The decades-old service, owned by the town, had become too costly to keep running, the mayor says.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/dawson-city-s-publicly-owned-cable-tv-service-signs-off-for-good-9.7217325?cmp=rss
#pressRelease
#UKGovernment issues rallying cry to the nation to help fix #NHS
(invited to share experiences/views/ideas)
Decades of experience with the NHS, railways, water/gas/electricity services, and rest of public sector tells us one thing above all else:
The #privateSector is NEVER the answer
Private companies shd provide material goods – everything from swabs and test tubes to CT & MRI scanners – but the SERVICE shd be entirely #publicSector
A #notforprofit #PubliclyOwned Service
#Kauai became a clean energy leader. Its secret? A #PubliclyOwned grid
"Making the island’s utility a #cooperative resulted in cheaper and cleaner power. It could hold lessons for communities around the country debating local utility control."
#EnergyTransition #PublicUtility
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/kauai-is-a-clean-energy-leader-its-secret-a-publicly-owned-grid
' "Privatised energy companies ultimately exist to make a profit... When you look at other countries where publicly owned companies are playing a significant roles in the market, they are able to limit price rises." Ben Lake MP Plaid Cymru' says the sign behind the picture of a man. A post by We Own It on Instagram.
#Privatisation
#EnergyCompanies
#Profit
#PubliclyOwned
#PlaidCymru
#Plaid
#Lake
#Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr_PvQnI8AB/?igshid=MzA0OGM2MjU4Zg==
The collapse and bailout of Silicon Valley Bank shows little has changed for reckless financial actors, writes Les Leopold. If financial institutions are so interconnected that we can’t let them fail, they should be run as publicly owned utilities. By Les Leopold Common Dreams In case we