Top-posting, because all I want to say is +1. On 4/17/13 3:29 PM, Lonnie Olson wrote: > Wow, talk about misinformed. Mis-management possibly. Horrible > business model, an exaggeration. Cities do not own Utopia, they lend > money to Utopia on a bond, that Utopia has to pay back over a long > time. Some cities have chosen to join into the Utopia network for > reasons of improving network infrastructure. This infrastructure is > meant to increase competition, increase availability, increase speeds, > etc. This is exactly the purpose of local government, to provide > infrastructure to the people (Police, schools, roads, water, sewer, > etc). > > Now we can argue about the specific details and implementations that > need improvement. But the motivation of your local government was > good, and the model they chose (Utopia) can work (or could have) and > was less expensive and intrusive than running it all themselves, > absorbing all costs, and probably screwing up even worse. > > And your comment about not paying taxes for something you don't use is > just plain silly. Everyone pays taxes for things they don't use. I > don't have any kids, but I pay for the school system. Some people > don't drive cars, yet their taxes pay for the dept of motor vehicles. > This kind of infrastructure is beneficial to society in general, > that's what local government and taxes are for.
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