privatized it to a single company.... no competiton? no choice? Who in city government was the owner related to?
Sandy Springs s a great town in the metro Atlanta area. This year Fulton county is trying to raise property taxes by 17%!!!! Sandy Springs doesn’t have to do this nonsense
Even fire can be privatized. Not sure I’d want police to be, but you could just do without and contract with the Sheriff. A lot of cities do that.
Bump!
hopefully it is not like a giant HOA
bumpty-bump
BAD call. BAD move.
Privatization means the corporation is answerable to no one. The problem isn’t government, it’s a liberal government. Corporations are not subject to the will of the voters. Privatized police forces may not afford you the same constitutional protections.
Privatization is a cash grab disaster.
Privatization is the answer to several things:
1. Government waste
2. Government monopoly
3. Public unions
4. Out of control expenses
5. Political favors
6. And.....most of all the inability to fire anyone.
However, to privatize everything to a single company is extremely dangerous. The reasons are obvious.
That reason is lack of competition.
This will come around to “bite the citizens on the ass” when they have no pressure to apply in the name of “market forces.”
I lived in SS for 5 years. Before that, downtown Atlanta for 10.
Most of the comments so far prove that few read the article; and none have actually been there nor understand why SS exists in the first place. It used to be part of Atlanta.
Read this article and then scroll down to some of the last comments which discuss possible corruption still existing.
Whoa... what about Agenda 21?
Hope this catches on.