FlintTalk.com Forum Index > Political Talk Topic: Should Flint Privatize to save money?

Author    Post   Adam F L I N T O I D http://www.mackinac.org/article.aspx?ID=4171 "In the fall of 2001, Mayor Stanley opened bidding from private contractors to provide refuse collection and disposal in the city, and invited city employees who collected refuse for Flint to competitively bid for the contract. Despite being granted some competitive advantages, the bid city employees submitted was the third highest of the four submitted. When Stanley recommended privatization to the Flint city council, it voted 9-0 against." Last edited by Adam on Tue Jan 02, 2007 3:43 pm; edited 1 time in total Sun Dec 31, 2006 2:21 pm  DELETED Guest DELETED _________________ Guest post Sun Dec 31, 2006 2:31 pm  Adam F L I N T O I D Garbage trucks would be a dumb idea since we just bought new trucks but there are other services we could privatize. I'm almost 100% sure we're banned from requiring employees to live in Flint. I believe we can only hire from within Flint but we don't do that. Not even with our police. Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:56 pm  00SL2 F L I N T O I D Adam FLINTOID, you've provided a link and a statement which is verbatim from that article but you've not indicated in any way that it is a quotation. If you take the date of the article, Apr. 15, 2002, and its title "Flint throws out mayor - but city council refused privatization," you have the answer to your question. I doubt very much the response would be any different today than it was in 2002. At least not in my book. Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:47 pm  Adam F L I N T O I D I added the quotations. I was trying to raise the issue of privatization to save money. I've heard some places have done that. I know businesses do it all the time. Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:14 pm    Display posts from previous:   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First

Jump to: Select a forum Local News and Politics----------------Open chatFeed BackReal Estate For SalePolitical TalkTigersVehiclesPistonsVehicles for partsThe Flint JournalRed WingsGarage SaleMichigan Professional Soccer TeamsPolitical JokesWantedFlint Sirens Women's Rugby ClubThe Bob Leonard ShowMiscellaneousGenesee County PatriotsFlint City Derby Girls / Flint River Floaters Roller Derby TeamThe Flint Generals Flint Facts----------------Did you know?

<  Last Topic | Next Topic  >

Forum Rules: You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum