On Tuesday 02 May 2006 08:48, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Do you have any stats or figures or studies to back up what you are > saying? The only thing I can think of that is frequently done by > municipalities is local power monopolies. Portland, Oregon is a great argument against privatization of critical infrastructure. For the longest time, it was the poster child of privatization, with Portland General Electric as the local, private, power utility and residential power monopoly (large customers could also pick Pacific Power in recent years if they're willing to foot the bill for the cable), right up to the moment they were bought by Enron and our neighbors to the south decided that they were too good to pay for electricity back in 2001. -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): baloo@ursine.ca Jabber: Because it's time to move forward http://ursine.ca/Ursine:Jabber
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