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LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts)
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 07:03 PM Sep 2012

So now that Fall is here and I need to Hire some home contractors...

How do I tell which ones are blue? I mean this, we vote every day with our dollars and I cannot see helping a company that doesn't have my interests at heart with the dollars I pay them.

There was a DUer who linked to a window company in their neighborhood where they had posted derogatory signs about President Obama. How do you tell if they aren't that brazen?

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So now that Fall is here and I need to Hire some home contractors... (Original Post) LaydeeBug Sep 2012 OP
You can look up their political donations online proud2BlibKansan Sep 2012 #1
Try the gay yellow pages. I highly recommend a sensible lesbian contractor. DonRedwood Sep 2012 #2
do you know any good lesbian electricians? crazyjoe Sep 2012 #16
where do you live? i could look it up for you DonRedwood Sep 2012 #17
As a Liberal contractor Berserker Sep 2012 #3
The ones I love are the contractors who put the fish on the back of their truck Major Nikon Sep 2012 #7
Well Berserker Sep 2012 #12
Some contractors do great work and are worth what you pay them Major Nikon Sep 2012 #13
Suggestion alcibiades_mystery Sep 2012 #4
:-), that was my first thought also. crazyjoe Sep 2012 #15
I was just thinking the same veganlush Sep 2012 #5
Hmmmm? bluestate10 Sep 2012 #9
you're right veganlush Sep 2012 #10
Locate a local union like the Electricians Union. bluestate10 Sep 2012 #6
Fortunately, my son is a Democrat and in construction RebelOne Sep 2012 #8
We always hire union. Brickbat Sep 2012 #11
So you have a challenge ahead of you. crazyjoe Sep 2012 #14

DonRedwood

(4,359 posts)
2. Try the gay yellow pages. I highly recommend a sensible lesbian contractor.
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 07:08 PM
Sep 2012

At least you will be pretty danged sure they are a democrat!

http://gayellowpages.com/

 

Berserker

(3,419 posts)
3. As a Liberal contractor
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 07:10 PM
Sep 2012

I never put any stickers on my truck or tell any homeowner what party I vote for. But if a homeowner asks me I will tell them and I have had some great conversations with some and had to bite my tongue on other occasions. Just ask them is all you can do.

Major Nikon

(36,814 posts)
7. The ones I love are the contractors who put the fish on the back of their truck
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 07:17 PM
Sep 2012

So after they get finished with your screwing, you have to forgive them.

Major Nikon

(36,814 posts)
13. Some contractors do great work and are worth what you pay them
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 08:00 PM
Sep 2012

I just haven't found any with a fish on the their truck that was that way. I suspect that if you feel the need to use god to advertise your business, you probably don't have much merit of your own to work with.

veganlush

(2,049 posts)
5. I was just thinking the same
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 07:13 PM
Sep 2012

I had a roof done recently and i would have liked to have been able to "network" with a like-minded company. There used to be a website, buyblue.org, that served that purpose, but no more. I guess try the opensecrets site mentioned up thread. I intend to do so myself as I have a dead tree that i need to have taken down and the old lady won't let me try to do it myself!

bluestate10

(10,942 posts)
9. Hmmmm?
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 07:19 PM
Sep 2012

"I intend to do so myself as I have a dead tree that i need to have taken down and the old lady won't let me try to do it myself!"

Could it be your old lady likes living in houses that don't have fallen trees on them?

Take it from me, any reasonable sized tree isn't something that an amateur should tangle with. If a tree trunk is more that six inches in diameter, hire a pro.

veganlush

(2,049 posts)
10. you're right
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 07:48 PM
Sep 2012

i know..she says i'll try to do it without setting my beer down, which is just not true, i would do it between beers , jeez.. I'm gonna try to find a pro who votes blue if possible..

bluestate10

(10,942 posts)
6. Locate a local union like the Electricians Union.
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 07:14 PM
Sep 2012

They will be able to tell you which contractors work best with unions. Contractors that work well with unions at least accept union's positive impact on middle-class upward mobility, even if they personally vote republican. Like someone else pointed out, try to find political contributions contractors that your local union point out is good have made. Use the ones that make no contributions or contribute to democrats, or are at the least balanced in their contributions.

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
8. Fortunately, my son is a Democrat and in construction
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 07:18 PM
Sep 2012

and refers me to all his Democratic friends if I need some work done on my home.

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)
11. We always hire union.
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 07:51 PM
Sep 2012

Doesn't mean they're blue, but for us, as long as the people doing the work are getting a fair share, sometimes that's the best you can do.

 

crazyjoe

(1,191 posts)
14. So you have a challenge ahead of you.
Sat Sep 22, 2012, 08:08 PM
Sep 2012

If you start asking contractors what the political beliefs are before you hire them, they are going to think your nuts, can't say as I would blame them. So that's not a great option.

Your other option is to hire a union contractor, problem with that is they cost big $$, maybe your rich and don't care. And, there could be some closet republicans on the crew. You could tell the boss you only want dems on the job, but that brings us back to my first point.

A good contractor is very difficult to find, ask anyone who has dealt with them in the past. To add to your list of wants in a choosing a contractor to trust with your home, that they are true blue democrats, is going to make this task even more difficult.

good luck! and remember, never give a big deposit before work starts.


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