We’ve heard a lot in recent years about the inherent superiority of contracting out for public services. This approach to privatization is driven by a belief that anyone can do better than the government at just about any job you can name.
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Category Archives: Local Government
New Millennium
When I was growing up in Anderson, Indiana, it was not unusual to be called "dirty Jew" or "kike" by a young classmate who had obviously gotten the terminology at home. After one such incident, when I ran home crying, my mother said something I never forgot….
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Electing a Leader
Another November, another election. So what, you shrug. Why the quadrennial blather about "leadership"? What does a Mayor do, anyway, besides pave streets, fix sewers, pick up trash and see to it that…
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LETTERS TO THE NEXT MAYOR 9
Libraries. Parks. Bike paths. Monuments and memorials. Historic preservation. Museums. Public art. Why should government waste our tax dollars on such nonessentials? Let those who want these amenities pay for them!
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LETTERS TO THE NEXT MAYOR 10
In Indianapolis today, no issue is as contentious as education. Even crime takes a back seat.
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