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PRIVATIZATION * USA - Shot fired across bow of public-private partnerships
Washington,DC,USA-Land Line Magazine -May 17, 2007: -- The push toward public-private partnerships by the Bush administration received a warning shot from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee recently... A letter sent to governors, state legislators and state transportation officials point-blank told those state leaders that if the public interest is not protected, privatization arrangements will be taken to task in future appropriations legislation... Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman James Oberstar, D-MN, and Highway and Transit Subcommittee Chairman Peter DeFazio, D-OR, sent the letter on Friday, May 10... “We write to strongly discourage you from entering into public-private partnership agreements that are not in the long-term public interest in a safe, integrated national transportation system that can meet the needs of the 21st century,” the letter stated...
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