Editorial: A timely review of privatization
Source: Journal Gazette (IN), Sat, Nov. 25, 2006
Who’s in power in the Indiana General Assembly is important for one reason: It determines what gets done on the floor. In the House of Representatives, the power shift means that a thorough and much-needed review of the state’s headlong rush to privatization will get done. …… For now, those without a job are the state workers whose positions have been eliminated. David Warrick, director of Council 62 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, said about 3,000 state jobs have been lost to privatization so far, with 2,500 more likely to be eliminated with the FSSA contract. ……If Daniels is committed to privatization as a better way of providing public services, he should accept the House Democrats’ review as a way to prove its effectiveness.