New anti-privatization blog debuts
A new blog in Indiana is focused on a single issue – Indiana Privatization. In the creator’s own words, the blog, found at www.ServingHoosiers.org, “aims to highlight the issue of Gov. Daniels’ plan to privatize much of state government in Indiana by selling off the Toll Road, outsource $1 billion worth of FSSA work, the long-term leases of state hospitals in places like Richmond and Logansport, as well as privatization of many prison services.” Privatization will be a central issue with the general assembly in 2006 and this blog appears to be an interesting source for information, at least from a leftist perspective.
Meanwhile Leo Morris notes that the Reason Foundation has also listed privatizing toll roads as one of the biggest issues in 2006. It cites a New York Times article reporting that “nearly two dozen states have passed legislation allowing their transportation systems to operate pay-as-you-go roads, and in many cases, letting the private sector build and run these roads.”
