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Stockton CA water privatization reversed

Bob Morris @ Nov 10th 2006 00:07 - Category: Water

A giant water company tried to privatize the water in Stockton CA. The people fought back, and after many battles, a judge has ruled the city must take back the water company.

Water needs to be public and not at the mercy of distant huge entities for whom it is a source of income to be exploited.

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4 Responses to “Stockton CA water privatization reversed”

  1. Peter Lemonjello on 10 Nov 2006 at 4:54 pm #

    To correct your ongoing assertions of “privatization,” the term denotes asset ownership; in the case of Stockton and other municipalities in the United States, private companies are contracted to operate, maintain and/or manage the water/wastewater systems. Asset ownership and rates still reside under the authority of the municipality.

    Confusing privatization and public-private partnerships only shows your one-sided ignorance. If a private contractor is better equipped to operate a system in a more cost-effective manner while complying with all applicable federal and state environmental guidelines, what is the problem? I assume you use UPS or FedEx; water or mail, there is no difference.

  2. Bob Morris on 10 Nov 2006 at 5:37 pm #

    Private companies are as good as public utilities in keeping prices down and working for the benefit of the public?

    I have a one word rebuttal: Enron.

    Actually, two words: Cochabamba

  3. Peter Lemonjello on 10 Nov 2006 at 7:35 pm #

    Read: United States

    Cite something recent. Atlanta, Stockton and Cochabamba are all dated incidents.

  4. Bob Morris on 10 Nov 2006 at 10:08 pm #

    Say what? The Stockton ruling by a judge is current news. And so what if it wasn’t? How does that refute anything?

    But then, free market absolutists rarely are swayed by logic or the rulings of law - and apparently have a shaky grasp of the concept of Time too.

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