Here in Canton , Michigan
I have maintained that there is always waste in budgets or money spent unwisely or the possibility of a better deal somewhere and I have always said that PRIVATIZING programs will ALWAYS save you money and this goes for any and all spending budgets.
Michigan Educational Transportation Systems, Inc., the only outside bidder, came in at $3.5 million, saving the schools $2.5 million in its first year. You ask, why wasn’t this done years ago? Well, Michigan
Here is the kicker, the school board showed the bid from METS and said that if the union matched the bid, they could have it. WOW – we are incredibly stupid when it comes to unions and that is why we are paying for it now.
The idiot union came in at a much higher quote than METS and so the board signed on with METS and what did the union have to say for itself? They said we were ready to negotiate some on their bid which is totally idiotic since the board said MATCH THE BID or else. Somehow the union did not quite understand this?
Anyhow, the drivers will have first dibs on driving for the new company with basically the same pay scale as they were getting…which ain’t bad in my opinion.
How is METS able to bid so low? I suspect it is not the wages that drive the cost but it is all those extra benefits like health insurance, pension payments and whatever else makes union jobs so desirable and so unsustainable during our recession or depression.
I have to hand it to the school board for doing what was needed to be done. They still have a long way to go but I think they realize that they cannot keep postponing the HARD decisions that have to be made.
If you're going to (two, too, 2) cast aspersions on the brightness of others, perhaps you should clean your own bulb...
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