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    Who are the NERD fund donors Mr Snyder?

    Raise the curtain.

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    What do you think? | 11 comments (11 topical, 0 hidden)
    more central planning (none / 0) (#1)
    by Tom McMillin on Tue Dec 21, 2010 at 08:21:51 AM EST
    i fought single hauler at auburn hills when i was on council there.  city bureaucrats choosing this service for residents obviously eliminates competition for residents, allows the city to "get" things included in the bids -- like the city getting a cut (without calling it taxes)...it also breeds corruption - any valuable city contract does.  bids can be manipulated to basically make it single-source...there's a lot of risk they would be adding -- i'd at least force them to adopt radical transparency with this, including posting all bids (after contract let), the bid process, the final contract - probably force the contract to be approved by the council (as opposed to administratively...and like in auburn hills, require that everytime this contract comes up for bid, that all donations to sitting councilmembers in the last five years by any owners, management and their spouses be disclosed within the bid and included in the deliberations.
    also - this is of course the conduit to the city forcing everything green on the residents re: recycling -- and i've recently seen stories about "garbage police" being used to see if people are recycling and to report anything "suspicious" http://www.firetown.com/blog/2010/12/17/fbi-trains-trash-collectors-to-serve-as-eyes-and-ears-in-the -street-for-police/
    -- which can best be accomplished with a single hauler with the city dictating the terms.

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