So there's the first time savings from going to a competitive bid.  I'll admit, then, that public bodies may have to go even further because of our fiscal crisis and actually make additional cuts (but they are already doing that -- either cutting wholesale jobs [and thereby benefits] as you see with janitorial bidding or just routine layoff, or they are renegotiating lower salaries which the MEA is willing to accept so it can keep MESSA profits whilst doinking its own members).

That's the dirty little not-so-secret secret of Senate Dems and flopping Cherry ---  they'll sacrifice your job or pay at the altar of a profit center for unions to keep lining their pockets in donations.