Thursday, June 2, 2011

Saving Money by NOT Privatizing

The new Sheriff of Hernando County, Florida, is continuing in the ways of his predecessor. After Sheriff Nugent uncovered widespread neglect of maintenance at his county jail, which had been run for 22 years by CCA, he took over operations and estimated he could save more than $200,000 per year by operating it as part of the department (which should have been operating it all along).

New Sheriff Al Neinhuis went a step further. He is actually saving the county more than a million and a half dollars just this year, compared to what CCA would have charged to operate the facility. And he'll do it better.

2 comments:

  1. Hi Congratulations blog is cool. Mam też bloga ale niestety nie jest on jeszcze tak dobry jak ten. Pozdrawiam i przepraszam za nie pisanie po angielsku.

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  2. It's amazing what not having stockholders and CEOs to pay does to the amount of money it costs to run something.

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