h1. Toledo still struggles with the concept of garbage collection My Sep 30, 2014 ToledoTalk.com "comment":http://toledotalk.com/cgi-bin/tt.pl/article/183498/30Sep2014/Collins_and_garbage_pick-up/5#183504 Councilwoman Webb said: q. "I heard the mayor is interested in creating *managed competition situation* ... ... we do not need to spend time looking backward." q.. What is the meaning of _'managed competition situation'_? More from the Blade story: q. Paul Rasmusson of Republic said the arrangement saves the city money. “If you look at the city’s 2010 budget, that line item is gone. There’s a $6 million savings,” Mr. Rasmusson said. “We have optimized routes and we run fewer trucks, [which] results in fewer miles and fewer gallons of fuel.” *“[Toledo] can’t afford to open the pools* they opened this year, so how could they afford to hire supervisors, drivers, or trucks?” Mr. Rasmusson said. “The city has to be experts in other things like *making sure the water is safe to drink,* [and that] we have police and fire protection.” q.. Hah! He played the swimming-pool card and the safe-drinking-water card. #toledo - #business - #politics - #moronism