General contractor Emily Bittenbender, 48, who describes herself as a high-end red neck, loves four-wheeling in the Pine Barrens. She also owns "two mean dogs," made her ex-fiancee her business partner right after they broke up, and gets more than a little annoyed with how the media portray union construction workers. "That whole skyline was built by union construction workers," said Bittenbender, founder and managing partner of Bittenbender Construction LP. "There's a problem in every industry, [but] we get a bad rap and it really pisses me off. "Let me tell you something," she said. "We run a really tight crew. They are loyal to the bone. Have the...
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