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Anita Campbell, executive editor of Small Business Trends brings us a story of how the state of New Jersey abandoned not one but about 17 small local vendors when it gave an office supplies contract to a larger out of state supplier with out ever giving the local companies a chance to bid. Worst of all, Anita reports the small office supply company, Supplies-Supplies Inc., has been serving the state's office supply needs since 1984. The new move by the state was part of a growing trend of group purchasing agreements with other state in an effort to save money. Of course, as Anita points out, it's hard to know whether the state is actually saving money since no bidding was ever held. "Even while they loudly profess their 'love' of small businesses, they heap on taxes, regulations and red tape. They make policy decisions that cost small businesses their profit, or drive them out of business. Then officials pat themselves on the backs as they issue a press release about some program or other designed to “attract” more businesses to their area," Anita writes. Read the rest of her report here.