Privatization won’t cure New Orleans’ race problem
Source: Antony Loewenstein, Aljazeera America, August 29, 2015 New Orleans still has one of the highest incarceration rates in the country, though a recent study by the Data Center found a 67 percent...
View ArticleLong Beach closes on $513 million in financing on Civic Center
Source: LA Biz, April 22, 2016 The city and Port of Long Beach have closed on financing for the $513 million Long Beach Civic Center Project. The project is a public-private partnership that is working...
View ArticleWho Really Runs Your City? Privatization of Municipal Services Often Means...
Source: Erika Eichelberger, TPM Features, July 19, 2016 ….We know by now that many of the grand promises that pro-privatization advocates have made over the past few decades—the piles of cash for broke...
View ArticleOpinion: Where Are the P3s We Need?
Source: Bob Graves, Governing, July 26, 2016 Why such a small percentage? Well, it isn’t for lack of need. A 2015 Governing Institute survey found that half of state and local public officials believe...
View ArticleD.C.’s Social Impact Bond Deal Will Fund Infrastructure
Source: Kyle Glazier, Bond Buyer, September 2, 2016 The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority plans a first-of-its kind environmental impact bond using a “pay for success” model to finance...
View ArticleG4S Admits It Guards Dakota Pipeline as Protesters Get Attacked
Source: Telesur, September 6, 2016 G4S, a U.K.-based security multinational, admitted to having personnel deployed at “remote sites” where Native Americans are defending their lands from the planned...
View ArticleRamapo eyes private firm to run planning, zoning
Source: Steve Lieberman, LoHud, September 23, 2016 With Chief Building Inspector Anthony Mallia suspended from his town post due to pending criminal charges, Ramapo officials are looking at contracting...
View ArticlePennDOT accepting private partnership proposals
Source: Erie Times-News, October 12, 2016 The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is accepting proposals for partnerships with private industry through October. Companies can submit proposals to...
View ArticleGetting humans to Mars will require NASA and private companies to team up,...
Source: Samantha Masunaga and Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times, October 11, 2016 President Obama hammered home his goal to send humans to Mars by the 2030s, while acknowledging that accomplishing it...
View ArticleImplementing Public–Private Partnerships How Management Responses to Events...
Source: Stefan Verweij, Geert R. Teisman, & Lasse M. Gerrits, Public Works Management & Policy, October 23, 2016 Abstract: Most research on Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs) in infrastructure...
View ArticleInfrastructure Build or Privatization Scam?
Source: Paul Krugman, New York Times, November 19, 2016 Trumpists are touting the idea of a big infrastructure build, and some Democrats are making conciliatory noises about working with the new regime...
View ArticleHow To Fix The Trump Infrastructure Plan
Source: Joel Moser, Forbes, November 27, 2016 The Trump plan is essentially a tax break for private investment in infrastructure. The criticism generally follows two themes: 1) that it is a...
View ArticleBrindisi takes DOT to task for job outsourcing
Source: Rome Sentinel, November 28, 2016 Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi is taking the New York State Department of Transportation and other state agencies to task for allegedly outsourcing work on the “I...
View ArticleHere are 4 government programs Trump’s team wants to privatize
Source: VERA BERGENGRUEN, Sacramento Bee, December 1, 2016 Donald Trump was not the kind of presidential candidate who lays out the finer details of his policies on the campaign trail. Now, as the...
View ArticleTrump’s infrastructure plan is a privatization trap
Source: Donald Cohen, Huffington Post, December 8, 2016 America must invest in rebuilding our infrastructure for the 21st century, but we need to do it right. Doing it right means keeping public...
View ArticlePublic Infrastructure as Stealth Privatization
Source: Donald Cohen, American Prospect, December 20, 2016 Donald Trump hasn’t released an infrastructure plan but has given a good sense of the direction his administration will take. His proposal...
View ArticleOklahoma proposes privatizing power plants to pay for budget gap
Source: Jonathan Baker, HPPR, December 22, 2016 Oklahoma’s budget gap next year could amount to well over half a billion dollars. To plug the hole, lawmakers in Oklahoma City are discussing selling...
View ArticleTrump’s Transition Team Is Stacked With Privatization Enthusiasts
Source: David Dayen, The Nation, December 28, 2016 In the Public Interest, a research organization monitoring privatization, has compiled a list of 32 different members of the Trump transition team or...
View ArticleAlaska Employees Union Files Class-Action Grievance Over Governor’s Plan to...
Source: SitNews, December 29, 2016 An Alaska State Employees association filed a class-action grievance Tuesday against Governor Walker and his Administration on behalf of Alaska Department of...
View ArticleDonald Trump Supports Using Federal Funds To Fix States’ Bridges And Roads,...
Source: Igor Bobic, Huffington Post, January 11, 2017 President-elect Donald Trump supports using direct federal spending to fix the nation’s crumbling infrastructure system, according to his pick for...
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