The seeds of major reforms are sown in hard times. Mayfield, California has outsourced city services to deal with its budget problems, and the sky has not fallen!
For others, however, the celebration here is practically palpable. Freed from its employees, Maywood has nowhere to go but up, they say.
But the Queensland Bligh Labor government, broke, and beholden to union bosses, wants to sell off the State’s assets for a quick buck, instead of addressing their budget problems with efficiency gains.