>What post of Max's is being referred to in this post by Patrick Bond?
>Say _what_ isn't so?
It was in the article that Patrick quoted in that post. <Search> can be a very useful function in situations like this.
I have no idea why Max thought it worth conceding an inch on this issue, and even after his response, I still have no idea.
Doug
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>Privatizing city services can be a good deal in certain cases, says Max
>Sawicky of the Washington, D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute.
>
>The city of Augusta, Ga., for example, says it has saved $3 million a year
>since it handed over the management of its waste water treatment plant
>to OMI in 2000. But Sawicky says the public loses trust when big deals
>fail, such as in Atlanta, Ga., where a 20-year deal between United Water
>and the city collapsed in January amid complaints about poor service,
>water-main breaks and brown water coming out of the taps.
>
>"There have been some huge debacles in contracting," Sawicky says.
>"Even before Enron, there had been all kinds of screw-ups."
>
>Sawicky says local governments have a hard time convincing residents
>that turning over essential services to corporations is a good idea,
>even if it is.
>
>"The companies involved typically are very reluctant to have the
>insides (of contracts) exposed to the public, which obviously makes
>people suspicious," he adds. "It just smells bad."