I read with interest the cover story "Power Shift; When Public Agencies Won't Take a Small Contractor's Bid," concerning a South Carolina school district and the dispute over prequalification (ENR 12/16/02 p. 32.) I was disturbed by Mr. Smith's rather broad statement concerning his prequalification of firms participating on San Diego Unified School District projects. He boasted, "We disqualified tons of two-person contractors with a pick-up truck."