Corporation-Government Greed

Take the money and run [2] To summarize for readers without broadband, local officials in Highland Park turned their community over to a consulting group. This "consulting" group takes (skims?) an astounding 90% of local government revenue for themselves. Only 10% is left for government operation. Criminal to say the least - and perhaps a violation of the RICO Act (racketeering) or even a form of embezzlement. Although a financially-strapped community because of the loss of Chrysler's automotive business, someone needs to file an emergency class action suit ASAP to get their government back. Water bills have increased 60% and people can't pay them. Now they have attached water bills to property taxes, and if you don't pay your water bill you will lose your property (See video.) Surely this must be illegal, since it implies that a water bill is another tax! More and more people have had their water turned off in Highland Park. All this brings a new meaning to the term "collection agency." These consultants will continue to pillage the community's coffers until they are empty. Will they then start selling off the community to other corporations, perhaps even foreign ones without any vote by the public? Or just pack up and quietly leave town, looking for another innocent community in economic trouble? Clearly their privatization and takeover of a local government must be illegal in many ways. * OCEAN PORTS What we see Vancouver BC (Canada) may indeed be a harbinger of things to come. In that city, the Chinese own and operate the ports. This effectively makes these harbors foreign soil, almost like that of an embassy. As such, local police may find it very difficult to monitor illegal activities. How can real "security" exist when a henhouse has been turned over to the wolves for management? Would anyone have thought just 20 years ago, that any port in any city, anywhere on the globe, would be controlled and run by a foreign government? There is now discussion (and possible quiet passage of legislation) in Washington about doing the same thing with NY, California and other ports as well. It would not be surprising if it's already been passed as legal. http://www.rense.com/general74/greed.htm [Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on November 1, 2006]

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