OCTOBER 10, 2011
Headlines
CA: Gov Brown signs bill restricting library privatization
CA: Alarms about ambulance contract went unheeded
TX: Texans remain vigilant against Interstate 69
IL: City mulls privatizing recycling; some fear union-busting agenda
FL: Private prison deal has caught FBI and U.S. attorney attention
FL: Lawmaker defends prison privatization effort
FL: With prison privatization on hold, GEO still vying for contract
MI: Lansing still looking into privatizing cemeteries
Company refuses rescue of South Pole stroke victim
News summaries
CA: Gov Brown signs bill restricting library privatization
Under a bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, private companies would be
required to prove that they would save taxpayers money should they
take over a public library. San Jose Mercury News
CA: Alarms about ambulance contract went unheeded
San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders and the City Council were warned of
possible financial irregularities with San Diego’s public-private
ambulance partnership in 2007 yet took little action until earlier this
year. In the meantime, according to allegations the city has now made,
the city was losing millions in taxpayer dollars. In the meantime,
according to allegations the city has now made, the city was losing
millions in taxpayer dollars...The April report accused the city’s
CA: Gov Brown signs bill restricting library privatization
CA: Alarms about ambulance contract went unheeded
TX: Texans remain vigilant against Interstate 69
IL: City mulls privatizing recycling; some fear union-busting agenda
FL: Private prison deal has caught FBI and U.S. attorney attention
FL: Lawmaker defends prison privatization effort
FL: With prison privatization on hold, GEO still vying for contract
MI: Lansing still looking into privatizing cemeteries
Company refuses rescue of South Pole stroke victim
News summaries
CA: Gov Brown signs bill restricting library privatization
Under a bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, private companies would be
required to prove that they would save taxpayers money should they
take over a public library. San Jose Mercury News
CA: Alarms about ambulance contract went unheeded
San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders and the City Council were warned of
possible financial irregularities with San Diego’s public-private
ambulance partnership in 2007 yet took little action until earlier this
year. In the meantime, according to allegations the city has now made,
the city was losing millions in taxpayer dollars. In the meantime,
according to allegations the city has now made, the city was losing
millions in taxpayer dollars...The April report accused the city’s