Chicago Sun-Times: Daley drops hired truck program

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http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-daley091.html

"With 17 indictments already and no end in sight, Mayor Daley is throwing in the towel: He's getting out of the Hired Truck business, turning the mess over to a private contractor and taking the extraordinary step of banning donations to his campaign fund from firms doing business with the city.

The cost to Daley is expected to be significant -- assuming he decides to seek re-election in 2007. At mid-term, the mayor has $3 million in his war chest, including roughly $1 million from city contractors.

But after indictments galore and a parade of scandals tied to cronyism and minority business fraud, that's a chance the mayor is apparently willing to take.

"Anyone who believes that my interest in public life is in enriching my family, friends or political supporters doesn't know or understand me at all," the mayor said during his annual City of Chicago address. "My reputation and the well-being of this city are more important to me than any election."

What a shocker.

[mopinko]

1. when are people gonna wake up about this shit?

don't they know arithmetic? don't they know that the cheapest way to do anything is for the government to do it? that a contract to do something, for profit, cannot save you money?