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elSicomoro · 12-30-2001, 04:23 PM

No, the city is not making money directly from the school takeover (although the city could make money off this in the end), as they are paying Edison. By traditional definition, it is not a "sale." If "sale" sounds too much like a "smear" tactic, then we can call it a "give away." I don't consider it improper to call it a sale though...semantics aside.

While I am glad some of the mess is out of the city's hands, I worry about the future implications of this. Some may think that if we can't depend on the city to educate its children without outside help, how can we depend on it for other services? Of course, the city is a business, and many businesses know the value of contracting some of their work outside the "company."

12-30-2001, 04:23 PM	#13
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	No, the city is not making money directly from the school takeover (although the city could make money off this in the end), as they are paying Edison. By traditional definition, it is not a "sale." If "sale" sounds too much like a "smear" tactic, then we can call it a "give away." I don't consider it improper to call it a sale though...semantics aside. While I am glad some of the mess is out of the city's hands, I worry about the future implications of this. Some may think that if we can't depend on the city to educate its children without outside help, how can we depend on it for other services? Of course, the city is a business, and many businesses know the value of contracting some of their work outside the "company." Last edited by elSicomoro; 12-30-2001 at 04:32 PM.