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    The 2023 Bah Humbug! Awards

    BEX StaffBy BEX StaffDecember 22, 2023No Comments2 Mins Read
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    By Roland Murphy for AZBEX

    Each year around now

    we red ink our pens,

    calling out Holiday Grinches

    for cruel deadline sins.

    Proposal staff yearn

    for some time round the fire

    with family and friends

    to become reinspired.

    This year more than some

    those wishes are dashed.

    Proposals are due!

    Crank them out, gentle staff!

    The Bah Humbug! Awards

    are our annual call-out

    To give these taskmasters

    some much-deserved fallout.

    Dec. 28

    ADOT demands

    a third floor renovation.

    Their deadline is firm;

    They’ll hear no supplications.

    Chino Valley wants

    Re-charge permit renewals.

    More time can’t be bought

    not with cash, not with jewels.

    Dec. 29

    EPS/Trillium/Buckeye

    wants a brand new core lake.

    Don’t dream about sugarplums;

    to get it done, stay awake!

    Phoenix needs the design

    for some sewer relief.

    Alignments and drawings

    must be pitched now (Good Grief!).

    Tempe: parts and service

    for a whole set of pumps.

    They care not for your parties;

    They must think you’re chumps.

    Tempe wants also the same

    for some variable drives.

    They’re wringing the joy

    from our cold, tired lives.

    Dec. 31

    Finally now New Year’s Eve.

    Party time! Off to roam!

    Except Navajo Nation

    needs modular homes.

    ASU’s annual need

    for facility service

    leaves downtrodden proposers

    all twitchy and nervous.

    Jan. 3

    You’ve pushed through your hangover

    You’ve done it. My word.

    Too bad the whole world

    has things due on Jan Third.

    Air Force wants Luke Pavement

    Corrections: HVAC

    They also want wastewater

    for facilities, see?

    Lake Havasu City needs

    Fueling improvements.

    Don’t stop to rest.

    Get on it! Go do it!

    They’ll also need rehab

    for a collector well.

    The work’s never-ending.

    Does this all ring a bell?

    Avondale needs your pitch

    For environmental review.

    MUSD wants a well liner casing.

    A hug from a straitjacket is all you’ll be embracing.

    Military Affairs is treating

    waste in Marana.

    No time for a daiquiri.

    Just go eat a banana.

    These holiday deadlines

    we know have you vexed.

    Still, take some Holiday comfort

    From your old friends at BEX.

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