Dan Pliska is 60 he's manager of the risk management division dealing with things like insurance for the city county and school system in Charlotte. He says he didn't learn anything new from Dina's affirmative action talk while driving into the workshop that morning recording an audio diary Dan had talked about his attempt a few years ago to start his own consulting business the business didn't succeed I could not take advantage of some of the programs that are available for minority and women owned businesses it makes me question whether or not that mechanism really is fair  I have a fundamental disagreement with it but if it's put together and deemed to be legal I have no choice but support those type of activities, said