt Inc.'s overbilling was intentional, according to a report released Tuesday.
Instead, it blamed vague language in the cleanup contract, calculation errors, and
inconsistent methods for determining the cost of debris removal. The investigation
centered on the distance AshBritt's truckers drove from sites where rubble was
temporarily stored after the October storm to the landfill where it was dumped. The
mileage mattered because the cost of the haul to a landfill jumped by 30 percent after 16
miles. (Shawn Boburg, AshBritt to repay $300,000 after comptroller finds Sandy contractor mileage
errors not intentional, North Jersey, 9/10/13)
Ashbritt Produces Poor Results

Ashbritt overpromises and under delivers. It has misled public officials by promising faster federal
government reimbursement, yet has been criticized several times for its poor and slow work.
Ashbritt Falsely Claimed It Would Receive Federal Reimbursements Faster Than
Competitors In Order To Acquire Contracts. Politically connected AshBritt's biggest selling
point to Sandy-hit towns was that it could get federal reimbursement for debris removal faster
than competitors. But millions of extra taxpayer dollars later, that hasn't proven to be true, the
Asbury Park Press found. Smaller, cheaper cleanup operators are winning Federal Emergency
Management Agency paybacks just as fast as AshBritt. AshBritt was awarded its emergency
state contract without bidding by Gov. Chris Christie's administration. The company expects to
collect more than $100 million in billings from various towns and counties. Christie is the guest
of honor today at a fundraiser in Virginia hosted by Ed Rogers, head of BGR Group, which
lobbies in Washington for AshBritt. Christie said the connection the event has to AshBritt
doesn't present any problems for me in the least. (Bob Jordan, Probe: AshBritt towns don't get funds
faster, Asbury Park Press, 2/27/13)
The Army Corps Of Engineers Threatened To Terminate Ashbritts Contract Because It

Was Not Being Adequately Carried Out. AshBritt landed a $500 million contract for debris
removal, with the help of the former head of the Army Corps of Engineers, lobbyists with close
ties to Republicans, and Florida governor Jeb Bush. But the Army Corps was so disappointed
with AshBritts performance that it threatened to terminate the contract. AshBritts $500 million
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contract for debris removal amounted to about $23 for every cubic yard of debris removed.
AshBritt in turn hired C&B Enterprises, which was paid $9 per cubic yard. That company hired
Amlee Transportation, which was paid $8 per cubic yard. Amlee hired Chris Hessler for $7 per
cubic yard. Hessler, in turn, hired Les Nirdlinger, a debris hauler from New Jersey, who was paid
$3 per cubic yard. (Disaster Profiteering on the American Gulf Coast Fact Sheet, CorpWatch,
http://www.corpwatch.org/, 8/06)
Waveland Mayor Tommy Longo Criticized Ashbritts Inability To Quickly Clean Up After
Hurricane Katrina. One of the most outspoken critics is Waveland Mayor Tommy Longo,
who charges that a combination of federal bureaucracy and private-sector dithering has
substantially set back his citys recovery He expresses equal disdain for AshBritt, noting that
the Pompano Beach, Fla., environmental services firm is still bringing new subcontractors to
Hancock County five months after the storm. A contractor like that should be able to get geared
up in 30 days, he said. If they cant get geared up in 90 days, I dont think theyre capable of
doing the job. The Corps and AshBritt also have been taking it on the chin from subcontractors
alleging everything from incompetence in administering the contract to favoritism in handing out
the cleanup assignments. (Mike Brunker, Dust flies over Katrina's debris, MSNBC,
http://risingfromruin msnbc.com/, 1/29/06)
How Much Can Taxpayers Save?

Several towns have saved millions of taxpayer dollars by using cheaper alternatives to Ashbritt.
Point Pleasant Borough Used 15 Temporary Workers To Haul Debris For $26 Per Ton,
While The Neighboring Long Beach Township Hired Ashbritt To Haul Debris For $100 A
Ton. Point Pleasant Borough Mayor William Schroeder said he just learned Friday that
AshBritt had hired Gilmore. It makes me concerned it really muddies the water for
everybody, said Schroeder, a Democrat who has previously butted heads with Gilmore. Instead
of using AshBritt, Schroeder said he hired 15 temporary workers and hauled away 50,000 tons of
debris at a cost of $1.3 million, or about $26 per ton, records show. In nearby Long Beach
Township, AshBritt was paid $719,309 to collect and haul 7,149 tons of debris a rate of about
$100 a ton, local finance records show. (Jarrett Renshaw, Florida cleanup firm's political ties sweep across
N.J. The Star Ledger, http://www.nj.com/, 2/3/13)
One Massachusetts Town Saved $8.5 To $9 Million By Not Using Ashbritt. He said by not
using the Florida-based Ashbritt recovery services, the town saved taxpayers millions of dollars
from the amount quoted of $8.5 to $9 million. (From the region, Telegram & Gazette, 5/17/12)
New Jersey Towns Saved Millions By Using Other Contractors And Public Works Units.
AshBritt's rate would have produced a $1.37 million tab, said Mayor Michael Fitzgerald.
AshBritt's use of politically connected consultants and lobbyists to pitch its services has come
under fire from other state lawmakers. State Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney said he is
concerned that costs are greater than they should be. AshBritt was chosen for the work without
bidding days after the storm by the Christie administration. Administration officials did not
respond to a request for comment. Howell Township Manager Helene Schlegel said "hiring
AshBritt would have been prohibitive" for her municipality. "We did consider AshBritt.
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However, when we saw the cost, we decided to try and shop around for a better deal. We had an
extreme amount of storm debris," Schlegel said. Howell used its public works unit and three
contractors, spending $2.2 million. "We saved close to $3 million," Schlegel said. AshBritt
representatives quoted a $2,016,000 price to clean up the streets in the Wall. Officials said they
instead went with other options that cost $600,000, primarily by using township employees and
other workers. (Bob Jordan, Audit asked of bills for cleanups, Asbury Park Press, 2/21/13)
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Federal Contributions ............................................................................................................ 18

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Executive and Corporate Structure

Randal Perkins, Founder, Chief Executive Officer

(Ashbritt Environmental Team, http://www.ashbritt.com/, Accessed 3/22/16)

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activities. Moreover, he is a proficient communicator who is able to assist high-level

John Noble: Vice President, COO

Jared Moskowitz: Executive Vice President, General Counsel

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Ralph Dahlgren: Senior Vice President

Rob Ray: Senior Vice President

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Charles Dow Knight: Senior Vice President, Operations and Logistics

Matt Gierden: Vice President, Client Development

Christopher Holsinger: Proposal Manager/ Public Assistance Liaison

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Ashbritt is incorporated in Florida by Randy Perkins.

John Noble is hired as Chief Operating Officer.

Terry Jackson is hired as Chief Marketing Officer.

Charles Dow Knight is hired as Senior Vice President.

Rob Ray is hired as Senior Vice President.

Ralph Dahlgren is hired as Senior Vice President.

The Army Corps of Engineers awards Ashbritt a $500 Million

Army Corps of Engineers awards Ashbritt regions 2B (Georgia, North

Jared Moskowitz is hired as Executive Vice President of Business

Army Corps of Engineers awards Ashbritt contracts for regions 5

American Public Works Association recognizes AshBritt as Contractor of

The Chris Christie Administration awards Ashbritt a $100 Million no-bid

AshBritts Tim Mooney is presented with a Corporate Award for

Matt Gierden is promoted to Vice President.

Christopher Holsinger is is hired as Public Assistance Liaison /Proposal

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(Google Maps, Accessed 3/11/16)

Hillsboro 56, LLC:

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Price Sale Type

(Broward County Property Appraiser, Accessed 3/12/16)

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(Lobbying Registration, Texas Ethics Commission, http://webdev.ethics.state.tx.us/, Accessed 3/21/16)

Ashbritts Lobbyist Army

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Leveraged Gov. Barbours Firm To Cash In On Hurricane Katrina

Asbritts Website Features A Testimonial From Former Mississippi Governor Haley

Ashbritt Retained Barbours Former Lobbying Firm To Acquire Several

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Leveraged Jersey Connections To Cash In On Hurricane Sandy

Ashbritt Was Allowed To Bypass Environmental And Contracting Regulations

The Christie Administration Awarded Ashbritt A $100 Million No-Bid Contract To

Ashbritt Hired Official Who Recommended Them For A Contract As A Lobbyist

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44% Of Ashbritts Federal Contributions Went To Democrats, And 56% Of

Top 10 Federal Recipients Of Ashbritt Employee Contributions:

(Political Money Line, http://politicalmoneyline.com/, Accessed 3/10/16)

As A Company, Ashbritt Has Contributed $1,286,864 To Federal Candidates, Parties, And

42% Of Ashbritts Federal Contributions Went To Democrats, And 58% Of

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