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Sal Quintero: “The disadvantages of privatizing is that we don't have any…”

Featuring: Sal Quintero, Former Candidate, Fresno County Board of Supervisors District 3 | California

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EPISODE 179_ SAL QUINTERO

Published | Video Starts at 24:02

And it's been. That's also been part of the discussion of our district meetings, which gave us an even better overall look into that. What are the disadvantages of privatizing? The disadvantages of privatizing is that we don't have any control as a city to be able to [address constituent complaints about garbage collection]. When a constituent calls and says, you know, my garbage was not picked up, we're able to call that, that department and then ensure that it gets picked up, cleaned up, and everything done in a timely manner for that constituent. (24:02–24:11)

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Asserts that privatizing garbage collection removes city control over addressing constituent complaints.

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