tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365319137762528193.post2922654636873785845..comments2022-11-08T10:00:44.184-06:00Comments on Milwaukee Talkie: Water utility deal moves forward in IndyRob Henkenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03252538689924464268noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365319137762528193.post-77696435858205991272010-03-16T11:18:31.867-05:002010-03-16T11:18:31.867-05:00The People Speak poll is flawed and unreliable. It...The <i>People Speak</i> poll is flawed and unreliable. It should not be interpreted to mean that 40 percent of respondents support a lease of the Milwaukee Water Works. <br /><br />The poll led respondents to think that a lease of the Milwaukee Water Works could help the city address its budget problems. (And it seems to have presented the lease of the Water Works in a vacuum, as if there were noMary Granthttp://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365319137762528193.post-54569977908411901492010-03-16T09:14:05.258-05:002010-03-16T09:14:05.258-05:00The lack of opposition to privatizing our water mi...The lack of opposition to privatizing our water might be due in part by the lack of media coverage on what could go wrong if we do it. Maybe if we had a media blitz that didn't focus just the business leaders that can benefit from it and what they are saying but focused on all the miserable failures of privatization around the world the polls would be showing something different.ultraconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14283792490250119414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365319137762528193.post-13597894988776593052010-03-15T22:14:36.345-05:002010-03-15T22:14:36.345-05:00The lack of overwhelming opposition to leasing our...The lack of overwhelming opposition to leasing our water-works might be explained by two thoughtful government decisions that will likely make leasing more difficult. <br /><br />The Common Council voted to take it off the map. And Rep. Fred Kessler has introduced state legislation to prevent such a leasing.<br /><br />The opposition to leasing may have relaxed and turned its energy to other SocratesChildrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04522223406060285957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365319137762528193.post-36972559727884382502010-03-15T19:43:39.577-05:002010-03-15T19:43:39.577-05:00giving up control of the daily operation, long ter...giving up control of the daily operation, long term up keep and improvement of the city's water supply is shortsighted at best and an act of lunacy at worst. we've seen where the private sector has taken: the banks and brokerage houses, saved by the taxman that they try to avoid, and the health insurance industry that has made health coverage unaffordable when available.<br />water is ourAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5365319137762528193.post-45756533470974624372010-03-15T15:59:38.006-05:002010-03-15T15:59:38.006-05:00It is accurately stated in this post that last yea...It is accurately stated in this post that last year's proposed lease of the Milwaukee Water Works elicited a strong opposition from the community. I would add further that organizations and individuals concerned about this possibility continue to watchdog the issue in the interest of broad opposition to water privatization that very much remains (as evidenced in the PPF poll).<br /><br />It Jon Keeseckerhttp://www.foodandwaterwatch.orgnoreply@blogger.com